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[dickay]

Probably because they like baseball and don't like soccer.

Most baseball fans are aware of baseball's history. They know Ruth, Cobb, Aaron, Cy, etc. They know about Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper. They about the Yankees. They know about the Yankees and the Red Sox. They know the back story.

They don't know the back story to soccer.

I've lived a few years in Europe. I've watched a few soccer matches, on TV, in person, on TV at parties. I enjoy it. I can see why soccer has such a big following. It can be quite exciting when a team gets close to scoring. You recognize the opportunity and tension builds. Then there's the excitement of a score or the let down of a miss (not knowing any back story, I don't typically care who wins any given match). It is engaging.

But I don't care about soccer. I don't care who wins. I don't care who scores. I don't know anything about the teams or the players that I'm watching.

That's the difference for me between baseball and soccer. I doubt I'm totally unique in this regard.

this.

anything is "boring" if you're not invested to some extent in it. many in America have no idea how to play soccer, don't understand the rules / positions, and certainly don't understand the history of the game.

To appreciate soccer I think you need the historical context and an understanding of the rules. While it seems boring to watch the ball going back and forth and never near the net at times, an avid soccer fan can see what the offense and defense is doing and the strategy involved. I know it's there, I just can't see it personally. I didn't grow up with it.

When it comes to soccer i can't full one hand up with names I know. Pele (don't know his whole name), David Beckham, and Freddie Abu...or is it Adu? One of the two I believe. That's it for me. Can't name another in all honesty. I know Pele played for Brazil, i think. Don't know about the other two. Think Beckham was England.

Point there is I think i'm like many who doesn't know squat about Soccer. That, for me..makes it boring.

[OregonDuck1989]

It's fine not to like soccer but what I see from many American is just irrational hatred! I just have never seen another sport with such vile hatred spewed towards it. I mean for a white American male to admit he likes soccer usually opens him up to ridicule and comments like " dude you like soccer, you must be a flaming homo." I just don't understand the American hatred of soccer. I wish the whole country could be like the Pacific Northwest! Those are some soccer loving fools!

This.

I've grown to love soccer I talk about it a lot and have become a loyal fan.

I can see disinterest that's fine but there's flat out hatred that i don't get and I think that's because we aren't an elite soccer nation like every other major team sport

[Kobie]

I doubt I'm totally unique in this regard.

No, you're not. I don't see much of this "vile hatred" other posters have referred to. Just ... disinterest. It's not that I hate soccer, I just don't care about it. And I would say the vast, vast majority of the non-soccer-liking public is the same way. Sure, every so often you'll see some jackass say the type of things that MW was referring to; however, people like that, I've found, are a tiny exception and not the rule.

EDIT: Yes, I realize I used the word "hate" earlier. That was in reference to the previous post I quoted. I don't hate it; I just don't care about it.

[ragecage]

No, you're not. I don't see much of this "vile hatred" other posters have referred to. Just ... disinterest. It's not that I hate soccer, I just don't care about it. And I would say the vast, vast majority of the non-soccer-liking public is the same way. Sure, every so often you'll see some jackass say the type of things that MW was referring to; however, people like that, I've found, are a tiny exception and not the rule.

EDIT: Yes, I realize I used the word "hate" earlier. That was in reference to the previous post I quoted. I don't hate it; I just don't care about it.

Yep. No irrational hatred, just don't care for stupid hockey on grass.

[etothep]

Nuggets finally got rid of who I think is one of the most overrated coaches in the NBA (sorry to divert the NBA thread back to the NBA)

[asianinvasion]

Yeah, I'd buy that. He's had a HOFer and a really good sidekick on three different teams (Payton and Kemp, Allen and Cassel, Anthony and Iverson and Billups) and still couldn't win a ring.
I guess he's a believer of Billy Beane. His **** don't work in the playoffs

[ragecage]

Yeah, I'd buy that. He's had a HOFer and a really good sidekick on three different teams (Payton and Kemp, Allen and Cassel, Anthony and Iverson and Billups) and still couldn't win a ring.
I guess he's a believer of Billy Beane. His **** don't work in the playoffs

You can basically blame George Karl for the reason Seattle doesn't have a team.

[MichelleWie]

Yeah, I'd buy that. He's had a HOFer and a really good sidekick on three different teams (Payton and Kemp, Allen and Cassel, Anthony and Iverson and Billups) and still couldn't win a ring.
I guess he's a believer of Billy Beane. His **** don't work in the playoffs

You left out Big Dog! The man got the Bucks within a game of the finals, that alone should cement his status as one of the greatest of all-time! I will never see the Bucks that close again. On the other hand he played a huge role in one of the worst trades in NBA history. 2 months of a washed up Gary Payton for Ray-Ray! And he also lobbied for the signing of Anthony Mason....

[free2131]

I just don't understand the American hatred of soccer.

That and the whole, "We are having overtime, but we aren't gonna tell you how much AND if one team is close to scoring we will run past that overtime."

[MichelleWie]

That and the whole, "We are having overtime, but we aren't gonna tell you how much AND if one team is close to scoring we will run past that overtime."

Thanks for proving my point!

These sports are widely popular in America!

[etothep]

It seems I accidentally clicked on the "This is the official mls thread. Bizkit overlord mls champz" thread again

[Kobie]

Thanks for proving my point!

These sports are widely popular in America!

Here's a thought. Maybe the flopping isn't the only reason us dirty, ignorant Americans generally couldn't care less about soccer.

[OregonDuck1989]

Yeah, I'd buy that. He's had a HOFer and a really good sidekick on three different teams (Payton and Kemp, Allen and Cassel, Anthony and Iverson and Billups) and still couldn't win a ring.
I guess he's a believer of Billy Beane. His **** don't work in the playoffs

Melo a HoFer???

Also Spurs shut down LBJ hard last night.

And it's no use discussing anything with these Trout worshippers Wie even tho the Buffalo Sabres basically play soccer in the nhl heyo

[Kobie]

Melo a HoFer???

Also Spurs shut down LBJ hard last night.

And it's no use discussing anything with these Trout worshippers Wie even tho the Buffalo Sabres basically play soccer in the nhl heyo

He did have 18 boards and 10 assists. The Heat's biggest problem of late is that Wade and Bosh have essentially vanished. Bosh especially ... Wade still looks OK in spurts, but man, Bosh just looks lost out there.

[etothep]

He did have 18 boards and 10 assists. The Heat's biggest problem of late is that Wade and Bosh have essentially vanished. Bosh especially ... Wade still looks OK in spurts, but man, Bosh just looks lost out there.

yeh, shut him down to the tune of him barely getting a triple double

and their problem is that bosh thinks he's dirk nowitzki