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Why does America suck at soccer?
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:55 PM Author: pontificating water buffalo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796815) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:56 PM Author: flushed gas station All our good athletes go into other sports. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796825) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:58 PM Author: pontificating water buffalo hypo: all US national/olympic team members are offered $5M/yr contracts
does this make us better? |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:59 PM Author: Cocky den psychic That's insulting to NBA and NFL stars (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796852) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:00 AM Author: pontificating water buffalo how many current NBA/NFL stars are elite soccer players?
i don't see much overlap |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:01 AM Author: Cocky den psychic None of them trained for soccer, pumbro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796873) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:03 AM Author: pontificating water buffalo steve nash and chad ochocinco come to mind
olajuwon was a soccer player originally |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:00 AM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria is this a long term project? you have to start soccer before the age of 10 at the latest. it's not like basketball, football, boxing which you can pick up in a few years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796865) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:59 AM Author: Brindle gay wizard crackhouse lol like what? because literally zero mlb/nfl/nba types are suited to play fifa level soccer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797398) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:58 PM Author: Titillating Messiness Main People america invented baseball because she couldn't compete in cricket. america invented gridiron football because she couldn't compete in rugby/football (euro) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796839) |
Date: May 30th, 2012 11:57 PM Author: hairless glassy theatre filthpig all of our players except dempsey and howard are midgets or castoffs from other countries (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796835) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:59 PM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria dempsey is world class these days. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796850) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:59 PM Author: hairless glassy theatre filthpig i dont disagree, but he's hurt all the time and he cant do it alone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796856) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:05 AM Author: awkward business firm prole wtf? he played 37 of 38 EPL games this year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796902) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:14 AM Author: hairless glassy theatre filthpig he's also been hurt the last three weeks and missed a game and a half when he's the team's most impt player
we were damn lucky he played in South Africa at all. his aggressiveness is one of his best traits but also one of his biggest vulnerabilities. |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:35 AM Author: awkward business firm prole oh, so the last 3 weeks is "all the time" now? he's played in 175 of the last 190 premier league games. very few wingers/strikers play that many games over a 5 year span (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797169) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:41 AM Author: hairless glassy theatre filthpig i'll be honest bro, i don't really give a fuck about fucking fulham.
he's missed multiple national team games (of which there are fewer, thus each more important) in 2009, 2010, and 2012 due to injury. |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:00 AM Author: Cocky den psychic Just wait until 2030 when we're half Mexican. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796859) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:00 AM Author: hairless glassy theatre filthpig thats why Dempsey is good, he played only against Mexicans growing up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796864) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:02 AM Author: lascivious candlestick maker resort he's good because he's the best. the roaches he played against in nagadoches weren't shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796877) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:02 AM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria mexicans are not that good though. in fact, for a country of 120mm with soccer as their #1 sport they're pretty piss poor. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796879) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:04 AM Author: Aquamarine slippery dilemma sweet tailpipe and a lot of the ones in the US are from regions of mexico where baseball is more popular (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796896) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:08 AM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria plus they're fat as fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796929) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:11 AM Author: Aquamarine slippery dilemma sweet tailpipe coppin dat pan dulce, chicharrones, horchata, sopapillas, agua frescas (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796952) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:00 AM Author: balding locus It's a stupid sport and we have the money to play better ones.
Why would you want to kick a ball around like a retard when you can play a sport with precision with your hands. |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:04 AM Author: Aquamarine slippery dilemma sweet tailpipe it's identified too much as a kid's sport
our white european population is too removed from europe by too many generations
a big share of our hispanics are from northern mexico followed by the caribbean and those places prefer baseball
filipinos are a big share of our asian population - again, baseball |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:11 AM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria well, it should be a kid's sport. you have to start young. I don't think kid stars stop playing once they reach adolescence. probably only the mediocre ones.
filipinos play basketball. |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:06 AM Author: Grizzly Nowag Our best athletes don't play it.
Case solved!! |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:07 AM Author: awkward business firm prole this argument sure makes americans feel better (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796918) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:09 AM Author: Grizzly Nowag Yes because if it's one thing Americans care about its soccer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796936) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:11 AM Author: awkward business firm prole Yet we have so many posts from "non-soccer fans" wondering why we're so bad. Americans hate losing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796950) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:07 AM Author: Titillating Messiness Main People Wait! Wasn't Freddy Adu supposed to be the next Maradona? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796914) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:08 AM Author: burgundy field double fault It doesn't. But it is not truly elite like Brazil or Spain or Netherlands either. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20796924) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:17 AM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria i thought we looked decent against brazil. we played an open game which led to us giving up 4 goals but that's okay during a friendly. you have to learn how to not simply bunker if you want to be elite. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797004) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:16 AM Author: spectacular pit our kids grow up with poor coaching in poor youth set ups. america is the only country where kids have to pay to play soccer.
also, kids leagues are 11-on-11 and played on adult-sized fields with adult-sized goals. kids aren't able to get enough touches on the ball to develop technique, and they have to resort to lumping it through the air to get it down the field. in spain and holland, kids only play 5-on-5 or 7-on-7 on half-sized fields. in brazil and argentina, they play futsal.
lastly, americans care about victory above all else, even in kids leagues. as a result, athletic kids dominate even when they have shitty technique. smaller, slower kids don't have a chance to improve, while athletic kids coast by on their temporary advantage. |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:31 AM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria 'america is the only country where kids have to pay to play soccer.'
you mean they're forced?
rest seems credited |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:35 AM Author: awkward business firm prole (mitt romney) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797173) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:36 AM Author: spectacular pit i mean parents have to pay for their kids to play soccer in competitive leagues
that's not the case in europe. each nation's football association funds their youth programs so parents don't have to pay. this gives poor kids like wayne rooney a chance. |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:42 AM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria yeah, a soccer player has to be groomed from early childhood like a gymnast.
in south america it's mostly the top clubs that sponsor youth academies, isn't it? i thought that was the case in europe as well.
i suppose american clubs don't have enough history yet to consider a long term project like that. |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:43 AM Author: wine toaster set wrong. clubs primarily fund the youth programs, not the national associations. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797243) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:48 AM Author: spectacular pit this is essentially true. i was referring more to the schoolboy/sunday/non-league programs that any kid can sign up for, not the club youth programs which recruit and sign kids.
EDIT: although in England, the FA does also partially funds league clubs' youth programs |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:43 AM Author: cerebral godawful stage because we don't give a shit about soccer and never will. sorry, libs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797246) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:45 AM Author: wine toaster set o rly? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItKfVHMQ108 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797258) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:47 AM Author: hairless glassy theatre filthpig to be fair, the World Cup and Gold Cup both beat the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals in those years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797275) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:49 AM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria how about the olympic hockey finals? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797296) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:51 AM Author: hairless glassy theatre filthpig im sure those were higher, olympics are a different jingoistic animal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797317) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:52 AM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria so are the world and gold cups. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797338) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:53 AM Author: hairless glassy theatre filthpig the charge was "we don't give a shit about soccer and never will" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797342) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:56 AM Author: cerebral godawful stage should have been "we don't give a shit about soccer for more than 2 weeks at a time and never will" i stand corrected (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797373) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:56 AM Author: hairless glassy theatre filthpig in fairness bro outside of the NFL for what sport is this true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797381) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:59 AM Author: cerebral godawful stage baseball, basketball, and to a lesser extent, golf and hockey (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797395) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:54 AM Author: wine toaster set Referring to WC 2010 ticket purchases, "According to the South African organizing committee and FIFA, soccer's international governing body, more than 130,000 of the 2.8 million tickets were purchased by U.S. residents, the highest total by any country other than South Africa." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797355) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:52 AM Author: costumed irradiated site scourge upon the earth not enough opportunities for commercial breaks. cut each half in half, make timeouts mandatory before PKs and free kicks, give every team a bunch of 30 second timeouts to use. then watch the game flourish. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797329) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:54 AM Author: Ocher self-absorbed school cafeteria timeouts are so gay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797352) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:58 AM Author: costumed irradiated site scourge upon the earth why do you hate america bro? the endless lite beer and pickup truck commercials filled with eagles and shit are what makes are baseball, football, and ncaa tournament great. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797388) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:58 AM Author: lascivious candlestick maker resort shut up faggot it's not because you don't like how the nba and nfl are run its because athletic americans don't play soccer. they never will (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797393) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 12:59 AM Author: spectacular pit sadly true. no major network will give it a chance unless they can cop dat ad revenue.
at least fox has started showing the champions league final and some marquee premiership games (i remember seeing spurs-arsenal on fox, although it wasn't live) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 1:00 AM Author: lascivious candlestick maker resort lol not live enjoy that faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797412) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 1:02 AM Author: Brindle gay wizard crackhouse cr lol at this countttry |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 1:12 AM Author: costumed irradiated site scourge upon the earth soccer's already passed hockey nationally. but for the next decade it will be the favorite sport of lib cities like seattle that don't have other traditional teams and mid-size cities in the southwest and midwest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797543) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 1:13 AM Author: lascivious candlestick maker resort not a single professional soccer player coming from those places in the next 20 years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797553) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 1:30 AM Author: costumed irradiated site scourge upon the earth i think they'll have no problem finding pro soccer players from mexican communities in the southwest.
does the pacific NW produce any athletes? |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 1:31 AM Author: spectacular pit kasey keller is from the seattle area (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20797689) |
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Date: May 31st, 2012 7:46 AM Author: chestnut idiot principal's office The US isn't that bad. We've won the same number of world cups as the Dutch, and only one less than Spain, England and France. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1960272&forum_id=2betting#20798550) |
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Date: July 1st, 2026 8:22 PM Author: nyuug doing surprisingly well in 2026, actually
rooting for norway to win it all though, for obvious reasons |