soccer in the USA

[Mesarthim]

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[Hugo.]

Thats the most coherent singing ive heard from football fans.



Fucking hooligans!

[agony bagony]

soccer =

[jawn galliano]

UB40

[agony bagony]

[agony bagony]

oh they did it too



i was thinking of mr. elvis

[Mesarthim]

I wish Florida still had some MLS teams. the miami fusion and tampa bay mutiny folded because no one went to the games.

apparently it was a rather unique situation in that there are so many soccer fans living here, but none gave a crap about a local team, they'd rather support a team from the country they immigrated from.

[Hugo.]

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Some words of wisdom on the matter from my own fair isle.

[Abzu]

I understood about a third of what he said.

[Mr. P]

He speaks like I write, missing half of the point

[agony bagony]

[quote name="Dusto"]soccer = [/quote]

[Hugo.]

[quote name="Mr. P"]He speaks like I write, missing half of the point [/quote]



He said his favourite team was Pats, who have a red and white jersey. When asked who is favourite player was he said 'the hard-on bearer in the green and white jersey.'

[quote name="Dusto"]
[quote name="Dusto"]soccer = [/quote][/quote]



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[agony bagony]

ok now that's just win in a bucket. i had to watch it twice because the first time i kept my eye on the ball



i don't understand why soccer is STILL unpopular in america. it's a bunch of running around like an energetic child and then kicking the shit out of stuff. how do you not like that? i like doing both of those things



it will take another couple of generations but soccer will catch up in the states i reckon

[Hugo.]

[quote name="Dusto"] i don't understand why soccer is STILL unpopular in america. [/quote]



My theory is its a low scoring game played with only one half - time break. Punters dont get to see shitloads of points being racked up and advertisers dont get enough ad breaks.

[agony bagony]

that is probably a big part of it. i love it because it's uninterrupted though. no fucking commercials every four minutes. it's just, "ok, here's forty five minutes, go and use them."



as for the low scores, they aren't that much lower than baseball. but then soccer will never surpass baseball's popularity.



i love watching the often very looong setups and resets and little strategic goads that lead to a goal or a major fuckup. it's more akin to a drama than basketball (which is an action movie) or american football (which is actual warfare). but then i study literature, so what are you going to do

[Hugo.]

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Yeah, the best thing about this goal wasnt even the finish, just the fact that they absolutely ripped the opposition apart and maintained possession for 25 passes.

[bills bro]

football been getting into it more and more now that I'm out of university and don't have restricted internet.

[Bathsalt Zombie]

[quote name="Ctrl + Hmn + Del"]I wish Florida still had some MLS teams. the miami fusion and tampa bay mutiny folded because no one went to the games.

apparently it was a rather unique situation in that there are so many soccer fans living here, but none gave a crap about a local team, they'd rather support a team from the country they immigrated from.[/quote]

Actually, that can be said with every other sport here in Florida. People here in Florida are huge sports fans, but no one gives a shit about the local teams. Especially here in Tampa. Not too many give a shit about the Bucs, Lightning, or Rays. But when you see a big northern team come down, you see how many people down here love them.

[Abzu]

If I could fuck Argentine women every day, I'd play a sport that good too.

[Mr. P]

[quote name="winburger"]
[quote name="Dusto"] i don't understand why soccer is STILL unpopular in america. [/quote]



My theory is its a low scoring game played with only one half - time break. Punters dont get to see shitloads of points being racked up and advertisers dont get enough ad breaks.[/quote]



I think is due to the fact then usually Soccer is pretty low paced "tactical football" where your tactic can be to serve the ball so that your opponent don't gain control, do one goal and then start "turtle defense". If you compare it to NFL Football where you have high action attacks all the time, contact is allowed (mostly, few exceptions like players without ball) and the attacking side is changing constantly. I'm a fan of Soccer but I don't usually follow it so much. I usually just follow the finals or World Cup games. I don't follow our domestic league here at all because it is fucking boring. But looking games like Chelsea (UK) versus Barcelona (Spain) is guaranteed fireworks all the way.



My second theory is that in States you have the college and University leagues right? They still have leagues there for Baseball and for Football but not for Soccer? Usa is also a country which has long wrestling roots. You put Soccer leagues to Universities and Colleges I think in 10 years Soccer will be more popular.



I just started watching NFL games (from States) last spring and Winter when I bought some extra channels to home. I really liked American Football even I don't know all the rules.



However I think there should be done changes to soccer rules to make the game more interesting and especially more goals; one would be making the goal bigger. I think the goals have been the same size now for 50 years or more.

[jawn galliano]

there's an NCAA soccer league, but i have to imagine that's followed even less than MLS. as far as college sports go, football and basketball are the only ones that really have any sort of popularity.

[Hugo.]

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Anyone see Ramos drop the spanish league cup?

[agony bagony]

i wasn't there so no

[Mesarthim]

[quote name="Panopticon"]
[quote name="Ctrl + Hmn + Del"]I wish Florida still had some MLS teams. the miami fusion and tampa bay mutiny folded because no one went to the games.

apparently it was a rather unique situation in that there are so many soccer fans living here, but none gave a crap about a local team, they'd rather support a team from the country they immigrated from.[/quote]

Actually, that can be said with every other sport here in Florida. People here in Florida are huge sports fans, but no one gives a shit about the local teams. Especially here in Tampa. Not too many give a shit about the Bucs, Lightning, or Rays. But when you see a big northern team come down, you see how many people down here love them.[/quote]





yeah it's really fucking lame. when I lived in South Florida it always amazed me whenever the marlins played a big team like the cubs or the yankees the marlin fans would be like 1/10 the crowd.

[bills bro]

Tampa used to be well supported, and still are as far as non-traditional hockey markets go.

[Ninny]

The large geographical distance between clubs might hinder US football´s development too

[Ninny]

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Good atmosphere

[Mesarthim]

yeah, MLS has been taking off in the USA lately. many clubs have their own stadiums now and don't have to share with anyone. it is still pretty low on the totem pole as far as popularity goes though.





Team / City / Stadium



Eastern Conference

the official city of the chicago cubs Fire Bridgeview, IL Toyota Park

Columbus Crew Columbus, OH Columbus Crew Stadium

D.C. United Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium

Houston Dynamo Houston, TX Robertson Stadium

New England Revolution Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium

New York Red Bulls Harrison, NJ Red Bull Arena

Philadelphia Union Chester, PA PPL Park

Sporting Kansas City Kansas City, KS Livestrong Sporting Park

Toronto FC Toronto, ON BMO Field 2007



Western Conference

C.D. Chivas USA Carson, CA The Home Depot Center

Colorado Rapids Commerce City, CO Dick's Sporting Goods Park

FC Dallas Frisco, TX Pizza Hut Park

Los Angeles Galaxy Carson, CA The Home Depot Center

Portland Timbers Portland, OR Jeld-Wen Field

Real Salt Lake Sandy, UT Rio Tinto Stadium

San Jose Earthquakes Santa Clara, CA Buck Shaw Stadium

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle, WA Qwest Field

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver, BC Empire Field (start of 2011 season)

[agony bagony]

i watch ein mls soccer game every now and again. i would rather watch it right now than the despair-inducing NBA playoffs i can tell you that much

[Abzu]

[quote name="Dusto"]i watch ein mls soccer game every now and again. i would rather watch it right now than the despair-inducing NBA playoffs i can tell you that much[/quote]

I'm having a grand ol' time watching the playoffs. My Celtics swept the Knicks!

[agony bagony]

that is true and the bulls will close out tomorrow night and meet the hawks sometime this weekend or next week but for some reason i am very much not enjoying watching these games

[Abzu]

I am predicting Boston-the official city of the chicago cubs. Really, though, I think Boston-Miami will be more intense than what comes after.

[agony bagony]