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[JJ Rage]

Plenty of Americans play and enjoy soccer, the MLS is seeing a lot of growth, especially with EPL stars coming over to play for MLS teams (even if they're a bit washed up like Beckham).

I grow tired of seeing Americans trash a sport they've never attempted to watch, and I'm equally tired of Europeans that get all bent out of shape when some dares to criticize the "beautiful game".

Why do you even call it football?

The history of football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football. Both games have their origins in varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which a ball is kicked at a goal and/or run over a line. Many games known as "football" were being played at colleges and universities in the United States in the first half of the 19th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football#History

 

[addictionary]

Plenty of Americans play and enjoy soccer, the MLS is seeing a lot of growth, especially with EPL stars coming over to play for MLS teams (even if they're a bit washed up like Beckham).

I grow tired of seeing Americans trash a sport they've never attempted to watch, and I'm equally tired of Europeans that get all bent out of shape when some dares to criticize the "beautiful game".





The history of football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football. Both games have their origins in varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which a ball is kicked at a goal and/or run over a line. Many games known as "football" were being played at colleges and universities in the United States in the first half of the 19th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football#History

Good to know. I prefered MLS many times in FIFA games when I played career mode. Went for Chicago Fire mostly. I'd go for a name like barge-ball, crash-ball, bump-ball, bang-ball, thrash-ball or smth like that for American football.

 

[addictionary]

We have plenty of ability to play it. It's just that the athletes in the US choose to play: Basketball, American Football, Hockey, baseball, Golf, Bowling, Tiddly Winks, Drive in a circle, and Football again before soccer.

Where in most countries it's soccer then Basketball and the rest.

Well I must admit soccer is more of a lower class type of sport compared to basketball. The environment around less fortunate kids is more suitable to play it. Maybe it's about the sub-culture, maybe about the government's politics about motivating the young ones. But even though I've seen poor kids play ball in US on crappy courts, I can say for many countries it is considered that way. I don't wanna sound like a dick but even famous soccer players said that before. It's one hell of a sport for the ones who are in love with it though. It's pretty intense, this love. You must have heard the hooliganism issue in soccer-centered countries. It shapes the sports culture of those societies. The chanting for one thing, crowd groups compose songs, marches, poems for their teams. They put their entire lives in it. They care more about the supporting part than the result and the game itself. So if a sports club of a soccer team parts in the basketball league for example, they go their games and chant the same way, maybe fight the same way. NBA crowd's "Offense! Defence!" cheering sounds lame to ears at first, but US crowd is more into the game, more perceptive about it that way I guess. Sorry if I flied from one crap to another.

 

[Former Member]

Ahem...

He didn't pass it to the mismatch cutting to the basket even though his passing lane was open. He also had a wide open teammate for the 3 in the corner.

Come to think of it, the U.S.A. is playing defense like they're up big...

 

[gregbroncs]

Well I must admit soccer is more of a lower class type of sport compared to basketball. The environment around less fortunate kids is more suitable to play it. Maybe it's about the sub-culture, maybe about the government's politics about motivating the young ones. But even though I've seen poor kids play ball in US on crappy courts, I can say for many countries it is considered that way. I don't wanna sound like a dick but even famous soccer players said that before. It's one hell of a sport for the ones who are in love with it though. It's pretty intense, this love. You must have heard the hooliganism issue in soccer-centered countries. It shapes the sports culture of those societies. The chanting for one thing, crowd groups compose songs, marches, poems for their teams. They put their entire lives in it. They care more about the supporting part than the result and the game itself. So if a sports club of a soccer team parts in the basketball league for example, they go their games and chant the same way, maybe fight the same way. NBA crowd's "Offense! Defence!" cheering sounds lame to ears at first, but US crowd is more into the game, more perceptive about it that way I guess. Sorry if I flied from one crap to another.

I actually really like soccer. I played it for 14 years as a kid. But it's just not a top priority in the USA.

 

[Gameface]

Less chit chat, more GIFs!

 

[jacktheripper]

 

[jacktheripper]

 

[TroutBum]

If this is real, it's amazingly amazing.

 

[Dr. Jones]

If this is real, it's amazingly amazing.

JazzFanz bowling night, no doubt.

 

[UGLI baby]

If this is real, it's amazingly amazing.

Indeed. Can we get a jazzfanz detective on the case pls?

 

[UGLI baby]

Ok, the only thing that makes me doubt the authenticity is how they kind of stay down on the ground a little too long after the takedown. Like maybe they were selling it.

If you got knocked down or you just knocked someone down you would spring to your feet ready for a fight.

Yes I realize they are female bowlers and have probly never been in a fight before. Just saying.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Ok, the only thing that makes me doubt the authenticity is how they kind of stay down on the ground a little too long after the takedown. Like maybe they were selling it.

If you got knocked down or you just knocked someone down you would spring to your feet ready for a fight.

Yes I realize they are female bowlers and have probly never been in a fight before. Just saying.

Damn. Too many words. Too muhc, other stuff, too .. justv make ur point clear, please, it's my last drunken night and I wanna be included,

 

[UGLI baby]

Damn. Too many words. Too muhc, other stuff, too .. justv make ur point clear, please, it's my last drunken night and I wanna be included,

me doubt authenticity stay down on ground too long after takedown. maybe selling it.

you knocked down you spring to feet ready fight.

female bowlers probly never been fight before.

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[Dr. Jones]

^awesome

 

[ema]

 

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[franklin]

Curse this .gif. My 4 year old is addicted to JF now, and we have another ten balls in the way when we play planetarium. I heard "Do you know how big Sirius is compared to earth dad?" & "this is canus majoriis compared to the sun" about 100 times the last two days.