Why is soccer not more popular in the US?

Daily Bread wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Daily Bread wrote:I lettered in High School for lacrosse , baseball , wrestling ,basketball ,track and Soccer (never tried out for football -no time) and soccer was my least liked and most boring sport and yes it was more boring than baseball . Most of the sports utilize some kind of analytic skills and a certáin level of mental preparation figuring out a plan on what may take place next and how to combat it . Soccer was running back and forth chasing a ball that you were following 100 yards away .
Of the above I'm rating Lacrosse as the top all around sport I played because of speed , body contact,and the one one experience  - I probably would have like rugby because of its contact  but that sport wasn't in any of my schools at the time.

I majored in hunting and fishing.
I was certified in paddling a piroque and a bateau,  and in headlight repair(for frogging).
Later on I went professional with a custom built aluminum skiff and 40HP outboard with tiller handle.

Boy you ain't never worked until you drive a tiller handle outboard  and have to constantly pick up your motor IN GEAR , jumping logs, cypress knees, and clearing water hyacinths and hydrilla  from the prop.

"Headlight repair for froging" ?  Back in the day when I'd be crabbing off a dock in the Great South Bay people would waste batteries trying to lure the blue claws to the dock to net them . I went out and bought a 100 ft extension cord and spliced 2 clamps on the male end (ouch)so I could attach it to my car battery and plugged a headlight into the female end :) of the cord  . That sucker would draw in Jaws if he was hanging out in the bay .
Was your froger light the same high technology ?

Daily Bread wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Daily Bread wrote:I lettered in High School for lacrosse , baseball , wrestling ,basketball ,track and Soccer (never tried out for football -no time) and soccer was my least liked and most boring sport and yes it was more boring than baseball . Most of the sports utilize some kind of analytic skills and a certáin level of mental preparation figuring out a plan on what may take place next and how to combat it . Soccer was running back and forth chasing a ball that you were following 100 yards away .
Of the above I'm rating Lacrosse as the top all around sport I played because of speed , body contact,and the one one experience  - I probably would have like rugby because of its contact  but that sport wasn't in any of my schools at the time.

I majored in hunting and fishing.
I was certified in paddling a piroque and a bateau,  and in headlight repair(for frogging).
Later on I went professional with a custom built aluminum skiff and 40HP outboard with tiller handle.

Boy you ain't never worked until you drive a tiller handle outboard  and have to constantly pick up your motor IN GEAR , jumping logs, cypress knees, and clearing water hyacinths and hydrilla  from the prop.

"Headlight repair for froging" ?  Back in the day when I'd be crabbing off a dock in the Great South Bay people would waste batteries trying to lure the blue claws to the dock to net them . I went out and bought a 100 ft extension cord and spliced 2 clamps on the male end (ouch)so I could attach it to my car battery and plugged a headlight into the female end :) of the cord  . That sucker would draw in Jaws if he was hanging out in the bay .
Was your froger light the same high technology ?

Calypso Jones wrote:So apparently some soccer player came out as Gay today.    Hell.  I thought they all were gay.

Calypso Jones wrote:So apparently some soccer player came out as Gay today.    Hell.  I thought they all were gay.

vege57 wrote:

Calypso Jones wrote:So apparently some soccer player came out as Gay today.    Hell.  I thought they all were gay.

Why would you think that ?

2cent wrote:

vege57 wrote:

Calypso Jones wrote:So apparently some soccer player came out as Gay today.    Hell.  I thought they all were gay.

Why would you think that ?

Maybe 'cuz none look like Refrigerator Perry?  

Lummy wrote:Heh heh heh ...

Have you ever played it? You should play it. It's a great sport that evidently has some serious problems in the pros. I explained that above. Anyway, there's nothing about soccer that deserves that reputation. In fact, discussion boards are mainly where you hear about it -- just a bunch of hubris BS. I played for a couple years and I'm not gay. Furthermore, I was never come on to by another player.

It's the American football hubris that's the problem there It's also why you don't have nice things.

Do you?

That reputation is why I prefer watching women's soccer. Nobody cares if women players are gay -- well, except maybe for that one troglodyte freak.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Daily Bread wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Daily Bread wrote:I lettered in High School for lacrosse , baseball , wrestling ,basketball ,track and Soccer (never tried out for football -no time) and soccer was my least liked and most boring sport and yes it was more boring than baseball . Most of the sports utilize some kind of analytic skills and a certáin level of mental preparation figuring out a plan on what may take place next and how to combat it . Soccer was running back and forth chasing a ball that you were following 100 yards away .
Of the above I'm rating Lacrosse as the top all around sport I played because of speed , body contact,and the one one experience  - I probably would have like rugby because of its contact  but that sport wasn't in any of my schools at the time.

I majored in hunting and fishing.
I was certified in paddling a piroque and a bateau,  and in headlight repair(for frogging).
Later on I went professional with a custom built aluminum skiff and 40HP outboard with tiller handle.

Boy you ain't never worked until you drive a tiller handle outboard  and have to constantly pick up your motor IN GEAR , jumping logs, cypress knees, and clearing water hyacinths and hydrilla  from the prop.

"Headlight repair for froging" ?  Back in the day when I'd be crabbing off a dock in the Great South Bay people would waste batteries trying to lure the blue claws to the dock to net them . I went out and bought a 100 ft extension cord and spliced 2 clamps on the male end (ouch)so I could attach it to my car battery and plugged a headlight into the female end :) of the cord  . That sucker would draw in Jaws if he was hanging out in the bay .
Was your froger light the same high technology ?

I could steal juice from the neighbor's electric fence!  :thumbsup2: