Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted March 9, 2012 Super User Posted March 9, 2012 So how many soccer fans we got here? I can't get enough of it. The matches are fun as hell to go to. If your watching it on tv there are NO commercials. And you don't have garbage penalty flags thrown every five seconds. Another plus especially if you hop across the pond. Are the chants the fans sing. It's completely awesome. Oh and for you non Chelsea fans... Go **** off! True Blue homie! ManU sucks! Chelsea till I Die! Quote
GrundleLove Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 Soccer? Really? My gawd where do i begin.... Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted March 9, 2012 Author Super User Posted March 9, 2012 A Raiders fan that likes soccer? What? Never expected that one didja? The fan base is amazing. Im tellin ya. Go to the pub before the match, scream out, "Go (insert team here)" once the figure out your a foreigner and your a fan of their team. You can do no evil. They'll show you the greatest time ever. It will totally change your outlook on the game. Quote
OHIO Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 I bet, but I don't live near anyone that likes soccer. I guess I'll stick to football. Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted March 9, 2012 Author Super User Posted March 9, 2012 Soccer? Really? My gawd where do i begin.... Awwww. Come on it ain't that bad. Quote
Super User BrianinMD Posted March 9, 2012 Super User Posted March 9, 2012 Sorry man, but soccer and baseball are the two most boring sports to me. Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted March 9, 2012 Super User Posted March 9, 2012 Soccer and hockey are very similar. Our high school was small and did not have a football team. We did have a very good soccer team, and once you got to understand the game it was exciting to watch. You can't play hockey unless you're in great shape. I'm not sure about going to the top tier games, particularly overseas. They definitely have the most rowdy, violent fans of any sport in the world. It's the only sport in the world where the number of injured, maimed and killed fans exceeds the harm that befalls the participants. Quote
quanjig Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 Been over seas to play and watch! Fun to actually be at a match. Raider, I'm a City fan!! Quote
MrPerfect Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 I play semi-professional in Orlando, but I guess my club is the whatever team has Americans on it. When it comes to Europe I'm a huge Bayern fan, but my favorite player outside of Donovan and Dempsey is Lukas Podolski who just signed with Arsenal. So I guess I'm a gooner now. Quote
Super User BrianinMD Posted March 9, 2012 Super User Posted March 9, 2012 Rhino, not sure how far the comparison between hockey and soccer goes. Hockey is a faster, more physical game with way more action. Quote
Super User Root beer Posted March 9, 2012 Super User Posted March 9, 2012 We don't have football at my school, but we got a pretty decent soccer team and the atmosphere is awesome! I don't watch professional soccer on TV or anything. I look forward to the world cup, although. Both men and women, it can get intense in the last few minutes when there a potential game tying or winning shot. Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted March 9, 2012 Super User Posted March 9, 2012 Rhino, not sure how far the comparison between hockey and soccer goes. Hockey is a faster, more physical game with way more action. Hockey is faster. It's also on a smaller arena. Hockey players use sticks, soccer players use their feet. In both you have defensive and offensive lines. In both you have goalies. Both games are a combination of skill and strategy to move the puck/ball into scoring position. One big difference, hockey players don't deliberately "head" the puck. 1 Quote
Super User grimlin Posted March 9, 2012 Super User Posted March 9, 2012 Since i grew up in Texas where the majority was Hispanic population....I grew up on baseball and Soccer(futbol).....I was a pretty good player too(they say good for a white boy...lol). I'm 70 pounds fatter and 20 years older....I probably would suck hardcore at it now. Quote
quanjig Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 Same boat here gremlin, played competitive for a major part of my life in the DC metro area, all-met my sr. year in HS, won a national championship for U19 at club level. 3 ACL reconstructions later and I would much rather be able to walk!! Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted March 9, 2012 Super User Posted March 9, 2012 Love it. Love watching the EPL and La Liga. I still watch a little Serie A from time to time, though the lineup for AC Milan has changed so much I've lost a little interest in them. Quote
Dave P Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 Gunner fan. Robin Van Persieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! 1 Quote
Scorcher214 Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 Never been a big soccer fan but watched an Arsenal vs Manchester United game on tv and loved it! I had a lot of friends that played and always watched games, played the fifa games a lot, and talked about the teams. My buddy wore a Tottenham Hotspurs necklace so I always said that was my favorite team haha. Quote
detroit1 Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 I would rather stare at a wall then watch a soccer match. For an equal amount of time. No, i would rather watch the wall for a week instead of 1/2 of a soccer game. Soccer is for K thru 6th grade. Then shut it down, man.... Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted March 12, 2012 Super User Posted March 12, 2012 I would rather stare at a wall then watch a soccer match. For an equal amount of time. No, i would rather watch the wall for a week instead of 1/2 of a soccer game. Soccer is for K thru 6th grade. Then shut it down, man.... I'm just sayin, most of the planet would disagree with you. Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted March 13, 2012 Author Super User Posted March 13, 2012 I would rather stare at a wall then watch a soccer match. For an equal amount of time. No, i would rather watch the wall for a week instead of 1/2 of a soccer game. Soccer is for K thru 6th grade. Then shut it down, man.... Beats the Heck out of watching baseball. Like SoFla said above, this is a world wide sport. Eventually its gonna catch on here. It's already starting too. With the way the NFL keeps doing things now, it may someday manage to pass it. Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted March 13, 2012 Super User Posted March 13, 2012 Beats the Heck out of watching baseball. Like SoFla said above, this is a world wide sport. Eventually its gonna catch on here. It's already starting too. With the way the NFL keeps doing things now, it may someday manage to pass it. I don't know about it catching on here. I've been hearing that since my high school days and I graduated in '59. There was a flurry of interest when Pele came to the states. There was another flurry when the women's soccer team won the Olympic gold. The latest surge in pulicity was when Beckham, (or is it Beckman? shows how much I know) and his wife came here from England, I think. As a nation, we grew up on baseball (the national pasttime), football and basketball. Who knows,? Maybe lacrosse and rugby will catch on over here too. Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted March 13, 2012 Author Super User Posted March 13, 2012 I don't know about it catching on here. I've been hearing that since my high school days and I graduated in '59. There was a flurry of interest when Pele came to the states. There was another flurry when the women's soccer team won the Olympic gold. The latest surge in pulicity was when Beckham, (or is it Beckman? shows how much I know) and his wife came here from England, I think. As a nation, we grew up on baseball (the national pasttime), football and basketball. Who knows,? Maybe lacrosse and rugby will catch on over here too. I HOPE rugby catches on. That's one of the greatest games ever. Football was fun, but rugby was a hundred times more fun to play. As for lacrosse, I don't have the temper for it. If someone smacks me with a stick I'm probably gonna wrap mine around their neck. Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted March 13, 2012 Super User Posted March 13, 2012 I HOPE rugby catches on. That's one of the greatest games ever. Football was fun, but rugby was a hundred times more fun to play. As for lacrosse, I don't have the temper for it. If someone smacks me with a stick I'm probably gonna wrap mine around their neck. I have one request. It pertains to the Road Trip. Please, please, please, if you lose a nice fish, don't wrap your fishing rod around my neck. Quote
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