Well I gave it a try. I went to a union game. I was told of you go it's great, games are exciting blah blah blah. Wrong!, soccer is just stupid, slow and boring. But atleast we did it right.

 

Our tail gate

 

View from the suites

 

 

Field from the suites

 

 

 

Lounge after party

 

 

Field view from the Lounge

 

If you think soccer is stupid, slow and boring....try watching a 3 day cricket test match......

More pictures of those girls in the first shot please.

The popularity of soccer eludes me. It's not that I can't deal with slow sports. After all, I am a baseball fan.

The popularity of soccer eludes me. It's not that I can't deal with slow sports. After all, I am a baseball fan.

 

Scoring also isnt an issue, since I can enjoy a 2-1 hockey game. I think its the "not using our most useful bodyparts" thing. You dont even need opposable thumbs to play.

More pictures of those girls in the first shot please.

 

They were the servers we hired. A hooters girl, a dancer from the penthouse club and I forget what the 3 one did.

Can I ask who you went with? Did you go with soccer fans? I used to not like soccer myself but then I made friends with people that are die hard fans and that just makes it better. It also can be a lot of fun if you can get into all the songs and chanting. The rivalry between soccer fans of different teams is unmatched. My friends and I are all Liverpool fans and we always go to different bars that support other teams like Everton, Chelsea, and Man U, and its always crazy and a good time.

 

Soccer is definitely an acquired taste, I will say that much. At least you tried it out.

More pictures of those girls in the first shot please.

 

Haha you read my mind, I just didn't know if they were Shawn's daughters or something.

Can I ask who you went with? Did you go with soccer fans? I used to not like soccer myself but then I made friends with people that are die hard fans and that just makes it better. It also can be a lot of fun if you can get into all the songs and chanting. The rivalry between soccer fans of different teams is unmatched. My friends and I are all Liverpool fans and we always go to different bars that support other teams like Everton, Chelsea, and Man U, and its always crazy and a good time.

 

Soccer is definitely an acquired taste, I will say that much. At least you tried it out.

 

You'll never walk alone...Liverpool fan here too.

 

Rich

You'll never walk alone...Liverpool fan here too.

 

Rich

 

Ever go to the Iron Abbey in Willowgrove, PA? We go there all the time to watch the matches.

Not a huge fan but can definitely enjoy a soccer match. Its just not built for most americans.

They were the servers we hired. A hooters girl, a dancer from the penthouse club and I forget what the 3 one did.

 

I'm sorry. You seem to have misunderstood what "more pictures" means. It doesn't mean I want to know what they do. It means I want to see more pictures of them, preferably closer pictures with more details and less clothes.

I'll upload some later

IMHO soccer will never be popular in America because it goes against out way of thinking. If you foul another player, they get a free shot at the goal and you get a card for being naughty. I've seen soccer players take hits and roll around on the field like Academy Award winning actors to make sure the ref sees them in pain so the other player gets a penalty card.

 

in soccer you get two teams spending a lot of energy running around and at the end of the game not much has happened. It's a very socialist game when you think about it, All about fair play and inertia.

 

Football is the exact opposite. In football you take your hits and you get hurt and you get up and play anyway. The odds may be uneven, it my be raining, you may have just torn a hamstring, but damn it, you go in there and play and fight to win.

 

It it any surprise that American Football never really caught on anywhere else? It goes against Europe's way of thinking.

That bus looks very familar!

I'll upload some later

 

That's my man!!

IMHO soccer will never be popular in America because it goes against out way of thinking. If you foul another player, they get a free shot at the goal and you get a card for being naughty. I've seen soccer players take hits and roll around on the field like Academy Award winning actors to make sure the ref sees them in pain so the other player gets a penalty card.

 

in soccer you get two teams spending a lot of energy running around and at the end of the game not much has happened. It's a very socialist game when you think about it, All about fair play and inertia.

 

Football is the exact opposite. In football you take your hits and you get hurt and you get up and play anyway. The odds may be uneven, it my be raining, you may have just torn a hamstring, but damn it, you go in there and play and fight to win.

 

It it any surprise that American Football never really caught on anywhere else? It goes against Europe's way of thinking.

 

Rugby. Take your hits with no pads. lol

I've seen soccer players take hits and roll around on the field like Academy Award winning actors to make sure the ref sees them in pain so the other player gets a penalty card.

 

This happens in basketball, hockey, and even football.

 

Ever go to the Iron Abbey in Willowgrove, PA? We go there all the time to watch the matches.

 

No, that would be quite a drive for me but when I lived in NYC I lived one block from a Liverpool bar where I spent many Saturday mornings.

 

I know the European players carry on like actresses but of all the sports I have played, soccer is the most brutal. I have been knocked out, had my nose broken and my right ankle destroyed playing soccer. Those guys are tougher than they look.

 

Rich

This happens in basketball, hockey, and even football.

 

I don't watch the first two sports but you can't really compare the occasional quarterback taking a flop to try and get a roughing the passer flag. To soccer, where they fall down and cry every 3 minutes. The soccer game was on at that club a few days ago, and I swear every time I looked at the screen someone was lying down crying.

This happens in basketball, hockey, and even football.

 

In hockey? Watch much hockey? I've never seen a hockey player writhe around like a pu**y unless he was bleeding profusely or just absorbed 6oz of frozen rubber traveling in excess of 90mph.

 

I'm no fan of soccer but my co-workers tell me one of the reasons soccer won't catch on in the U.S. is because MLS is garbage. It's like Class A baseball.

I grew-up in a family that played football and lacrosse. Soccer was a sport for those that couldn't play football.

 

Fast forward a few decades and I'm a father. My 6 year old son wants to play soccer. Turns out he has a natural ability and is recruited (yes, at age 6) to play on a 7 year old travel team. I'd never heard of such a thing, but my wife says "why not".

 

That was 11 years ago. My son now plays soccer at a very high level, has played up and down the east coast, plays on hand picked teams and will more then likely play at a division 1 college. I even got a coaching license and coached him for a few years.

 

When I didn't understand soccer I didn't like it. When you understand the rules of the game and understand the talent required to properly play the game, it's a great game. Those that say "I don't understand it, so it must suck" haven't really given any thought to the game, its rules and the precision at which it is played.

I grew-up in a family that played football and lacrosse. Soccer was a sport for those that couldn't play football.

 

Fast forward a few decades and I'm a father. My 6 year old son wants to play soccer. Turns out he has a natural ability and is recruited (yes, at age 6) to play on a 7 year old travel team. I'd never heard of such a thing, but my wife says "why not".

 

That was 11 years ago. My son now plays soccer at a very high level, has played up and down the east coast, plays on hand picked teams and will more then likely play at a division 1 college. I even got a coaching license and coached him for a few years.

 

When I didn't understand soccer I didn't like it. When you understand the rules of the game and understand the talent required to properly play the game, it's a great game. Those that say "I don't understand it, so it must suck" haven't really given any thought to the game, its rules and the precision at which it is played.

 

I think you give most of us too little credit. I played soccer when I was a kid. Most of my friends did too. I am familiar with most, if not all the rules. It is not a surprise that none of us watch it as adults until the World Cup rolls around. Soccer is interminable, even when played at the highest level. Scoring chances are routinely thwarted. Balls bound from player to player in the midfield for ten minutes at a time. Having the most talented hamster in the world participating does not make him running on a wheel more fun to watch. I suppose if I lived in Europe and used a soccer game as an excuse to get drunk and rowdy with my friends, I might learn to appreciate it more (until the NFL finally arrived in my country, natch).

In hockey? Watch much hockey? I've never seen a hockey player writhe around like a pu**y unless he was bleeding profusely or just absorbed 6oz of frozen rubber traveling in excess of 90mph.

 

I'm no fan of soccer but my co-workers tell me one of the reasons soccer won't catch on in the U.S. is because MLS is garbage. It's like Class A baseball.

 

Actually, Mario Lemieux was the best hockey player I have ever seen (yes, even better than Gretzky), and he did more swan dives than anyone I have ever seen on a sheet of ice. He was definitely the beneficiary of some star driven officiating. Like Patrick Ewing always getting about five steps in MSG and never getting called for traveling.

As a rule though, hockey players play through broken body parts and do their best not even to grimace.

When I was more svelte back in the 70's, I played on an amateur league for a few years when I came back from school. (I wanted something to do with my Sunday mornings.) It's a sport better played than watched. Our NY-Metro area has some phenomenal soccer talents from around the world who play on a weekend basis, many in the over-30 leagues. The Cosmopolitan Soccer League has been around since 1923. It was from them that the N.Y. Cosmos were spawned in the late 60's. Many players in this league today were stars on their native national teams as well as former Olympic players.

 

High schools in this area didn't have soccer teams nor did towns have local programs back in the 70's. (Yet soccer is VERY big in the Midwest where I went to school.) I also played rugby in college, on an NCAA level and in the Missouri Rugby Football Union conference which played at Forest Park every weekend. A lot of good rugby players are also good soccer players. Under certain circumstances, both sports require deft foot skills.

I've never seen a hockey player writhe around like a pu**y unless he was bleeding profusely or just absorbed 6oz of frozen rubber traveling in excess of 90mph

 

 

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I enjoy it, but don't go out of my way to watch it. When the world cup and euro is on though, I am balls deep into it. I prefer to watch it on the Spanish channel though, American announcers are boring to listen to.

I tried watching the word cup but I couldn't stand those stupid horns

Hah - I want a Vuvuzela....

 

Found another good one:

I tried watching the word cup but I couldn't stand those stupid horns

 

I agree!