Soccer why is it so popular ?
 

Why is Soccer so popular worldwide ?

Is it really that good? It is the number one
sport for me as well but it's not the only
sport i like !

Because of all the hot girls wearing soccer shorts....my guess.

I am serious , it seems to be so much more popular then any other sport world wide !

I once read that the US media is trying to stop soccer being
shown too much on network television out of fear it will became
too popular taking attention away from the current big US sports
like Baseball-NFL-Basketball (sports americans are good at.)

Maybe once the US can compete with the top soccer nations,
that might change..not sure but

It's popular cause it's interesting to watch. It has tactics and teamwork and it's not just a sport, it brings all the nations of the world together during world cups. IT'S THE BEST AND THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN THE WORLD!!!!!!! I don't want to offend American football fans, but you are very naive, just because it is played in the US, doesn't mean it's superior. You people just do not understand the beuty of futbol, soccer that is.

Come on us english created it of course its the best game in the world ;) and its called FOOTBALL in the uk ;)

LOL then wtf happened to cricket

Very true. Good job England



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World Cup 2002 baby!

This time we're gonna win, as long as fucking Beckham keeps his girly kicks in check... :)

because it costs 2 dollars to get a soccer ball. DUH!

for hockey u need ice, sticks, padding, pucks, helmet, skates, and so on..

for american football u need football, helmet, LOTS of padding, cheerleaders and so on...

for golf u need 1 million clubs

for soccer you need a ball nothing more not even shoes!

btw hockey is not on the poll and formula 1 is NOT a sport

Because soccer is for the dumbs....

formula 1 is sport.
try driving a formula. well you cant do it. but even if you could, you would be exhausted in 10 minutes.

It is something you can play from the day you can walk to the day that you can't(deeeeep).

In is a multigenerational sport that can be played almost anywhere and anytime.

I have played since I was 5 and still play.

And it is inexpensive.
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American football is the dumbest fucking sport on the face of the earth.... how can you call it a sport when someone is considered a great athlete for being 100+ lbs overweight and they can't move more than 4 feet without being completely out of breath. Plus, those pussies do the same shit that happens in rugby, but we americans need pads? wtf is that about?

Baseball is the same stupid way.

Basketball at least requires SOME athletic prowess, but the fowls are out of control

soccer is the shit :-) teamwork, intelligence, athletic prowess, and it's still rough

Ice wouldn't be bad either. I doubt asian, south-american and african folks can play it. :)

You can kick a coconut or whatever and make it a game.

Soccer requires so much more skill than american football. You got to be fast and strong to play football, but soccer you need skill.

Tadow, consider yourself as my best fucking friend of earth !

:rasta

I just want to say one word:
Brazil

Too bad that Brasil lost vs. FRA last Worldcup - I couldn't believe my eyes when I watched it. :throwup

dudnt brazil nearly not make it to this world cup finals ?!?!?!?

Mmm.. Zidane. :)

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh

Obviously you understand nothing about Americans or American media.

The media will show WHATEVER makes money.

Wont show it out of fear of it becoming popular HAAHAHAAh fucking right.

They tried shoving that faggot third world shit down our throats when our lesbian team won some fucking lesbo cup or some shit.

Nobody watched it then, nobody watches it now.

I prefer sports that actually involve skill.

Soccer is gay like techno.

Oh yeah, you Us ppl have women's soccer.
Nobody looks at that.

TaDoW, you are the MAN!!!!! :thumbsup :thumbsup

In the USA soccer is the largest sport for kids under 18 years and the fastest growing sport according Sports USA stats for the same catagory.

Those are called LINEMEN. They are not supposed to move more than 4 feet.

To call anyone else on the team overweight proves how much you do not know about football.



You gonna hit someone harder when you have pads, or if you dont have pads?

You cant compare rugby to football, its completely different, and yet again you prove you know nothing about football.


Yeah fucking right. I guess we now know who is a soccer fag.

LOL:1orglaugh

Thats because only 8 year olds and lesbians play it.

The boys are off playing man sports. Namely. Football.


Soccer is for the guys who cant play any other sports.

Like swimmers, faaaaaags.

First of all, it's FOOTBALL, not soccer.
It's the far best sport on the world, not just because the game is the best, but fans and supporting. I can't stand watching thousends of tossers just waving with some studpid flags in NFL. Come and watch Premiership, you'll see and feel whole ground shaking from singing! Come to Italy and watch their coreoraphies!!! Outstanding! Not to mention crazy Argentinians and Brazilians! Football has a heart!!!

I bet [Labret] doesn't eat veggies.

You just can't teach an ass to read, same here with you american football fans. You keep saying soccer is gay, but this would make the whole world gay, cause the whole world plays soccer. The two sports has thier beuties, except I don't see that in american football, but whatever, it's just a matter of a person's choice.

I copied it from some board.



"Living a stone's throw from a major football stadium is, for me, Hell. If I liked the game, or anything even remotely connected to it, it'd be OK. But I don't. And there are so many levels for me to hate the game on, too.

Let's start with the basics - the actual game - shall we? Let's see...you have twenty two fully grown men kicking a ball around a patch of grass. Well, ostensibly that's what they're doing. Look a bit closer though - if someone has the ball, and an opponent comes within twenty feet of him, he will invariably sail to the ground, clutching his knee/ribs/arm/whatever, trying to claim a 'foul'.

And then there's the goal-scoring. Have you ever seen what these fuckwits do when they score? For those who haven't, they will do such things as slide on their fronts for miles along the pitch, whilst their team-'mates' pile on top of them. Or any number of equally ridiculous rituals.

And then there's the footballers themselves. They are all stupid. Very, very stupid. Fantastically so. And they are for some reason very famous. And very loved. And they earn more in a week than most of us earn in a year or five. And every time they score a goal they expect a pay increase. Even though they'd be doing it even if they didn't get paid a penny.

Then, of course, we have all the things surrounding football. Like - *sigh* - the fans. These people are even more cretinous than the players. And this is where I really start to hate football. You see, when the fans don't get what they want (i.e. the victory for their team), they don't do what fans of any other sport do. Oh no. They trash the stadium, the town/city that they're in, each other, and most notably innocent fucking bystanders that have had nothing to do with the match.

Example. My friend Henrich Sjolin is Swedish. He was drinking in the town whilst a match between a British team and a German team was taking place. The British team won, but the winning goal was scored very close to the end of the match, and most of the fans had poured out of the pubs in disgust by then. So what did they do? They decided to find all the Germans in the town (it's a university town so there are plenty) and kick the shit out of them. Henrich was near a certain group, and talking to someone. With a Swedish accent. Thick cunts that these people are, they mistook it for German (or they just didn't give a shit - Sweden's close enough, right?) and kicked the shit out of him. He was in hospital for quite some time.

Example. Whilst my friend and I were walking Nic to work tonight, a fan of one team or another (there was a match on) walked past us and called us slags because she thought we were fans of the opposing team. Never mind that Nic was in her Royal Mail uniform. Never mind that none of us were wearing anything even remotely resembling football clothes. Never mind that we were walking away from the motherfucking stadium.

Shit, I could go on forever, but I think I've said enough for now.

I HATE football and anything connected with it.

Huw the Poo"

[Labret]

You seem so bitter didn't anybody pick you for the team, or were you always picked last.

.:waaaaahh

By the way I was 5 sport athlete in school Soccer,Footbal,Rugby,track and drinking
So I feel I can comment on the "manliness" of these sports.
Figure Skating is for the weak wristed.

I can get the same thing at an NSync concert. Doesnt mean it doesnt suck.

I am not trying to sway the rest of the world to NFL. On the contrary, I dont want you fruitcakes anywhere near it. Much like everything else American you jerkoffs get your hands on you fuck it up. European rap? Cmon holy shit that shit is bad. Foreign cinema? Some good flicks, but largely absolute shit.

You are a woman, your opinion counts for nothing. Dont speak unless spoken too and get your ass back in the kitchen.

Womens sports? jesus, dont even get me started.

Hey Labret, you are forgetting that USA is made up of immigrants from all over the world and from the same Europe, that you are badmouthing.

[Labret}

I guess we hit a nerve,
you must have been really good.

I guess better a woman rather than a bedwetter.

Europe today, and Europe 300 years ago (when my ancestors arrived here), two very different places. I still fail to see your point.

Ok buttfucks in soccer they play continuously 45+ minutes. This means that there will be no chance for commercials. And if there are no commercials, why would USA be interested in anything like that?

Americans need commercials because they either need to find out what they need to buy tomorrow OR they have to run the fridge and make a few burgers so that they can eat those and watch unnaturally long men throwing basketball.

And why watch stupid soccer where you can be a good player even if you're just normal weighted or heighted? No normal looking people make any sports interesting. If you look normal and your profession is sport, you're gay.

:321GFY

You just answered to your own question Labret. When you badmouth Europe, you indirectly badmouth yourself, cause as you said your ancestors were from there.

My ancestors left that shithole continent for a reason.

Were they forced to leave because they had contageous diseases?

LOL :1orglaugh

Yes.

Must have been habitual bedwetting.

:Graucho

Indeed

[Labret]


There is one good thing , you are a good sport.

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I'm not on [Labret]'s side on this, but now you others are not behaving. Say something meaningful and justified. Not call [Labret] a bedwetter.. that sure as hell won't get your point through.

Everyone's entiled to an opinion, even though they're wrong if they don't think like me. I think [Labret] thinks the same.

Fun threads these are.

It's not like calling someone a bedwetter is an insult, my roomate wets in his bed all the time.

It will. That's the name of the game!

I love Soccer. Its the only sport where at every major event, at least 500 fucking morons die.