Nobody is Going to the Soccer Games

[Captain Creeper]

I never appreciated soccer until I played for a few years as an adult. I appreciate it now since I know how much skill it takes to play it well. Maybe I'm un-American but, I grew up playing baseball and now I never watch it or play it. I find it boring. Soccer, like hockey, is continuous action.

You may need to seek out help.

 

[Captain Creeper]

Exactly. It is that … for 5 hours.

 

[Fang]

Good Lord. This thread. LOL

Well, we're going to enjoy the World Cup in my house. Soccer is a great sport.

But to the OP's point, I was a bit surprised at the empty seats in Guadalajara last night. No doubt the ticket prices are ridiculous.

 

[MarcATL]

Thanks Trump!

 

[shockedcanadian]

Soccer is a poor man’s game.

I loved playing soccer as a kid. At times I enjoyed it even more than hockey or wrestling.

There is a nuanced appreciation for soccer if one tries to really get into it. Unfortunately, the lengthy lulls before any action can make it difficult to watch. It is far more a sport to play than observe IMO.

It is akin to grinding out a living playing poker I suppose. You sit for hours until you get that one hand, you go up against a player or too and there is a rush of excitement or terror as you could win or lose your shirt in any one hand.

That is how soccer is at the World Cup level where every team is stacked with strong defensive players and structure. You won't see many 4-3 games so every opportunity and error is magnified. Worse, the fans of many countries treat the sport like a religion, fully out of proportion.

I think it was the 94 World Cup when the Columbian D man accidentally kicked the U.S shot into his own goal. He was murdered at a bar not too long after and the shooter said "that's for the own goal".

Insanity.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

World Cup embarrassment with hundreds of seats empty for second game

The row over ticketing pricing is proving to be a PR disaster for FIFA on the opening day of the tournament.

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Maybe nobody is going to the games because of the ticket prices, which start at several hundred bucks per ticket. Or, maybe nobody is going because … nobody cares about Krapistan vs. Krapholeistan. We subsidize these armpit countries with our tax money. The least they could do for us is to fight to their deaths rather than kick that silly ball around. Plus, the games opened during the week … when people in America are working.

More interest will be shown for games (I refuse to say “match”) involving the USA team, obviously. But the real flaw in this kick ball tournament is that soccer is not an American sport. Sure, most of the world loves this nonsense. Billions of people in the world eat dogs, but you do not see us doing that creepy sh*t.

Who cares what the rest of the world does? We can do what we want to do. Baseball, hoops, and (real)football. Soccer is fun to watch when your kids are playing it. But put a handful of grown men on a field the size of Texas with one little ball to kick around - for 3-4 hours - so that one team can score one goal for the win, and you have got a total snooze fest. You really have to wonder how empty the lives are of the fans of this goofy game.

Why not focus on basketball for international competition? Everybody in the world loves and plays basketball. Or better yet, hockey. It too is an international sport. Both are far superior to soccer in both high intensity play, endurance, and skill.

Remember the weirdo in college with long blond hair who stood apart from all the other guys? He probably drove a Miata. In political science class he expresses sympathy for communists. He was in great shape and athletic. He surfed. He did not follow traditional sports. He wore bracelets and necklaces made out of shit he found on the beach or in the woods. What I am describing is a douchebag. He has no idea who Sandy Koufax was, but he is a total soccer guy. THIS is a big reason nobody likes soccer. Creepy guys.

The Turd World plays soccer because cannot afford bats, gloves, and helmets. They just need a bouncy ball. In some areas they will use a head of cabbage for the ball. Pathetic, right? Soccer is a poor man’s game. It is a badge of the poor countries. The Europeans play it to, but that is because of their patent lack of imagination.

Finally, we must be concerned about letting all these weirdos into our nation. Hopefully, we are keeping a close eye on them. These days you never know who your enemy is going to turn out to be. There may be spies, or worse, among these ding-dongs and their crews.

Soccer is being foisted on America because it’s not American. Pravda doing its job to undermine American culture so as to promote Marxism.

 

[Fang]

Thanks Trump!

Trump set ticket prices in Mexico?

 

[MarcATL]

Trump set ticket prices in Mexico?

His fµcked up policies has made America a pariah.