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[SmokyDave]

I can't understand why anyone in the US cares about ball sports of any flavour. You cats invented Monster Trucks!

All other sports pale into insignificance when placed against the magnificence of a 6 ton truck flying 40 feet through the air whilst nine and a half litres of V8 glory scream like a wounded banshee.

You mad m8? In different countries people use different words for things. Shall I list the hundreds of other things Brits say that don't make any sense to anyone else in the world?

I mean, you can, but if you list 'em in English you'll give me cause for pause.

 

[braves01]

It's basically the male-skewed equivalent of Downton Abbey in other words.

 

[freenudemacusers]

I can't understand why anyone in the US cares about ball sports of any flavour. You cats invented Monster Trucks!

All other sports pale into insignificance when placed against the magnificence of a 6 ton truck flying 40 feet through the air whilst nine and a half litres of V8 glory scream like a wounded banshee.


I mean, you can, but if you list 'em in English you'll give me cause for pause.

monster trucks are cool, but they're nothing compared to megasaurus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXoBf-tBM7I

if you ever come to the US i'll take you to a destruction derby where we can eat hambugers of questionable provenance while drinking cheap watery beer and inhaling dangerous fossil fuel vapors.

 

[Bold One]

Someone get that City fan at the bar a GAF account. There aren't enough of us.

BOOOO! City sucks. Thanks to you fools we may have to watch the scouser-scum lift the league trophy
GGMU!

 

[The Atticus]

thats because you buy your trophies, you don't win them.

GGMU!

...


Sure, why not

GGMU

 

[dr3upmushroom]

I live in NYC, and my friends and I have been playing soccer before it's cool. That was back in the 1990s.

Riiiigght.

This seems to miss the pointthat anyone with roots outside of US an lives in the US has some affinty for Football.

 

[terrisus]

BOOOO! City sucks. Thanks to you fools we may have to watch the scouser-scum lift the league trophy
GGMU!

Yup, all thanks to City.

United losing 1-0 and 0-3 to Liverpool didn't have anything all to do with it.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Wow. Your sports talk radio actually talks soccer? That is amazing. And is this the beer you are talking about?

http://www.boulevard.com/BoulevardBeers/unfiltered-wheat-beer/

Yep! That's it! And behold the Boulevard Members Club:

This is inside the stadium, under one corner of the stands. All dedicated to the Cauldron... the supporters club that has existed since the beginning of team when they were called the Wizards. Joining the Cauldron ($20 per year) gets you into this place, where they serve FREE BEER a few hours before the match, and then switch to very affordable beer specials for the final hour or two before the match. Then there's the food... all local, independent favorites. And the prices are again, NOT typical stadium food prices.

Also, last year when we won the MLS Cup, after the on-field ceremonies were over, the owner, coaches and team came spilling in WITH the cup. Then they went back to the locker room to have a meeting, but left the cup with us! Then when they came back, they filled the trophy with beer and told everyone close enough to it to tip it back and drink up, haha! The owner, Rob Heineman told everyone "do what you want with this cup tonight, but when it's over, I'm taking it home and sleeping with it in my bed, and I'm not kidding".

Then they partied with everyone until LATE into the night. And I mean everyone was there. Tech N9ne... the mayor of KC... everyone. And the year before when we won the open cup, pretty much the same thing happened.


Oh, AND not only do the sports talk stations talk Sporting all the time, but the local news does too during the sports segment, right along side any Chiefs and Royals news. If there was an SKC game, they'll definitely lead with it if there was no other top sports news story. Even the weather people put a Sporting KC logo at the bottom of the forecast for the days when they're playing (they do that for Royals and Chiefs as well).

 

[Nesotenso]

FootballAssociation (FA)

Guys why do u do dis

US Soccer Federation

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Once again, things in NYC only happen in Williamsburg.....lol

The sport has always been pretty popular and played(most importantly in NYC). But lets wait for the "safe" people to do it to make it a story...

 

[genjiZERO]

I've always loved watching soccer. The problem I have though is that, growing up in the US, I don't really have a club team to root for. It's so much more fun when you have a team you blindly root for (and against).

As a result I had to arbitrarily choose a team. I chose Roma for no other reason than I like their parallels to Antiquity, and because their rivalry with Lazio parallels the ancient rivalry between the Populares and Senate. Yes, that's a silly reason to support a team.

As far as hipsters. I've noticed the terms is starting to be thrown around for just about everything. I've known soccer fans for years, and none of them have the semblance of being a hipsters. This doesn't really seem to be a hipster thing. Now if it was a bunch of wan people dressed deliberately old timey and sipping whiskey out Gatorade bottles - well OK, that would be pretty hipstery.

As far as soccer v. football I don't see why people care so much either way (in the US).

People who like to call it football very often like to annoyingly point this out to everyone. As if everyone who watches it doesn't already know this! No, shit - it's called football in other places.

But on the other hand, others are plainly militant about calling it soccer. "This is 'Murica - we call it soccer here!". Oh c'mon. Soccer is an international sport and its fan base in the US is usually internationally minded so it makes sense that it's fans want to call it by its most common international name (and because "soccer" is just a silly word - regardless of its derivation from "association").

Personally, I call it football when I talk to others who say football, and soccer when I talk to those who say soccer. My preference would be to say football, but I don't really have a problem interchanging them.

 

[terrisus]

Also, tangentially related - back in 2012 when I had been out in Minneapolis for some conferences for my Doctorate program, and had been out walking around downtown, and was wearing a Liverpool shirt, and it was the day of the FA Cup Final (which, unfortunately, Liverpool lost), and while I was out walking around someone called out to me and mentioned that the pub where they were was one of the Minneapolis locations for watching Liverpool matches, and asked if I was from the area and wanted to hang out.

Unfortunately, I wasn't from the area, was just there for the weekend for conferences, and had to get back to them, but was still pretty awesome to run into Liverpool fans out there.

 

[figadapaura]

Yup, all thanks to City.

United losing 1-0 and 0-3 to Liverpool didn't have anything all to do with it.

If we don't blame City for everything, who do we blame? Ourselves?

Don't be ridiculous.

 

[ronito]

I'm not worried, once it becomes mainstream they'll all leave.

 

[Munin]

Someone has yet to explain to me the American idea of the excitement one towards feels a match being proportional to the amount of points scored. What makes a game in which there's a goal/point scored every 5 minutes inherently more interesting? How is a 50:48 different from a 1:0 at the end of the day?

 

[v1lla21]

Someone has yet to explain to me the American idea of the excitement one towards feels a match being proportional to the amount of points scored. What makes a game in which there's a goal/point scored every 5 minutes inherently more interesting? How is a 50:48 different from a 1:0 at the end of the day?

Cuz dey did it moar tiems!

 

[SmokyDave]

monster trucks are cool, but they're nothing compared to megasaurus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXoBf-tBM7I

if you ever come to the US i'll take you to a destruction derby where we can eat hambugers of questionable provenance while drinking cheap watery beer and inhaling dangerous fossil fuel vapors.

Man, that sounds like the sort of day that I'd relive in a soft-focus montage before bedtime.

 

[Bold One]

Yup, all thanks to City.

United losing 1-0 and 0-3 to Liverpool didn't have anything all to do with it.

We blame City for everything, its just how it is, now permit me to be infantile

 

[Harlock]

Soccer - 90 min gameplay / 15 min ads
American Football - 15 min gameplay / 120 min ads

 

[Tawpgun]

As an american who likes soccer, this is good. More presence the better.

 

[Mudcrab]

Soccer - 90 min gameplay / 15 min ads
American Football - 15 min gameplay / 120 min ads

And yet Football is still more entertaining than Soccer.

 

[terrisus]

We blame City for everything, its just how it is, now permit me to be infantile

Well, can't argue with that I guess.
Carry on then.

 

[Bold One]

Someone has yet to explain to me the American idea of the excitement one towards feels a match being proportional to the amount of points scored. What makes a game in which there's a goal/point scored every 5 minutes inherently more interesting? How is a 50:48 different from a 1:0 at the end of the day?

.............its an American thing.

That and the fact that there aren't ads every 5 mins really puts some people off

 

[Dennis]

Soccer - 90 min gameplay / 15 min ads
American Football - 15 min gameplay / 120 min ads

Handegg annihilated.

 

[Bold One]

And yet Football is still more entertaining than Soccer.

in your wildest and most delusional dreams

 

[nel e nel]

If you don't know what the word hipster really means, please stop using it.

 

[grkazan12]

Been loving and playing soccer/football since I was child, I don't care if that person is labelled a hipster or not, as long as they genuinely love the game then I'm okay with it.

Hopefully, it's popularity can gain more traction in the States, so hyped for the World Cup this summer. I always forget that it's this summer, can' believe that it's been four years since South Africa, crazy.

 

[zychi]

MANY kids play soccer in the US in the past few decades. I wouldn''t be surprised if that fandom starts to appear. I recently became a bad soccer fan. I pay attention to scores in the EPL, but rarely watch a game. I've never played a second of soccer in my life, but have family members who almost went pro in MLS.

 

[nel e nel]

IT IS CALLED FOOTBALL

FootballAssociation (FA)

Guys why do u do dis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football#Etymology_and_names

The term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford "-er" abbreviation of the word "association".[29]

Suck it, world.

 

[snacknuts]

Someone has yet to explain to me the American idea of the excitement one towards feels a match being proportional to the amount of points scored. What makes a game in which there's a goal/point scored every 5 minutes inherently more interesting? How is a 50:48 different from a 1:0 at the end of the day?

I don't particularly care about this portion of the game. Defensive struggles in football ("American" football, that is) are still entertaining. My beef with soccer is that the entirety of it is so painfully dull to watch.

 

[terrisus]

If you don't know what the word hipster really means, please stop using it.

Were you using the word "hipster" before it became cool to misuse it?

 

[nel e nel]

Were you using the word "hipster" before it became cool to misuse it?

No, I always thought it was a dumb term, and there is no mention of 'hipsters' in this article and the accompanying pictures are of regular ass folks watching soccer.

Just because it mentions Williamsburg, doesn't mean it's automatically about hipsters, especially since Williamsburg is populated more by khaki wearing middle management types.

 

[terrisus]

No, I always thought it was a dumb term, and there is no mention of 'hipsters' in this article and the accompanying pictures are of regular ass folks watching soccer.

Just because it mentions Williamsburg, doesn't mean it's automatically about hipsters, especially since Williamsburg is populated more by khaki wearing middle management types.

Spoiler

It was a joke

 

[nel e nel]

Spoiler

It was a joke

Hipster McCoy is not laughing.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

If you don't know what the word hipster really means, please stop using it.

 

[Zigzz14]

Honestly, soccer fits in perfectly with the other hipster sports like four-square, tic-tac-toe, and kickball. I say well done hipsters.

 

[paradise_circus]

Honestly, soccer fits in perfectly with the other hipster sports like four-square, tic-tac-toe, and kickball. I say well done hipsters.

Many professional soccer players end up as hipsters.

 

[Blablurn]

You guys should support Bayern Munich. It's a lovely european underdog who always manages to upset the competition with beautiful play and great tactics. Seriously. It's a very likeable team. #MiaSanMia

 

[Clydefrog]

I've been a NYC hipster my entire life then!

I've never even been to NYC!

 

[Homeboyd]

IT IS CALLED FOOTBALL

But the US calls it soccer, so... It's soccer.

 

[zero_suit]

You guys should support Bayern Munich. It's a lovely european underdog who always manages to upset the competition with beautiful play and great tactics. Seriously. It's a very likeable team. #MiaSanMia

Spoiler

When was the last time they lost a match? Last year?

 

[The Atticus]

Spoiler

When was the last time they lost a match? Last year?

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN KEEPING TRACK, BABY

 

[Blablurn]

Spoiler

When was the last time they lost a match? Last year?

Last saturday

 

[-Eddman-]

I have always thought that both the US and Mexico could get a huge boost in audience and competitive level if they made the jump to Conmebol instead of Concacaf, like Australia did some years ago switching to the Asian Confederation.

Conmebol would get much more money from TV rights, it would be a win-win for everyone.

 

[Atlagev]

You guys should support Bayern Munich. It's a lovely european underdog who always manages to upset the competition with beautiful play and great tactics. Seriously. It's a very likeable team. #MiaSanMia

Sorry, but 1860 is the preferred Munich team for hipsters.

 

[terrisus]

I have always thought that both the US and Mexico could get a huge boost in audience and competitive level if they made the jump to Conmebol instead of Concacaf, like Australia did some years ago switching to the Asian Confederation.

Conmebol would get much more money from TV rights, it would be a win-win for everyone.

And that would leave... What... Canada and a few other small places by themselves in CONCACAF? Why not just merge them entirely in that case?

 

[Elchele]

I have always thought that both the US and Mexico could get a huge boost in audience and competitive level if they made the jump to Conmebol instead of Concacaf, like Australia did some years ago switching to the Asian Confederation.

Conmebol would get much more money from TV rights, it would be a win-win for everyone.

México had to go to play-offs to qualify for the WC :lol

And that would leave... What... Canada and a few other small places by themselves in CONCACAF? Why not just merge them entirely in that case?

Ideally North America, Central America and South America should merge in one confederation. And the Caribbean countries should create a new confederation with half ticket to the WC like Oceania.

 

[gutshot]

México had to go to play-offs to qualify for the WC :lol



Ideally North America, Central America and South America should merge in one confederation. And the Caribbean countries should create a new confederation with half ticket to the WC like Oceania.

That would be cool, but traveling for qualifiers and the continental cup would be a bitch.

 

[zero_suit]

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN KEEPING TRACK, BABY

Last saturday

What a shame.

 

[Angelus Errare]

So basically another case of a group of people appropriating something to make them feel like they're a part of something because they feel cultureless?