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OK, I’ll start. Soccer is much more difficult a game to play. Better skills, more conditioning. I put a stop watch to a Miami Dolphins game last year, and ran a cumulative “play” time, from the start of the play until the whistle blew that ended the play. Total time sitting, timing, and watching: 3 hours 24 minutes. Amount of “time” allocated to playing the football game: 1 hour. Actual amount of action that occurred during the game: 13 minutes, 44 seconds. And keep in mind, when the Dolphins offense was on the field, the defense was on their duffs, resting. Soccer allows 3 substitutions per team per game. Plus, at the end of the first half and the second, they add extra time to each to compensate for injury time, etc.
We (the US team) has qualified for the World Cup in South Africa, let’s all get together and pull for those guys. Everyone join in: USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
Yeah, but US football combines the two worst things about America: committee meetings and violence.
Even more of an arguement is NRL (the Australian version of ‘football’). I honestly can’t think of a dumber sport. I grew up in Australia and moved to Europe and every European is facinated by the fact that we have some sort of penchant for a sport where most of the action is men groping and trying to kill each other.
Real football any day!
I like all sports. You guys are douchebags. Um, Paul, you just committed a cardinal futbol sin: you quoteed statistics. Tim, Europe, etc. have no committee meetings? Huh? I mean, I get the thrust of the joke, but damn, you’re stupid. And when it comes to violence, futbol fans rank number one.
I fear that somewhere out there is a village that has lost its idiot.
Soccer will NEVER be a part of American culture. Not because people here don’t like it, but because the networks refuse to show it on TV. Why you ask? Because they can’t stop the game to show commercials. Pure and simply. If they are not going to make enough money in advertising then they don’t show it. Sounds like a stupid reason but it’s true.
It’s all about the money. They can show lots of commercials during football and baseball because those games get interrupted a lot. Even Basketball does not have a 45 minute uninterrupted segment.
Soccer is still the most beloved sport in the entire world.
Must be something in the air, Gary. It appears that they are crawling out of the woodwork. Must be Fall Fever?
Ignorance? LOL…I dont think anybody has been killed because a rival team won when it comes to football. But the lame soccer fans have to start riots if there teams lose. ITS A GAME!! When the U.S. attacks a country its usually over oil, they all attack other countries cause skippy long stocking missed a goal..lol…Rugby, thats a tough sport!
required -when has the US attacked a country for oil? Iraq? If so, then why are we still paying over $1.00 for a gallon of gas (I just paid about $2.80 for a gallon)? And why has the US not focused on getting the oil out of Iraq instead of trying to rebuild the cities and make the country livable?
Brian – you idiot, it was a joke. Do not over-analyze it.
That’s not his hand, silly people. That’s his elbow.
Soccer (futbol) World Cup is watched by more people than the Olympics. Agree with Paul in Boca, I did time a Football game years ago: an hour of play, about 12 minutes of real action. In Soccer, of 90 minutes, about 80 of action. Is not only the points scored but the goalie stops, the combinations, the passes, the improvsations (yes, no numbered plays in soccer,)the skills. Also agree with Duude, American TV will not show soccer because non profitable. In the last World Cup, the US games during the weekdays were showed on ESPN rather than in one of the big Networks because will interrupt the Weekly shows. ABC only showed the US games on weekends. Go figure!
JL^
Hey bambi , you have it all wrong. NRL is not the Australian version of football , the NRL is the National Rugby League , which is a game that originated from England , and which I agree is a stupid game , what other sport do you go backwards to go forward. The real Australian code of football is AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL , and arguably without a doubt the more superior of the football codes anywhere on the planet. Don’t believe me ?..then check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_hqosNvv5E
el Kabong – (correct me if I’m wrong US folks) from my 80’s love affair with American Football (Walter Payton ftw!), I seem to remember that American Football only allows forward passing while behind the line of scrimmage (where the play begins from) and beyond it all passes must be rearwards.
PS what the cocking hell is this ‘futbol’ business everyone is going on about?
Sorry Maffu , but I was talking about Rugby in my comment , they pass the ball backwards to go forward. I’m an Aussie so I know nothing about American football except they wear a lot of body Armour. I too have been wondering what the hell futbol is , maybe its suppose to sound like an English accent when you pronounce it that way
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That’s a super bowl DJ.
NTS: brown pills=bad.
Cool video el kabong. Looks like a fun game to watch.
I like both sports, but disagree with Paul in Boca. The strikers are the ones who run most of the time throughout a soccer match, the defense stands back and waits for the action to come to them, then they jog around and kick the ball up field. It’s not like the entire team is running full speed, for 90 minutes. I do agree that they are conditioned well, but so are football players. Football players may not be actively running as much, but they have to take a brutal physical beating. This is why they are so huge. They have to lift weights, get big and strong, just to handle the physical requirements that the sport has. I don’t think a soccer player could play football (other than a kicker) and I don’t think a football player can play soccer (other than a kicker). I love both sports, but you can’t compare them like this. They are both physically demanding and fun to watch.
Based on your theory, MMA/UFC fights are lame and not physically challenging because they have three 5 minute periods with rest in between…..
I’m all about USA soccer and I like all American Football (college, pro). I think the non-American’s are just mad because we call it “football” and they don’t have American Football Leagues. I agree that it’s an odd name for the sport, but those no need for jealousy.
TOUCHDOWN!
Soccer= futbol or balompie (Spanish), Calcio (Italian), and so on. Football (NFL or college level) is a misnomer since the ball is kicked only 3-4 times a game, most of the time is carry with your hands or throw with your hands to be catch with your hands. I will watch any soccer game over a boring football or baseball game.
JL^
There is no such thing as a sport call soccer. The entire world knows as FOOTBALL ! This sport that only north americans play should be called handegg indeed ! very funny.
Cheers from Brazil
Soccer = small pansies. Football = grown men. Soccer fans riot and kill people. Football fans tailgate, eat, drink, and party. Which would you rather be a part of? Soccer (or futbol) is has the second highest homosexual participation (number 1 is figure skating). Soccer, or futbol, is a super gay sport. GAYS. SOCCER IS GAY! GAY!
I think it’s just a harmless joke, we all have our own opinion of which sport is superior (based largely on what we grew up with).