For Americans Watching the World Cup...

[Gunny Highway]

[Gunny Highway]

This was a really poorly designed poll. This one is only for AMERICAN NON-SOCCER FANS.

[irvman21]

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. I am enjoying this WC more than the last one, which I think is entirely due to my ability to use Tivo to speed through the extremely slow portions. Along those same lines, I find Tivo has dramtically increased my enjoyment of all sports on TV.

[Meezer]

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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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[youtalkfunny]

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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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He's right. You never see six hockey players per game carried off on a stretcher. That soccer must be one dangerous sport.

I haven't seen a stretcher get that much use since old-school WWWF wrestling.

[Ignignokt]

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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.

[namknils]

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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.

[Ignignokt]

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Great post.

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I aim to please.

[antidan444]

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

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Awesome.

[MacGuyV]

I am not a soccer fan. Have to work so I can't watch these weekday games; though I probably would if I could and I watch the weekend games. Didn't watch 4 years ago when they were on at 3:00 a.m. est. '98 I don't remember. I remember I enjoyed the '94 games in the U.S. though, but then I had to go to camp and missed knockout round because I was like 13 then. I dunno it's ok, I watch mostly because it's something different and I don't like MLB or NBA so summer is a bad sports time for me; and it's fun to root for the U.S. beat the countries that care so much more and wish America were dead. I will never become a 'soccer fan' though.