Eleventy_Million
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Hipsters have gone from hackey sack to soccer? Seems legit
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Soccer has become the sport of choice for NYC hipsters
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OriginalThinking
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Inferiority complex much Wooden?
That would be perfect in my opinion. America should be a big Confederation with a big qualifying tournament like UEFA.
As a mexican, I would rather have, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, etc. playing in my country without qualifying than qualfying in Concacaf.
Also, I think there's a bigger chance to get the mainstream american audience into soccer bringing some of the best teams of South America playing a tournament like Copa Libertadores.
Orbis Tabula
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More people watching soccer is cool. It's a neat sport. But this whole "smart people watch soccer/thinking man's game" vibe from the article is silly. It's a bunch of guys kicking a ball around. Enjoy it, but don't think of it as some intellectual pursuit.
Yeah, that would be weird because soccer is reviled by many intellectuals in Europe or South America because it is used by goverments to keep the working classes distracted from political issues most of the time.
It isn't really a hipster thing as it is a youth thing. Back when I was a kid everyone played soccer and baseball but only ever watched baseball. Nowadays the kids play both but tend to watch soccer as it is much easier to find on television that it used to be. They also have an understanding for it and it is a far more dynamic, tv friendly sport. My nephew (14) and son (7) will both happily watch an EPL soccer game with me on Saturday mornings. They won't sit still for even an inning to watch their favorite local baseball team (Giants).
Times are changing. It isn't a hipster thing.
Times are changing. It isn't a hipster thing.
True hipsters would watch MLS, not the most popular soccer league in the world.
Yep, I live in Mexico and reading this thread is funny, because around these parts, american football fans are always mocking football (soccer) fans for being dumb.
As an outsider to professional soccer (but I was a official youth ref for while at one point so I know the game), it seems much less complex strategically than football. The much-maligned stoppages in football allow for more planned, designed play and increased substitution packages, which add another layer of strategic complexity. There's some elegance to a simpler game like soccer, and it also makes the sport easily playable for poorer, less organized leagues and development programs.
I think the soccer hipsters are more enamored with the cultural and historical aspects of soccer more than the sport itself, hence the morning "pub" turnout and the scarves and chants. It's similar to the people who love tailgating and stuff but don't actually care about the game.
I think the soccer hipsters are more enamored with the cultural and historical aspects of soccer more than the sport itself, hence the morning "pub" turnout and the scarves and chants. It's similar to the people who love tailgating and stuff but don't actually care about the game.
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terrisus
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I can definitely see a connection in that, with both Baseball and Football/Soccer, people who don't "get" those sports look at them and see long periods of "nothing happening," while people who are into them understand the intricacies of every moment.
freenudemacusers
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those pesky granola munching hipsters and their birkenstocks!
Dominican Power
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I started watching Football(Soccer) this year, mainly because The PL moved to NBC. The good thing about it is that you can watch PL matches and still watch American football on the east coast.
Broder Salsa
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PlayALLtheGames
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Get a load of this hipster.
He got surgery to make himself look like a little kid. Jesus Christ. Is there anything hipsters won't do?
Blazers on the upswing though, meanwhile the Timbers haven't won a game this season. I get your point but the Blazers are definitely going to be relevant the next couple of seasons.
ConradCervantes
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Good, keep them away from the sports that matter.
Well, half the reason is that I've been to Blazers games before - I haven't snagged tickets to a Timbers game yet, though.
It's just interesting how wholeheartedly Portland has accepted soccer into the culture.(And I'm a bit of a weirdo - my favorite team/sport to go see is the Winterhawks. I went to a lot of games growing up because my dad was - and still is - a hockey fan.)
Well, half the reason is that I've been to Blazers games before - I haven't snagged tickets to a Timbers game yet, though.
(And I'm a bit of a weirdo - my favorite team/sport to go see is the Winterhawks. I went to a lot of games growing up because my dad was - and still is - a hockey fan.)
Ah, makes more sense since you have yet to go to a Timber game. Yea I love the Portland and Seattle(KC too) atmosphere for games.
Deadspin:
http://deadspin.com/the-new-york-times-turns-soccer-fandom-into-a-trend-1564193269
some of the comments are quite funny...
http://deadspin.com/the-new-york-times-turns-soccer-fandom-into-a-trend-1564193269
some of the comments are quite funny...
IISANDERII
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Is the opportunity for improv part of the appeal?
Angelus Errare
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This. Shit I let my younger sister play Fifa 02 back in the day and she learned the rules of soccer within her first match. I didn't even have to explain offsides, she figured it out after her 10th offside call
FortuneFaded
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I knew before entering this thread that there would be an inevitable debate comparing soccer (I'll begrudgingly use this term) and American football (I will use the full title for this sport however). I agree with the statement above that American football is more strategic than soccer however I would disagree with anyone who would use this as evidence of it being a better sport. When American football and rugby are compared on the internet the debate always has people arguing over which sport has the 'bigger hits' and therefore making it the better sport. People always seem to try and find objective reasons as to why one sport is better than another when in actuallity it boils down to 'I enjoy watching this sport more than is one'. There's room enough for lots of sports.
Cue pages of diving gifs.
Dominican Power
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The positions can be a bit confusing and understanding the strategy.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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Nah, hipsters adopting it means in five years everyone will want to do it. Happened with skinny jeans, happened with hipster glasses, etc. etc. It'll happen with this.
Dion Blaster
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You'd think they'd all be NHL fans.
Skellig Gra
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Even hipsters won't sink that low.
Indrid Cold1
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Excellent! If there's one thing the world needs it's more Liverpool fans. Those New York hipsters are alright by me. YNWA.
out0v0rder
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if soccer is the most popular sport, then mandarin is the most popular language, and the most popular name is Muhammed.
Ok.
Dion Blaster
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next you'll tell me the most popular book is the bible
out0v0rder
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i think its just a boring stat to point out.
the most popular console last gen was the wii. dont we all love the wii!
Stop.
FootballFan
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Football is a great sport to take part in. Happy that more people are enjoying it. It is very popular here with the youth even though Rugby and Cricket are considered the national sports.
Also Neymar clearly gets winded Wooden, or at least it's what it looks like. Watch the footage of the incident.
Also Neymar clearly gets winded Wooden, or at least it's what it looks like. Watch the footage of the incident.
NYC hipsters like it, but plenty of other NYCers like it as well, and european expats. is everyone a fucking hipster now? i live in Fort Green and have a good job and like good beer and food, and i consider myself stylish and a music snob, am i a hipster? come up to my face and say that.
smoothj
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God damn do I hate Neymar. Such a diver.
terrisus
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This is true.
New Yorkers, Hipsters, whatever they may be - if they're Liverpool fans, they'll never walk alone.
R10Neymarfan
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Please... I see you try to make fun of Neymar at every turn and he will show you neyhaters this Summer how it goes
Messofanego
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It's not, that's just OP's doing. No mention of hipsters in the article, and they barely even look like the traditional stereotype.
perryfarrell
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If these people are using soccer as a fashion accessory, as it were, to indicate that they belong to a certain subculture, then the mechanics of the actual sport are irrelevant. You see this 'Europhilia' a lot in certain intellectual circles. They are the NPR-listening, Prius-driving, progressive cosmopolitans, and they differ from the Hummer-driving, AppleBee's-eating, American football-loving patriots. It's almost more a political statement, in a way.
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I went to my first Portland Timbers game last week and sat in the Hipster, I mean, Timbers Army. This section seemed far more interested in chanting and singing than actually giving a fuck about the game. It seemed like a very "look at me, look at me" kind of thing. Portlanders sure love their soccer though.
I don't know anything about soccer so I asked some of the people around me about strategies and what the team was trying to do and no one could tell me shit.
I don't know anything about soccer so I asked some of the people around me about strategies and what the team was trying to do and no one could tell me shit.
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