World Cup Fever?

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Buster

That, and the 0-0 scoreless ties. If soccer is ever to catch on in tha USA, besides removing REAL football, they need to do something to make it less dull. Maybe the field is way too big or the goal is too small, it takes them forever to get into scoring range and then they can't score. The games are mostly watching people kick the ball way down the field only to have the other team return the kick down the to the other end of the field. It's an extremely boring game to watch. Hockey has similarly-low scores but the game is a LOT more exciting and fan-friendly.

I've always said, it's a great game for kids to play, but to make it a spectator sport...

Besides, if the rest of the world had REAL football, they'd forget about soccer too. Even when we play exhibition games in foreign countries with the Arizona Cardinals and Detriot Lions, they go nuts over it. (with preseason games and our WORST teams)

I thought it was cards and 49ers (no TDs, only field GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!!s)




Here's an idea on how to improve soccer (stolen from Sports Night):

>instead of making the goal bigger, why not make it much smaller and just remove the goalie entirely?
>>Oh, that sounds like a great idea.
> Yeah, I know. It's called basketball.

[JWsleep]

Originally Posted by Buster

That, and the 0-0 scoreless ties. If soccer is ever to catch on in tha USA, besides removing REAL football, they need to do something to make it less dull. Maybe the field is way too big or the goal is too small, it takes them forever to get into scoring range and then they can't score. The games are mostly watching people kick the ball way down the field only to have the other team return the kick down the to the other end of the field. It's an extremely boring game to watch. Hockey has similarly-low scores but the game is a LOT more exciting and fan-friendly.

I've always said, it's a great game for kids to play, but to make it a spectator sport...

Besides, if the rest of the world had REAL football, they'd forget about soccer too. Even when we play exhibition games in foreign countries with the Arizona Cardinals and Detriot Lions, they go nuts over it. (with preseason games and our WORST teams)

The rest of the world gets to see American football if they want--it's just that they don't want to. The Suprebowl is shown all over the world. Soccer is by far the most popualr sport in world, and it has nothing to do with high or low scoring games. This has always struck me as a silly claim--the reason Soccer isn't big in the US is that we grow up watching other sports as kids (or most of us do). I grew up watching soccer and I love it--0-0 draws can be far more exciting than a high-scoring game. If you understand the game, you watch play all over the field, watch the flow of play and individual skill, good tackling, etc.

But whatever. If you don't like it, probably the only thing to do is to go to England, Italy, Brazil, etc. and watch a crucial regular season match in the top leagues at the stadium. It is by far the world's most popular SPECTATOR sport for a reason--it's exciting to watch.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by JWsleep

But whatever. If you don't like it, probably the only thing to do is to go to England, Italy, Brazil, etc. and watch a crucial regular season match in the top leagues at the stadium. It is by far the world's most popular SPECTATOR sport for a reason--it's exciting to watch.

if by spectator sport, you mean excuse to get drunk and engage in a 200+ person organized brawl, then yeah, sure.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by That Guy

if by spectator sport, you mean excuse to get drunk and engage in a 200+ person organized brawl, then yeah, sure.

You don't have to wait 4 years to do that however...just go to Philly on any day of the week. There doesn't even have to be a sporting event going on for them either.

[skin4Life28]

any sport in the world besides football would be second rate to soccer. sure if they had football people are going to go and see it, but it would not trigger the amount of passion that soccer does for them. also it doesn't really help that we only have the MLS league. sure it has come a long way, but in comparison to the english premier and italian leagues there not even close. if you ask anyone who you'd rather watch dc united or manchester united...man u would win big time. its just there soccer is so much more interesting. one more thing, when a european team comes to the us to play we go nuts over it too. man u playing 3 times in the us this year by the way.

[BDBohnzie]

definitely bitter...but shit like that happens all the time. where's the instant replay?!?!

[TheMalcolmConnection]

http://worldcup.bulletinboardforum.com/

NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

[gibbsisgod]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

http://worldcup.bulletinboardforum.com/

NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

body paint is awesome.

i like the girl in white shorts, whoever painted that paid great attention to detail.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

http://worldcup.bulletinboardforum.com/

NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

only this time instead of models, they hired pornstars.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

http://worldcup.bulletinboardforum.com/

NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

i like the one where she is by the goal, showing the 'goal' wide open...

[PWNED]

im sure. im sure they took their time just as i would. body paint is a very exacting science.