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I don't hate soccer or anything, though I am very annoyed by the soccer guy who yesterday tried to convince me it is a more physical sport than hockey.

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This is obviously true.

Contrast:

- Hockey players, who go down from Barney-hug-like "bodychecks" into the boards and then get right back up and keep playing

- Soccer players, who so obviously know how to strike exacting blows on precise pressure points, that when one is merely bumped he goes down like he was shot, then rolls around screaming in pain for three minutes, waits for the stretcher guys to come out, then gets back up and keeps playing.

Soccer players are so good at delivering deceptively non-injurious-looking blows that Onyewu can apparently cause grave bodily harm by merely rubbing up against a Ghanian in the penalty box.

To be able to catch such pinpoint fouls, FIFA has apparently hired off-duty NBA referees.

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Great post.