Originally Posted by _AdultDev_

I think the closed minded and arrogance coming here is a bit annoying, but I'll put that aside.

I agree with Madalton, WTF are you people thinking with the no offside rule? There is offsides in Hockey, non of you complain there, why not let 3 guys sit in front of the goal and we pass the puck the length of the ice and then hockey will be 15-19 instead. Why do they have offsides and encroachment in NFL, why not let the defense just attack whenever, would make it more exciting, when I want to get the QB I just run, and then they can try to stop me. Would make that much more exciting as well.

I've been to live NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, and many other sports live around the world. I will say by far seeing soccer live is a different level. The fans almost all across the stadium appreciate everything, they cheer with passion and with their hearts. I've been to NFL games where a lot of people are sitting around and don't even care when points are scored. At a soccer game the people cheer, clap, they all sing songs with love and passion for their team. It's like one giant family.

Saying just kick the ball and score more shows how clueless you are. Why do NHL players pass, pass, pass, pass, pass around the blue line back and forth. Because they are waiting for a hole in the defense, or for someone to make a move that they can get the perfect pass in. In your way of doing things, any time I get the puck just shoot, and shoot. More goals then.

Soccer is a very tactical sport. Some teams play a more attacking style, while others sit back and play the counter attack. If you watched Real Madrid vs FC Bayern in the champions league you would have saw a perfectly planned counter attack.

You have to remember in soccer there are 11 men on the field, so just kicking the ball is hard to do, you need to get it past them, you need to plan the right move, the right pass. Soccer is a lot of anticipation, you stand and cheer, the ball moves up and it gets you on the edge of your seat just waiting and waiting.

To put it into perspective, a lot of USA sports are like quickie sex, I want to cum, and cum right now, excitement, make something happen, score a goal, hit a home run, intercept the ball and run it back for a pick 6.

With soccer, it's like long passionate sex, you don't want to pull out, you don't want to cum. You want to be on edge for that perfect moment and then squirt all over the place. That's how soccer is, the ball moves up slowly, and when the moment happens, the right cross comes in, and someone heads the ball in, you go apeshit. And the vibe in the stadium is different then anything you'd find at a NHL game, or NFL.

You may think a lot is not going on, but if you watch the fighting and wrestling for the ball, the way some people play, the moves they make. If you think they are doing nothing a lot of guys run 10 plus KM in about 90 mins time. For a bunch of guys standing around, that's sure a lot of movement.

When you watch, understand what's happening, why they are passing, who they are passing to. The Ghana USA game was a great example. Ghana was coming up the sides and crossing like crazy, they just could not punch it in. But, every shot made you go LOOOK!!!!

Then they finally scored, it was like WTF. Then a few mins later USA scored on a corner. It was crazy.

Understand the rules, understand the movements, understand why each team plays the way they do.

If you really want to understand, fly to Europe, see a game or two live, then you will understand.

Originally Posted by MaDalton

sorry, simply overlooked that, no intention.

it is part of the rules - and part of the tactics. if there was no offside, each team would simply park one or more players in front of the opponents goal and just try to do long shots to them. and the game would be ruined.

doesn't hockey have a similar rule? no shots across the middle line?

and the faking of injuries... as someone who played handball that bothers me too sometimes.

Originally Posted by Ross

This is the kind of question I just can't answer to someone, you have to watch me, watching a football match to know what is special about it. I love the game more than any other sport, more than any other thing. Since the time I could walk, I've kicked a ball around, my cousins, uncles, my dad, they all taught me different things about the game, the offside rule, how to dribble, when to pass, when to shoot, everything to do with the game was taught to me by family and friends. It can be played anywhere, by 2 people or 50 people, when you are a kid you don't care how many is on a team, get the ball and start playing.

It's life to me, I am passionate about it, it brings back a lot of very happy childhood memories, it's the simplest thing in the world but it's more fun than anything else. If you don't get it, don't be arrogant about it, it's not your fault and you can't start to understand it if you won't open your mind and give it a chance.

I opened my mind and gave NFL, Basketball, Baseball and Hockey a chance when I moved to North America, I regularly go to all these sports games and I enjoy them, especially NFL but they will never replace Football for me.