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Eh soccer is rather boring. It is the sport that parents put there non-athletic kids in. I am not saying good athletes don't play soccer, because when it comes to endurance, they have the most. But still, it is not complicated and takes minimal athletic skill to be great, baseball, hockey, those take extreme talent to play.

The only reason soccer is so popular is because its simplicity, a ball and some trash cans and you got a game. Not expensive to play so everyone plays.

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to each his own, maybe soccer is boring to you, but to some of us it's more than just a sport.

you mentioned baseball, have you seen how fat some of the so called athletes are?

anyhow, as I said, everyone has thier own opinions or else they wouldn't be called opinions...

Thanks a lot Beta ... those staduims look awesome, I can't wait ...

Argentina is showing a comeback after being out of the loop for sometime... it should be interesting..

I even think EA sports is making a Fifa World Cup 2002 game coming out this month

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Originally posted by axis

Eh soccer is rather boring. It is the sport that parents put there non-athletic kids in. I am not saying good athletes don't play soccer, because when it comes to endurance, they have the most. But still, it is not complicated and takes minimal athletic skill to be great, baseball, hockey, those take extreme talent to play.

The only reason soccer is so popular is because its simplicity, a ball and some trash cans and you got a game. Not expensive to play so everyone plays.

lol is that right? non-athletic kids eh? minimal skill to be great? baseball? LMAO!!!! I suppose batting a ball is more complicated than kicking the ball into a net? hey, you get a stick, and i'll roll up a ball of cloth in glue. I'll throw it at ya, and you try to hit it.

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I guess it depend what part of the world you're from and maybe over there, soccer might not be as popular as it is here but I don't think you should just conclude that soccer is a non-atheletic kids sports.

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Originally posted by axis

Eh soccer is rather boring. It is the sport that parents put there non-athletic kids in. I am not saying good athletes don't play soccer, because when it comes to endurance, they have the most. But still, it is not complicated and takes minimal athletic skill to be great, baseball, hockey, those take extreme talent to play.

The only reason soccer is so popular is because its simplicity, a ball and some trash cans and you got a game. Not expensive to play so everyone plays.

Soccer is far from simple, you have to train your feet to do the work. Baseball and Hockey are simple, all they require is hand eye co-ordination.

As for Japan/Korea 2002, I hope the atmosphere is as good as it is in Europe and South America.

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Originally posted by axis

Eh soccer is rather boring. It is the sport that parents put there non-athletic kids in. I am not saying good athletes don't play soccer, because when it comes to endurance, they have the most. But still, it is not complicated and takes minimal athletic skill to be great, baseball, hockey, those take extreme talent to play.

The only reason soccer is so popular is because its simplicity, a ball and some trash cans and you got a game. Not expensive to play so everyone plays.

eXcuse me?? FOOTBALL (say soocer if u want) is the BEST sport EVER. And its the MOST POPULAR sport in the world! Do you know why? U wouldnt understad. And I agree with u.. its simple. But its simplicity makes it UNIQE! I mean, think about it, how can it be that a man can do such beautiful things with only a BALL!! Talk about baseball your american football and hockey if u want.. But if u dont have a clue about FOOTBALL plz dont talk about it.. :devious:

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SPORT IS A SPORT TO ME. I LIKE WATCHING ALL SPORTS, SOME MORE OR ELSE. I SUPPOSE EUROPEANS ARE MORE INTO FOOTBALL LIKE ME BECAUSE THAT?S WHERE IT ORIGINETED. I GUESS AMERICANS LIKE THEY OWN SPORT LIKE BASEBALL, WHICH NONE OTHER COUNTRY PLAYS IT, AND USA TOTALY SUCK IN FOOTBALL. LOL!! IF MY TEAM WAS SO BAD I WOULD NOT BOTHER WATCHING SOCCER. I THINK USA GUYS; YOU DON?T LIKE SOCCER BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOOD AT IT. I ALSO THINK USA WOULD LIKE THEIR FOOTBALL TO ME MORE LIKE EUROPEAN QUALITY AND STYLE BUT IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. FOOTBALL IS A GLOBAL SPORT AND EVERY COUNTRY ALMOST PLAYS IT. WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT FOOTBALL WORLD CUP IS YOU ARE HAVING A CHANCE TO SEE GREAT STADIUM, VISIT OTHER CULTURES, LEARN ABOUT THEM, EXPERIANCE LIFE IN ANOTHER SENCE AND ENJOY TIME OF FOOTBALL UNITY. SOCCER ISN'T STUPID SPORT IF YOU SEE 11 PLAYERS RUNNING AFTER BALL TO SCORE A GOAL. IF YOU THINK THAT IS THE CASE YOU ARE NOT WELL INFORMED. THERE IS A PLEASURE AND PRIDE WHEN PLAYER SCORES. I LOVE FOOTBALL. THEIR IS A NATIONAL PRIDE ABOUT THEAMS AND COUNTRY YOU SUPPORT. IMAGINE THE EXCTING NEWS ABOUT THE NEW TALENT WHICH WILL ARISE DURING 30 DAYS OF WORLD CUP AND HUGE SPECTACAL JAPAN AND KOREA WILL PUT ON A SHOW. THIS WILL BE A TIME OF BUSINESS, DISCOVERING TALENSTS AND AMONG OTHER THINGS. IF YOU THINK THAT ISN'T WORTH THE TERM "FOOTBALL" THEN TELL ME USA GUYS WHAT?S SPECIAL ABOUT BASEBALL TO THE REST OF THE WORLD???

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Football isn't a sport, it's a religon.

If you think there is no talnet involved, go download a Ronaldo goal, or find a video of Beckham's goal against Deportivo last week. I'm not a Man Utd fan (!!) but that goal was pure talent. I do agree that one of the reasons it's globally popular is because you only need a round, kickable thing to play it. But that's no reason for it to be at all bad. Football is a simple, complicated game. The crap, fat kid can play it, the skilled athlete can play it. How much talent there is depends on who is playing and how much the watcher understands the game.

I always find the main US sports, American Football and Baseball to be violent, ego-heavy (is that a phrase?) sports full of people who need to be kicked up the backside and brought back down to earth. I suspect Football seems the same for people who don't understand it fully - and I don't just mean understanding the rules. I know Baseball is like Rounders (a game the girls in school who aren't good enough to play Hockey play) and American Football is like Rugby (except in Rugby, the players aren't so wussy that they need to wear so much armour!) - but my knowledge of them doesn't extend much more than this and as a result I see them in an undoubtedly false light.

I do agree about those stadiums. Wow! I can't get to those pages ATM though :(

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