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Post by logjiktek on Jun 24, 2010 9:08:10 GMT -5
not as obvious as the albs failure in sports all together There's still 4 Albanians that are playing in the WC. The team they play for hasn't been eliminated yet.
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Post by ulf on Jun 24, 2010 10:46:36 GMT -5
R there any serbs on the slovenian natonal team? Is this rhetorical question? Sure there are. Jokic, Dedic, Novakovic are probably their best players
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Post by Emperor AAdmin on Jun 24, 2010 10:59:05 GMT -5
Just watched Slovakia - Italy (3:2). Nice match.
PS: Who else feels like this match reminds of Serbia -Australia match? (just switch Serbia with Italy and Australia with Slovakia)
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Post by zgembo on Jun 24, 2010 15:25:34 GMT -5
Just looking at the Slovene 23-man roster, the following 5 guys have very Serbian names: Branko Ilic, Bojan Jokic, Aleksandar Radosavljevic, Dalibor Stevanovic, Milivoje Novakovic.
Then you also have 5 guys with very Bosniak names: Samir Handanovic, Jasmin Handanovic, Elvedin Dzinic, Suad Filekovic, Zlatko Dedic.
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Post by emily33 on Jun 24, 2010 16:31:32 GMT -5
I hope the US wins this. They were robbed of 2 goals. Would love to see team USA stuff all the haters. This was the first instance:
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Post by Anthologic on Jun 24, 2010 18:25:03 GMT -5
I hope the US wins this. They were robbed of 2 goals. Would love to see team USA stuff all the haters. Troll account. Not a funny troll either.
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Post by macmako on Jun 24, 2010 18:34:18 GMT -5
I hope the US wins this. They were robbed of 2 goals. Would love to see team USA stuff all the haters. This was the first instance: You bet. If USA wins this, it would put a big American palm in all the haters faces. They hate to see a great USA team, especially England. ;D USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA
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Post by macmako on Jun 24, 2010 18:52:27 GMT -5
I hope the US wins this. They were robbed of 2 goals. Would love to see team USA stuff all the haters. Troll account. Not a funny troll either. Why, Canuck?
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Post by Emperor AAdmin on Jun 24, 2010 20:40:58 GMT -5
June 24, 2010, 12:45 PM Why Americans Aren't Allowed to Be Soccer Fans
A warning: Should Team USA somehow advance to meet Germany in the World Cup, avoid this man.
By The Angry German
[more from this author]
Robert Michael/AFP via Getty The author does not own a vuvuzela. Yet.
(Note: This post is best read aloud in a German accent.)
So, I have undertaken to instruct the Americans about the World Cup. Not an easy task — it's like asking someone to explain breathing.
The most unbearable thing about watching the games over here in the United States is all these non-fans who think they need to tell you how boring soccer is. Now, I don't care about American football (or soft-boy rugby, as we call it Europe), but I have a lot better things to do than go to a football bar on Super Bowl Sunday and start talking about how boring football is. And you know why? Because nobody gives a toss. Nobody cares if you like soccer or don't like soccer — like it, watch it, don't like it, feck off and wait for football season.
But even worse than the chest thumpers who "don't care" are the chest thumpers who do care, but only because the U.S. has now made the round of sixteen. I had chest thumpers walk up to me in my office last week trying to talk soccer, and how the U.S. is doing so great. Listen, I love this country, and the Americans can come in second to Germany for all I am concerned. But if you just recently discovered that there is a U.S. national soccer team and a sport called soccer, I really don't need to hear your opinion about either.
Finally — and please take this to heart — I am sick of all this U.S.-England chest thumping. Just because the only league you hear about here in the U.S. is the English Premier League, and all Americans aged twenty to thirty seem to be fans of Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, or Liverpool, it's no excuse for believing that's all there is to international soccer.
As a matter of fact, England barely even registers on the scale of World Cup history. Maybe this is easier for you to understand: There are the Lakers and the Celtics, the Bulls and maybe the Spurs, all teams with a history of success (Brazil, Italy, Germany, and maybe Argentina), and then there are the Knicks — hailed to greatness but always fail to deliver (see: England). Maybe this is even easier: English fans talking about World Cup glory is like American teenagers talking about sex — they may have seen it on TV or the Internet, but they've never experienced it.
The author is a German who has been living in the United States for more than ten years. He is often angry.
www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/us-soccer-fans-062410
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Post by Anthologic on Jun 25, 2010 1:56:55 GMT -5
Troll account. Not a funny troll either. Why, Canuck? Dunno.. I've been quite a few forums, some people jizz over having multiple accounts. A few hardcore fans, and surprise TIES doesn't change the fact that barely anybody in America gives a fuck about soccer.
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Post by Patrinos on Jun 25, 2010 4:29:06 GMT -5
^^
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Post by emily33 on Jun 25, 2010 6:58:12 GMT -5
He failed to mention how popular the game is for very young children ...ages 3-10 mostly. In the state I live in, most kids play soccer in the fall! Parents love it because the kids are constantly RUNNING and exert most of their energy.
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Post by logjiktek on Jun 25, 2010 8:09:24 GMT -5
He failed to mention how popular the game is for very young children ...ages 3-10 mostly. In the state I live in, most kids play soccer in the fall! Parents love it because the kids are constantly RUNNING and exert most of their energy. Sweatheart, it's mainly a hobby for white suburban children. The majority of these kids that play it at a young do not pursue the sport at a higher level (i.e. highschool.) Europe, and the rest of the world, play the game their whole life. Soccer is barely a top 10 sport in the US....
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Post by chalkedon on Jun 25, 2010 8:18:11 GMT -5
^ true.....And its a good way for soccer moms to socialize
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Post by logjiktek on Jun 25, 2010 8:28:36 GMT -5
^ true.....And its a good way for soccer moms to socialize Yep, and it allows them the chance to yell like drunken idiots at the refs, their child and the other children. I think the US is the only place in the world where the parents care more about kid's sport than the children.
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Post by Emperor AAdmin on Jun 25, 2010 10:29:02 GMT -5
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Post by emily33 on Jun 25, 2010 11:49:12 GMT -5
It's a relatively new phenomenon....10 years or so. How can you make a judgement based on such a short period of time? How do you know any of these kids may not pursue it in the future? Regardless, seems the US team was/is good enough to send other teams packing.
It really doesn't matter.....as I see it...the United States is a sports powerhouse. Amazing isn't it? I mean, we all eat at McDonalds and are fat as shit! LMAO
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Post by logjiktek on Jun 25, 2010 12:01:31 GMT -5
It's a relatively new phenomenon....10 years or so. How can you make a judgement based on such a short period of time? How do you know any of these kids may not pursue it in the future? Regardless, seems the US team was/is good enough to send other teams packing. It really doesn't matter.....as I see it...the United States is a sports powerhouse. Amazing isn't it? I mean, we all eat at McDonalds and are fat as s**t! LMAO The US has done well because the majority of their players play on European Clubs and it has improved the quality of play. But don't get ahead of yourself. America was lucky to beat England, gave up 2 goals against an inferior Slovenian team and almost tied against Algeria. Granted, they fared much better than the powerhouses i.e. Italy, France, England. US has an easy road to the semifinals. Ghana first then South Korea/Uruguay. They should finish top 4 in this WC and that would be huge. I've noticed more people are watching the game and taking interest. But the sport has a long way to go in the States....... PS: It's not a relatively new for kids to play soccer. It was huge during the 90's atleast when I was growing up. All my friends played some kind of league. They majority of them sucked lol. An immigrant such as myself always had the advantage against htem.
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Post by zoti on Jun 25, 2010 12:04:39 GMT -5
I've been following MLS and the USMNT since 1996. All I have to the naysayers is this: Let's go U.S. and A.!!!
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Post by emily33 on Jun 25, 2010 17:21:13 GMT -5
hahahaha that was awesome...."some dude in Arkansas" hahahahahahaha!
I hope the next game is at a reasonable time so that I can justify going to a sports bar and having a drink.
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