Why Americans Hate Soccer
From The Guardian. Long story short: because it’s boring and stupid.
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11 Responses to “Why Americans Hate Soccer”
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August 2nd, 2004 at 3:53 pm
I played soccer all through high school but fall asleep when I’m watching it on TV.
…fun to play, boring to watch.
August 2nd, 2004 at 4:11 pm
kinda like baseball….
August 2nd, 2004 at 4:13 pm
Amen, cube. Amen.
August 2nd, 2004 at 4:59 pm
See, here’s my problem. To me, baseball is fun to watch in person but sucks on TV. Soccer is great to watch on TV, but it sucks in person. I watched the Women’s US vs China game this weekend, and it was terrific. (And it was on my brand new Tivo, which is even more terrific.)
Actually, I should add a caveat. Baseball is fun to listen to on AM radio out in the backyard in a lawn chair with a bag of sunflower seeds and a six-pack of tasty beverages. It just isn’t any good on TV.
August 2nd, 2004 at 5:10 pm
I think Phelps hit it right.
Baseball sucks on TV. Its great in person, or with a great radio announcer. Fantastic even.
Soccer, on the other hand, bores me senseless. Just like basketball. Its only exciting while in Europe – perferably if your in London watching two groups of hooligans go at it . . . but then it becomes more of a wrestling or boxing match (at least in the stands) and that is always vastly more entertaining than soccer.
August 3rd, 2004 at 12:27 am
Soccer is essentially hockey in slow motion. Oh, and nobody’s allowed to hit anybody. Oh, and you’re not allowed to advance anyone ever, or you’re declared “offsides.”
But it will continue to gain in popularity in the US, not because it’s a cool sport (it isn’t), but rather because it’s ridiculously cheap to get your kid on a soccer team. The equipment costs in baseball, football, and hockey are ludicrous, and basketball, well, if you’re short, you’re screwed.
August 3rd, 2004 at 9:49 am
F soccer. First of all what kind of game has a clock that counts upwards and doesn’t end when it’s supposed to?
Some complex referee calculus is used to add additional time for penalty minutes during the actual pt.
August 17th, 2004 at 7:59 pm
why americans hate football(not soccer plz its degrading)
1 the americans didnt invent it
2 your national league is awful and unless you support you national team who lets face it did you proud in the world cup (surprisingly)
that 2 will soon end up as bad as the national league.
3 the game actually flows and so is not guvorned by the media so there are not breaks every five minutes to show adverts which for some reasons the americans seem to enjoy
4 it is the most sucessful sport ever- did the english and german stop fighting on the first christmas day of ww1 to play american footbal the answer is no they played football.
5 there are not goals scored every 2 seconds to ‘keep the game exciting’ like in basket ball
6 it does not need to last all day like american football seems to
7 you do not need statistics to determine wheater a player is any good like in most american sports (for some strange reason you guys seem to be more interested in stats then whether a player player played well
8 there is atmosphere at a proper game there might not be in your shoddy league but in a crucial game in the premiership or champions league when the crowd get into it its like no other place on earth if only you took the time to understand it you would see its the most skillfull, entertaining, passionate, game around as well as requiring immense physical fitness and stamina more than american football any day.
one final reason players do not wear totally over the top protection as in hockey and american football. for proof that your american footballers are really cowards when it come to physical contact check out another great game that the whole world enjoys called rugby.
August 17th, 2004 at 9:33 pm
I’ve got an idea for another post: Why the Brits can’t punctuate.
August 20th, 2004 at 8:21 am
Firstly, to ‘greatest sport ever’, well done my good man! Hit the nail right on the head. And in reference to the response from Thibodeaux, it’s typical for an American to miss the point completely!
Americans don’t like Football because they all suck at it! We all know that the only reason Americans go to watch sports is so they can get fatter that the already are! Obese losers!
I think the problem stems from the fact that Americans have no culture or history, they just steal the best parts from everyone else then claim them for themselves. For example, just look at the terrible sports they have to offer:
American Football – A girly version of Rugby where the ‘ladies’ wear padding so they don’t break their nails.
Baseball – A modified version of ‘Rounders’, which is a British game played predominantly by little girls.
Ice Hockey – Typical for the Yanks to play a game where you slide on the ice rather than run on the ground. God forbid you actually work off some calories!
I’d love to finish slating the other US sports (Wrestling, shooting family members/school friends etc) but I haven’t the time.
I can’t believe how much I rule!
September 26th, 2004 at 10:14 am
FOOTBALL RULES!!! YES, I SAID FOOTBALL AND NOT YOUR GAY WORD SOCCER! AMERICAN FOOTBAL AND BASEBALL ARE THE MOST BORING SPORTS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON TV. THE WHOLE WORLD LOVES FOOTBALL. MARADONA PELE BECKENBAUER PLATINI ZIDANE… ONLY ONE SINGLE COUNTRY (WHICH CALLS HIMSELF THE WORLDPOLICE) REFUSES TO LOVE IT!
PS: WOMEN SOCCER SUCKS ALL OVER THE WORLD; THEY SHOULD COOK