World Cup Banter Thread
Jun 26, 2010 | 07:05 AM
#523
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Team USA, Fawk Yeah.
I'm most amazed at the fact that they apparently managed to find more than 10 Yanks who take an interest in football, I guess they put every single American football fan in that vid.
It's all good though, another mediocre team through to the next round, makes it all the more easy for the decent teams to make it to the finals.
I'm most amazed at the fact that they apparently managed to find more than 10 Yanks who take an interest in football, I guess they put every single American football fan in that vid.
It's all good though, another mediocre team through to the next round, makes it all the more easy for the decent teams to make it to the finals.
Jun 26, 2010 | 07:58 AM
#524
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Yeah... the guy who made the video counts a few ex-patriots in France as "The World", but eh...
Also, despite the very vocal few idiot broadcasters like Jim Rome et. al. who hate soccer, there are actually millions of rabid fans in the US. It's just the haters are the ones with the microphones and airtime. The problem with people in the USA is they don't want to take time to learn about anything that they didn't grow up with. Also, the "average" fan doesn't really care about stuff that we don't dominate in.
Soccer is an admittedly rough sport to try and watch for 90 minutes if you don't have any interest in either team, any of the players, or the outcome. That's why people will take a 1 month interest in the WC. They care if the USA does well, not about the actual game.
It's like me with cricket. I'm sure it's a nice game, but the only thing I know about it is they played it on the beach in Barbados and Bermuda and also every Sunday morning a bunch of Indian guys take over the field at the school across from my house to play. I know because the parking lot is filled with 1997 Toyota Camrys
Also, despite the very vocal few idiot broadcasters like Jim Rome et. al. who hate soccer, there are actually millions of rabid fans in the US. It's just the haters are the ones with the microphones and airtime. The problem with people in the USA is they don't want to take time to learn about anything that they didn't grow up with. Also, the "average" fan doesn't really care about stuff that we don't dominate in.
Soccer is an admittedly rough sport to try and watch for 90 minutes if you don't have any interest in either team, any of the players, or the outcome. That's why people will take a 1 month interest in the WC. They care if the USA does well, not about the actual game.
It's like me with cricket. I'm sure it's a nice game, but the only thing I know about it is they played it on the beach in Barbados and Bermuda and also every Sunday morning a bunch of Indian guys take over the field at the school across from my house to play. I know because the parking lot is filled with 1997 Toyota Camrys
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