The Footie Fool

My favorite comeback here in Maine is that soccer produces more college scholarship atheletes than any other sport. (even hockey). Its the parental sport of choice.

And besides, as a woman who wouldn’t want to watch all those handsome toned soccer players get all sweaty? With all the gear most other athletes must wear, soccer was designed as the “voyeur” sport for women. Fellas, if you want your women to watch sports, watch soccer!! Its fast, its fun and its HOT!

[...] Sometimes being a North American footie fan can be fraught with the constant demand that we explain our devotion to the beautiful game to fans of other sports. Haven’t you always wished you could shoot down their half-baked arguments about why soccer sucks with some really good, intelligent comeback? Here they are.read more | digg story [...]

Soccer will never compete with the NFL. I wish people will quit comparing the two. It’s like comparing a bmw (NFL) to a Ford Escort (soccer).

Soccer is awful. I forbid my kids to play this dumb game.

Dear Soccer Goddess.

How pathetic that you google over sweaty greaseball soccer players. Get a life and follow a real sport.

Soccer is for girls and girly men.

We see it.
We know it.
We say it.

SOCCER SUCKS!

u obviously have never played an intense game of soccer before. u guys are comparing soccer to football…when here is the real comparason:
football-pads, soccer-no pads

football-run ten yards,take a break

soccer-run 45 minutes,take a break, run 45 more minutes.

an average a football player runs in one game- less than a mile and a half

average a soccer player runs in one game-6 to 7 miles

get it right.

I think I gave some pretty good objective reasons why American football is (much) more interesting than soccer at my blog http://strangeblueplanet.blogspot.com/2007/10/stating-obvious-here-soccer-sucks.html

First and foremost, let us put to rest the whole Soccer Football rivalry.

Let’s look at the facts shall we.

Soccer:
1) Players play all 90 minutes constantly running, getting kicked in the shins, being pushed, kicked, elbowed etc…
2) It’s the largest, most popular sport in the world Involving 300+ countires from every corner of the globe.
3) Has some of the highest paid, athletes in the world.
4) And the skill level required o perfom is quite intense.

American Football
1) They call it Natinal yet the only nation invlved is the USA. S it’s kinda like copeting agans yourself.
2) Skill level required is quesionable. I do see how a gywho weighs 300+ lbs who’s diet consists of cheeseburgers and fries can be considered an athlete.
3) They run fr 10 seconds then stop for 2 mnutes to dece what to do next.
4) 4 breaks at 15 minute intervals….are you kidding me.
5) They get 4 attempts to move a ball 10 yards. So much for tree strikes and you’re out you’re so special we’ll give yo one more.
6) If you haven’t seen your own toes in 5 years chances are you are the best paid player on the team.

Summary:

Americans are what they are. Loud, Obnoxious know-it-alls who always believe what they have is better then what anyone else has. So I say give it to them. Let them believe whatever they like, let them bask in their own ignorance, why do you think the NFL is so popular? It’s all american, then can argue amoungst themselves. The NFL is all they have, even Baseball was tainted when the Canadians won it 2 years in a row. That shut up the americans didn’t it.

Changing an american into worldly human being who can appreciate things for what they are is more difficult then understanding what President Bush says half the time. So let them be, let them enjoy their football, and do’t mention the fact that the bll they play with looks like a supository.

jess,

Since when is the distance someone runs the sole measure of an athlete? Soccer players do all that running and produce very little for it. If you are so impressed by distance running, become a cross-country fan.

1) Players play all 90 minutes constantly running, getting kicked in the shins, being pushed, kicked, elbowed etc…
-Soccer players spend about eighty percent of the game at a light jog, not running.
2) It's the largest, most popular sport in the world Involving 300+ countires from every corner of the globe.
-There are not 300 countries on earth, and only what,32 played in the World Cup?
3) Has some of the highest paid, athletes in the world.
-Why does that make it better?
4) And the skill level required o perfom is quite intense.
-Not really. Soccer, by its nature does not allow players to gain top flight hand eye coordination,and while one would think soccer players would have phenomenal footwork, but they actually are far behind NFL running backs, wide receivers, basketball players, and mogul skiers in objective measures of agility and footwork skill.
American Football

1) They call it Natinal yet the only nation invlved is the USA. S it's kinda like copeting agans yourself.
-It's National BECAUSE the NFL comprises teams from one country. Otherwise it would be international. By the way, on that note, if we took our most well rounded NFL players, the wide receivers, safeties, cornerbacks, etc, we would crush the world in rugby. Rugby is not even played in most high schools here, let alone most colleges at a varsity level, yet we still are ranked 15th in the world.
2) Skill level required is quesionable. I do see how a gywho weighs 300+ lbs who's diet consists of cheeseburgers and fries can be considered an athlete.
-Here's a highlight film of Barry Sanders. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TflnHlQMt8
3) They run fr 10 seconds then stop for 2 mnutes to dece what to do next.
-This is actually similar to soccer. The time spent planning in American football is about equal to the time spent passing around the ball semi aimlessly in soccer. The 11 minutes of actual play in football roughly corresponds to the amount of serious goal scoring effort in soccer.
4) 4 breaks at 15 minute intervals….are you kidding me.
-Football is a much more brutal and demanding sport. I'd wager that soccer players could last at most, a set of downs before their bodies gave out. And to preempt your response, yes, most NFL players CAN run 6 miles. You realize that the 6 miles in a soccer game means that the players are doing about a 15 minute mile? I can walk that. Devin Hester runs five mile hill workouts nearly full speed. A full game of soccer would be nothing to him.
5) They get 4 attempts to move a ball 10 yards. So much for tree strikes and you're out you're so special we'll give yo one more.
-This just shows how ignorant you are-three strikes-you're out is baseball.
6) If you haven't seen your own toes in 5 years chances are you are the best paid player on the team.
-Usually, the highest played player on team is the quarterback. Fat quarterbacks do not exist.
Summary:

Americans are what they are. Loud, Obnoxious know-it-alls who always believe what they have is better then what anyone else has. So I say give it to them. Let them believe whatever they like, let them bask in their own ignorance, why do you think the NFL is so popular? It's all american, then can argue amoungst themselves. The NFL is all they have, even Baseball was tainted when the Canadians won it 2 years in a row. That shut up the americans didn't it.

Changing an american into worldly human being who can appreciate things for what they are is more difficult then understanding what President Bush says half the time. So let them be, let them enjoy their football, and do't mention the fact that the bll they play with looks like a supository.