DO YOU LIKE SOCCER?

[Getmegreek]

FOR SOME REASON, PEOPLE IN AMERICA ONLY WATCH BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL WHICH IS IRONIC

[Birds]

Yes, women’s soccer is my preferred ball kicking sport.

[EpirusWarriorμολὼνλαβέ]

I follow MMA since early days [it looks like people learned nothing from Japanese league Pride Fighting Championship,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_Fighting_Championships
when was bought by ZUFA and UFC to turn in monopoly
https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2019/9/1/20842916/zuffa-paid-pride-ceo-nobuyuki-sakakibara-10-million-non-compete-clause-ufc-news

], beside football "soccer", formula 1,Rugby and so many others.
Dont give two ♥♥♥♥ what americans follow. Im from another country came to us, but my roots are from europe.Football or "soccer" for americans is followed everywhere in world beside usa. So why you give a f what they think when the rest of the world follows it religiously ? Beside let them the real deal here is their ceos of clubs be in baseball, american football, basketball, have moinoplized their sports so they keep money in their pockets and it does not goes else where.

[dobrowol]

Hell yes. In my teen years I played on a non-professional team.

[Azami]

As someone born in America, ball sports of any kind looks really boring. The only ball sport that is actually somewhat entertaining is table tennis/ping pong.

[Irene ❤]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 🌸Wraith:

isn't a fighting sport. 🌸

Soccer can be a fighting sport too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfaY0KH76nU
opponent disqualified because no players are not standing in the field.
Yes there is such a rule. So if everyone went out to dance and celebrate on 1st goal it can result in losing the match.

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Nah, I'm not a fan of any sport where sweaty men fondle and kick balls.

Unless they do it in sexy outfits.

[Birds]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Sir Dookface McFerretballs:

Nah, I'm not a fan of any sport where sweaty men fondle and kick balls.

Unless they do it in sexy outfits.

Many clubs utilize striped long sleeve shirts with split thigh shorts.

Such uniforms have certain historical connotations in many cultures.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

No opinion on Soccer aka Football.

but .... I HATE ALL CAPS!

:)

[gugnihr]

No I'm not a fan of sports in general and I particularly despise "pro" sports.
If somebody like to play soccer or any other sport at an amateur level then good for them have fun but personally I don't enjoy it anyway.

[Chunk Norris ☯]

Male soccer seems kind of effeminate, female soccer looks kind of awesome at times, although Rapino is totally toxic. If women soccer wanted equal pay maybe they should have done things to give them more fans insttead of acting toxic about it. Ryan Long does a skit about this actually, and talks about how female soccer players could try wearing less to attract more fans. I think that's a great idea. Female soccer almost reminds me of hockey sometimes. Some of those female players can be downright nasty to other players and their squabbles is something that as someone who doesn't watch sports could totally get into.

[EpirusWarriorμολὼνλαβέ]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Snow ☯:

Male soccer seems kind of effeminate

Because having skills,as dribblings, speed, passing, technique, control,shooting power ,precison and visions, positioning, endurance to play 90 minutes plus constant running deffending attacking, strategy and managment is also that is also any different than sports as basketball, but yet basketball is not called a female sport, the irony. By the way when football"soccer" was invented and played, basketball was unknown as a sport. I forgot basketball has no fouls or rules.Gtfo.

[Soap]

Yeah I’m American and I like soccer. It’s one of my favorite sports. When I was a kid, I got scouted and played in a competitive league on an independent team against kids on school teams who were 2-3 grade levels above mine, even from my own school. But I don’t watch it as much as other sports and it’s really complicated as to why. I won’t even bother trying to explain that. And I don’t even watch sports that much, because I’d rather play them.

A lot of Americans I know like soccer, and simply don’t watch it as much as other sports. It’s all really complicated I think lol. It probably has something to do with the seasons and amount of games played, and duration of games. But then it doesn’t seem to apply when it comes to baseball. American football is easy to watch because they don’t play very many games. Football is also easy to keep up with because everyone talks about it. A lot of Americans I know who like soccer less than I do, follow the world cup closer than I do. It might be mainly because they bet on the games idk.

Basketball can be really fun to watch on TV imo because you get to see everything that happens really close up, and it’s 5v5 like a MOBA, so there are some shared dynamics. Like the pick and roll, which is basically a disable. There are basically three lanes to the hoop which is ancient. It’s older than Chuck.

Idk how people can watch baseball on TV. I know some pro players and I still can’t get into it. But most Americans I know watch it to some extent. I like watching it in-person.

[Basarab Laiota]

im not a fan of divegrass, no

[EpirusWarriorμολὼνλαβέ]

"No" skills since ancient times:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmyssDtOiLM

"No" skills yesterday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPM566R1KxY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4jfxEEbJMY

"No" skills today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il6zJ1SkpnE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLV1z9BWvyc

[GoreTiger]

My school had a little rivalry between the football and soccer teams, The soccer coach tried to steal our football practice area and get us relocated to a smaller section of the field so we never really viewed soccer in a good light since then.


I don't personally like soccer, But I realize it's importance to alot of the countries that it's big in. The people in those countries have hard lives and little to show for it. I watch travel videos like bald & bankrupt when he was in africa and Mexica, the thing that stuck out to me was that..There was always people playing soccer.
Soccer is a community bonding situation in a lot of countries. It's a way for oppressed and hard working people to come together and enjoy something. It's a way for countries that have very little to feel a sense of national pride, The same way us football enjoyers feel pride when one of our city's or college teams win.
But it's a little different in those other countries. Soccer is a literal lifeline for them. For alot, it's all they have. They don't have playstations, They don't have computers or tiktok or facebook. All they have is that ball they can kick around a field to help them ignore the fact they're starving or tired.

Soccer is more then just a sport to a lot of countries around the world. To some, It's all their country has to feel proud of and to bring it's people together. For that, I respect soccer and the importance it plays on making people's lives better.