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"soccer is the sport over protective parents put thier kids in because they dont want them to get hurt. it is a popular kiddie sport, i meant proffesional sports where baseball, basketball, and american football are the respected sports, and talent people almost always aim for 1 of those 3."

If it's so unpopular, then why on earth did one club buy Beckham for an obnoxious amount of money?


"ranked by who? the US's offense is almost always crap, and their defense isnt great. i dont know anyone that would rank them top 10, top 20 probably, not top 10."

That would be the FIFA, I suppose. And they rank in consistency and such (wich is why the Belgian team tubled down to the 48th place tongue). Although, you're right, it probably won't be top 10..

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Beckham was supposed to convert America to soccer

Problem is, he plays soccer

Even baseball has rules to punish people who fail to score too often

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"If it's so unpopular, then why on earth did one club buy Beckham for an obnoxious amount of money?"

because they're trying to make it popular. its been done before, with whats his name, Pel

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"It is the most popular recreational sport for both boys and girls and has been so for about 25 years...However, professional soccer has been vastly less popular in the United States than in Latin American, Asian, African or European nations. Its professional first-division league is not as well-attended in general as the major leagues of American football, baseball or basketball"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_in_the_United_States

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You would think people would realize by now that I'm very careful with how I word things. I said soccer is the most played sports in the US. Over time that will eventually lead to more mass market appeal. Sponsors are starting to realize that and money is beginning to trickle down.

And I don't know what Brazil does to keep winning all the time but they should bottle it up and market it. Would make a fortune.

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> Lizon wrote:

> You would think people would realize by now that I'm very careful with how I word things. I said soccer is the most played sports in the US. Over time that will eventually lead to more mass market appeal. Sponsors are starting to realize that and money is beginning to trickle down.

And I don't know what Brazil does to keep winning all the time but they should bottle it up and market it. Would make a fortune.


ok, well how does abunch of over protective parents sticking their children in youth soccer until they're old enough to demand playing in one of the reputable sports, go against what i said about soccer being an unpopular sport in the US?

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Who cares about sports anyway?

What we need are gladiatorial fights. It would be a great way to reduce the size of the hipster population, all in the name of entertainment.

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You havent noticed the increase in MMA, WEC, UFC and the rest of modern day gladiator fights?

Tank away the tap out and its there.

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they need better sound, i want to hear the pop when a joint pops out of its socket

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35 Reply by Justinian I (edited by Justinian I 23-Jun-2009 20:26:08)

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> Han wrote:

> You havent noticed the increase in MMA, WEC, UFC and the rest of modern day gladiator fights?

Tank away the tap out and its there.>

Yes but they are professionals and there isn't death.

I want to see criminals and hipsters fighting one another to the death. It's a form of population control. A few can be burned or eaten by lions. We can see the professional fighters later as the main event, and ofc there shouldn't be much killing among the professionals. They're too expensive.

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Its called NASCAR

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nascar is getting too safe, they need to stop spending money on better driver safety.

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NASCAR sux0rz

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The Yell, the world cup was in the USA in 1994. Given that it hasn't been held in England since 1966 (a country which actually cares about football!) and the USA world cup was a total failure in its aim to popularise football in the USA I very much doubt it will be in the USA again any time soon.

Also, David Beckham doesn't score that many goals because it is not really his job to. In his prime he was one of the best players in the world in creating goals for other people because he was one of the best in the world at passing and crossing. He also used to score some pretty good goals from free kicks but not really so many in open play.

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@spartac:
I'm pool.

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sorry but its really pointless to talk about football with US ppl tongue

no offense, but its like talking to a 3 year old about quantum physics. ^^

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and where the f***k is flint? X(

forums r boooooring whitout him... sad

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He went to Seattle and vanished...

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> arms wrote:

> sorry but its really pointless to talk about football with US ppl tongue

no offense, but its like talking to a 3 year old about quantum physics. ^^


yeah, its so far above our heads that we're regularly ranked top 15 in the world?

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How the hell is any of this sports stuff related to the original "where is Flint" topic?

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The FIFA world rankings are utter nonsense avo. THere is no way at all that the USA are better than the likes of Sweden, Ireland, Czech Republic etc. (I stop at etc. because I could go on for a while tongue). Just as an example, Northern Ireland are ranked five places above the Republic of Ireland. Obviously that would mean nothing to someone who didn't know about football but it is just ridiculous tongue. Scotland are 12 places ahead of Ireland, wtf?

The USA ranking is inflated because they play most of their competitive games against the likes of Barbados, Costa Rica, Guatamala and Trinidad and Tobago. (World cup qualifying is done on a regional basis, so USA play other north american and caribbean countries)

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Zarf, because no one really cares where Flint is?

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> [TI] Sitting Duck wrote:

> The FIFA world rankings are utter nonsense avo. THere is no way at all that the USA are better than the likes of Sweden, Ireland, Czech Republic etc. (I stop at etc. because I could go on for a while tongue). Just as an example, Northern Ireland are ranked five places above the Republic of Ireland. Obviously that would mean nothing to someone who didn't know about football but it is just ridiculous tongue. Scotland are 12 places ahead of Ireland, wtf?

The USA ranking is inflated because they play most of their competitive games against the likes of Barbados, Costa Rica, Guatamala and Trinidad and Tobago. (World cup qualifying is done on a regional basis, so USA play other north american and caribbean countries)


i agree, the rankings are shit, but still, the US has a competent team, and the only thing keeping the US from dominating the sport is a lack of interest in it.

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lizon u dweep:D

hows u m8?:D:D:D

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he's either in Oregon or on the road, and he's got political crap to do, so arguing SOCCER is marginally less boring than arguing where he is

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