Rant: Soccer

[robbotis]

It's more like a spring training game between the Dodgers' AAA affiliate and the Yankees' AAA affiliate. You might get appearances from the Tim Federowiczes and David Aardmas, which I'm sure will be exciting.

They organize these tours with stipulations that most of the big players will be there. They don't pay them millions to bring over the youth team.

I doubt the organizers care, as long as they can put "English Premiere League Fixture!" on the ticket. The EPL has a massive international following, and this is as close as many of those fans can get to a live game.

I don't see how anybody expect the top players to show up for a friendly a few thousand miles away from England four days after the EPL season ends.

Like trill said, I bet they bring all the "healthy" players. I'm sure it's in their contracts. Sure, Aguero and Mata and Hazard may only play a half, but they'll be out there.

[Fat_Bulldog]

Soccer is so terrible.

[robbotis]

Soccer is so terrible.

It's Football, and it sold out in 20 minutes.

[Fat_Bulldog]

Soccer is so terrible.

It's Football, and it sold out in 20 minutes.

The soccer type of football is terrible.

[Vidor]

The sport speaks for itself

"I'm sleepy."

[Vidor]

Another criticism I have of the sport - would we all agree that lead changes in games tend to correlate to excitement? Wouldn't more lead changes be a more exciting game? How many lead changes to you get in soccer. Do you ever get lead changes? I never hear of a team coming back from a 2-0 deficit, it seems like the team that makes it 1-0 wins about 99% of the time. At worst they tie.

Yep, if it's not a 0-0 game it's a 1-0 game. A sport has real problems when a long list of scores look like a curse word written in binary code. Also, if five-year-olds can actually mimic it tolerably well, you have a problem. There's a reason why soccer has caught on so much as a youth sport.

I will say, though, that there are two things good about it. The lack of commericals is nifty. And damn, it moves quickly. Two halves, a halftime, that "extra time" business, done in less than two hours usually, right?

[JackofDiamonds]

Now you're just trolling. You think T-Ball is as watchable as MLB because 5-year olds are mimicking it?

[Fat_Bulldog]

Soccer is horrible.

[Richie Allen]

Another criticism I have of the sport - would we all agree that lead changes in games tend to correlate to excitement? Wouldn't more lead changes be a more exciting game? How many lead changes to you get in soccer. Do you ever get lead changes? I never hear of a team coming back from a 2-0 deficit, it seems like the team that makes it 1-0 wins about 99% of the time. At worst they tie.

Yep, if it's not a 0-0 game it's a 1-0 game. A sport has real problems when a long list of scores look like a curse word written in binary code. Also, if five-year-olds can actually mimic it tolerably well, you have a problem. There's a reason why soccer has caught on so much as a youth sport.

I will say, though, that there are two things good about it. The lack of commericals is nifty. And damn, it moves quickly. Two halves, a halftime, that "extra time" business, done in less than two hours usually, right?

You guys really think a 30-22 game would be more exciting just because there were more goals? One of the main reasons I find soccer so exciting is because it's often a tied or one score game right up until the final second. In other words, every possession is potentially a winning or tying score. Very exciting.

[jim]

Another criticism I have of the sport - would we all agree that lead changes in games tend to correlate to excitement? Wouldn't more lead changes be a more exciting game? How many lead changes to you get in soccer. Do you ever get lead changes? I never hear of a team coming back from a 2-0 deficit, it seems like the team that makes it 1-0 wins about 99% of the time. At worst they tie.

Yep, if it's not a 0-0 game it's a 1-0 game. A sport has real problems when a long list of scores look like a curse word written in binary code. Also, if five-year-olds can actually mimic it tolerably well, you have a problem. There's a reason why soccer has caught on so much as a youth sport.

I will say, though, that there are two things good about it. The lack of commericals is nifty. And damn, it moves quickly. Two halves, a halftime, that "extra time" business, done in less than two hours usually, right?

You guys really think a 30-22 game would be more exciting just because there were more goals? One of the main reasons I find soccer so exciting is because it's often a tied or one score game right up until the final second. In other words, every possession is potentially a winning or tying score. Very exciting.

I don't think kicking a ball around a field and running after it could be exciting period.