This is what I said BEFORE the World Cup started

by user Manny Stiles

The world gets a ticket to be a hooligan!

The buzz around the U.S. is well, buzzless...

I bet if we sent a REAL Football team (say, the crappy Detroit Lions for example) to play the world in football, we'd have a better chance...

Please convince me that a squad of NFL athletes (RBs, WRs, LBs, DBs plus a couple of kickers, maybe) wouldn't be able to compete as well or better than our actual World Cup squad?

US Soccer team - average player is what? 5'8" 155lbs??? No wonder we suck!

Even a crappy Detroit Lion benchwarmer would physically destroy our precious footballers... gather a few yellowcards, but intimidation is part of the game too!!!

The fact is, elite American athletes play football or basketball... even baseball is starting to lose the top notch athletes (or 'atheletes', if you're Charles Barkley). In America, soccer (as we correctly call it, even though calling our sport football doesn't make much sense) SUCKS...

That's right, soccer sucks! Ever tried betting on soccer? What's the over/under? 1 1/2? We like scoring! We like action... we hate wussy, faking floppers...(why do you think the best 'floppers' in the NBA are NOT American? They played soccer until they got BIG) ...and what the hell is 'injury time'???

Soccer players are whimps... if they were truly tough, they'd play REAL football or at least rugby. But they weren't BIG enough to play real sports, so they hang out with the other geeks who couldn't play real sports and that's how we have soccer!!!

We're Americans... we use our hands... we display our bruteness... we are UGLY Americans, not fancy doily Americans... let the world have it's football, we'll keep our scoreboards filled with scores and sports with clocks that stop when the game does...

Keep this in mind... Ever heard of a baseball fan getting crushed to death?? (1984 Tigers celebrations notwithstanding)

As a sports fan... I pay attention to what's happening and hope for a great story out of it... As an American... I'd rather watch soccer Moms than a soccer game...

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Mon 07/03/06, 11:59 pm EST

Sayhey-rodSoccer Kid

1267 days ago

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Fact is there are few 'elite' American atheletes anymore, the ones that look elite are suspected of taking perf ehancing drugs. NBA and MLB have to goto Europe, Latin America and Asia to recruit the best talent. As for soccer players are whimps, you obviously no nothing about the game, try playing it first. Much tougher than a 5x5 basketball game or a NFL football gfame. Lastly, if it sux so much, why did you feel the need to write about the topic.

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DrpatriotAll-American

1267 days ago

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As someone who has played both soccer and football at a high school level, football is without question the tougher sport. It required more strength, endurance and willpower than soccer did. I am relatively sure that this reflects on play at the professional levels as well. That said, no one on the soccer team or the football team was a wimp. Just my 2 cents worth.

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

1267 days ago

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I played both as well, soccer at collegiate/semi-pro level. I agree that football nfl style requires more strength, but c'mon, endurance? First you play 1/2 the football game (offense team/defense team, second plays last 30 seconds at the most. Breaks everywhere. Soccer requires far more endurance and running ability as you have to play 2 45 minute halves continuously.

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

1266 days ago

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I never took steroids, but was accused of it.

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Anonymous Fanatic #3

1267 days ago

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Come on Manny, that's just a stupid, stupid article. Waste of time.

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Anonymous Fanatic #3

1267 days ago

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Manny, you just starting using this site...but you're starting to wear out your welcome with hateful articles like this.

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

1267 days ago

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Have a few orange slices, Anonymous... Ok, I won't pick on the Detroit Lions anymore!

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Firefigterwolf

1267 days ago

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dude the lions would kill everyone they would play. i would say that the 49ers would be the best suited for the world to have a better chance at beating.

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

1267 days ago

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I'm theoretically/geographically a Cardinals fan

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

1267 days ago

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I played soccer when I was young and 'retired' after an incident where I nearly lost a testicle, maybe that's why I'm so hateful towards soccer. That, and maybe my Mom didn't love me as much as she loves you...

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

1267 days ago

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Besides I wrote this BEFORE the world cup started. After watching an awe-inspiring demonstration of how far America has come in soccer, I LOVE SOCCER!!! Where else can I see the world's game equivalent of a Rich Kotite offense??? Shots on goal are overrated. If America gave a crap about soccer, things would be different. What would Bruce Arena be doing right now if he coached Colombia or Argentina... oh, yeah - he'd be dead.

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Jgov05All-American

1267 days ago

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I agree with the fact that soccer sucks, but I disagree that a football team would be able to play well. Soccer requires a completely different skill set than football. Most types of hitting are illegal than soccer, you obviously can't use your hands, and you can't be as agressive either. Just because football players are better athletes than our soccer team doesn't mean they would be able to play the sport better.

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Anonymous Fanatic #4

611 days ago

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lol @ americans thinking their little game of "football" aka american faggotball can be compared to the greatness of real football. Real football has real athletes, american football doesn't. Real football is the most competitive and watched sport in the world, american football is as insignificant as sumo wrestling. And the "athletes" in american football are just as "athletic" as sumo fatasses.

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JuTMSY4Legend

611 days ago

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we don't dive in "faggotball" though...pussy

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SSreportersLegend

611 days ago

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And of course we don't flop in basketball.

And we don't flop in roughing the punter or kicker.

And we don't try and flop to get a PI call.

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JuTMSY4Legend

611 days ago

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was i talking about basketball? and maybe your punter flops around, but mine doesn't...

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SSreportersLegend

611 days ago

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Sorry, the "diving" argument is so tiring and old. You still have to run up and down a large field for 90 minutes, with few breaks, so think about that before calling soccer players pussies.

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JuTMSY4Legend

611 days ago

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running up and down a field? Great...they're track athletes who fall over when the wind blows...

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SSreportersLegend

611 days ago

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You ever see an overweight soccer player around? As opposed to the fat ass American football players here? Thought so...

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SSreportersLegend

611 days ago

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Have you ever seen a soccer player who has nothing but pads on as they do in American football?

That's right, cleats straight to a bare leg.

Don't get me started, you won't win this argument....that for some reason is on an article written 2 years ago.

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JuTMSY4Legend

611 days ago

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its a different type of athleticism entirely...

thought so what?

Ever see a fat cross country runner? Ever see a skinny heavyweight wrestler?

No...its a different type of athleticism entirely...

If football players didn't wear pads...they'd die...not fall over in the wind...no, they'd have severe and damaging injuries that would make the game even less entertaining than soccer...

not wearing pads doesn't make you tough...it means your sport is so tough you have to

Ever play a down of football?...thought so...

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SSreportersLegend

611 days ago

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So American football is tougher than Rugby then?

You guys need to stop paying attention to the 2-1 scorelines. If the NFL had 1 point for a touchdown and let's say 1/2 point for a field goal with no safeties or point afters, the final score of Super Bowl XLII would have been Giants 2 1/2 Patriots 2. That doesn't sound too great does it.

And yes, I have played a down in football...touch and tackle.

Try running up and down field WITH your legs (redundant, don't mention it), and having to use those same legs to jump and shoot the ball.

American football players are tough, don't get me wrong. But they have continuous breaks in the play and essentially have it made. Another thing, there are no timeouts in soccer either.

Basketball and hockey probably mirror soccer the closest.

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SSreportersLegend

611 days ago

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And yes, I minused anon fanatic #4 because he took it too far.

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