Then suddenly everyone is a fan.

No, not really.

I hear about it all the time here.

WebFire;398253 wrote:The only time you ever hear of soccer here is for World Cup.

and it can't end soon enough.

Big difference....the US was playing in a stadium that held 35K.......you need noise makers to be loud with that low a number. Put those things in the hands of 100K+ and you are looking at deafening sounds

cbus4life;398307 wrote:No, not really.

I hear about it all the time here.

I would bet you are the minority for that.

cbus4life is right...we have to endure 365 days of at least one full page of the Cols Dispatch dedicated to the Crew or some other worthless soccer BS daily! I'm calling it "Senor Keek-bol" (kickball for Seniors) played by mostly illegal aliens who can't or won't speak English.

Tiernan;398864 wrote:cbus4life is right...we have to endure 365 days of at least one full page of the Cols Dispatch dedicated to the Crew or some other worthless soccer BS daily! I'm calling it "Senor Keek-bol" (kickball for Seniors) played by mostly illegal aliens who can't or won't speak English.

Good point. Didn't think about the Crew coverage.

Vuvuzelas are not new and they certainly are not new to Columbus. I bought one at the Ohio State Fair 45 years ago.

WebFire;398811 wrote:I would bet you are the minority for that.

Actually it is you whom is in the minority.

I don't know why there is so much hate on thiBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Nobody cares about kick-ball. The Crew doesn't draw as much as a high school football game and they are in the best league in the U.S.

SportsAndLady;399186 wrote:Actually it is you whom is in the minority.

So you think the majority of people in the U.S. hear about soccer all the time?

Sigh. Ignorant people amaze me. Look, just because you guys hate a sport doesn't mean it's not popular.

IF it WASN'T popular, we wouldn't have dedicated soccer channels on our cable and satellite packages. If it wasn't popular, ESPN wouldn't have signed a huge deal with the EPL and the UEFA Champions Leagues to broadcast games..

If it WASN'T popular, the MLS wouldn't have just expanded to it's 16th team this year.

Which brings me to my next point, the MLS isn't going to be confused for a top tier league, yet it still draws VERY WELL in the United States. The league is growing at a very nice rate. The average crowd so far this year is at 16,500 per match. That is VERY solid. Imagine if the MLS had the best players in the world playing? It would easily have an average of 30k+ fans attending the games. Speaking of which, the MLS is starting to bring over some of the top talent, even if they are a tad bit past their prime. First David Beckham and now Thierry Henry is making his way over to the New York Red Bulls.. Who ironically just opened up a 25,000 seat 180 million dollar stadium themselves.

Hell, the team in Philly was drawing 30k per home game at Lincoln Financial and just opened up their own stadium today in front of a packed house.

Again, I don't really understand what the issue is with you guys and soccer, it really does make NO sense. I'm also going to guess most of you guys hating on it are over 28, right?

hoops23;403659 wrote:Again, I don't really understand what the issue is with you guys and soccer, it really does make NO sense. I'm also going to guess most of you guys hating on it are over 28, right?

What's hard to understand that it sucks? Look I get that the rest of the world loves soccer, it's just really far down on the totem pole in the U.S. I, personally, fall a sleep after about 3 minutes of watching it.

Al Bundy;397943 wrote:Sorry to disappoint you, but soccer did come out this week as being officially gay.

http://www.theonion.com/video/soccer-officially-announces-it-is-gay,17603/

No, soccer is not gay. The only truly gay sport is professional women's basketball. Since I am gay, I could get discounted tickets to all the games the Seattle team plays.

^^^how about softball..that's gayer than women's bball

vball10set;404168 wrote:^^^how about softball..that's gayer than women's bball

Yes, there are a lot of gay and lesbian softball leagues. I was talking about professional sports.

NO!!!

TheMightyGators;398033 wrote:Soccer is relevant to me. I have it on dvr. If I'm having trouble sleeping at night, I just hit play.

This....pretty much sums up my feelings about soccer.

FairwoodKing;404319 wrote:Yes, there are a lot of gay and lesbian softball leagues. I was talking about professional sports.

me too

FairwoodKing;404319 wrote:Yes, there are a lot of gay and lesbian softball leagues. I was talking about professional sports.

me too

Holy shit how many redneck white trash pieces of shit are there on this site? Newsflash: Football isnt the greatest thing in the world, and this is coming from someone whose favorite sport is football.

osudarby08;417603 wrote:Holy shit how many redneck white trash pieces of shit are there on this site? Newsflash: Football isnt the greatest thing in the world, and this is coming from someone whose favorite sport is football.

You're wrong. Football is the greatest thing in the world.