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[gerard]

And it's Footbal anyway but North Americans call it soccer and they call a fixturea game and a tie a draw.they call the pitch a feild. But there is nothing more boring than golf. At least golf on TV. Jesus they have a 24 hour channel for golf. Who the hell watches this. Or basketball-??? 107-105- game who cares watch the last 30 seconds.

On thre footy subject (notice I didnt call it footie!!) a 0-0 match is NOT boring . What MIGHT be boring is a 1-0 job wherte a side scores and then shuts down everything . The Italians are notorious for this. Some of it may be bad but it is not aALL boring. Spain and England are very exciting leagues. Television might be boring but soccer is not. I know I am preaching to the converted and paying to do so so ...alllLLLL...

[Will.]

22 people chase a ball.
Look! he kicked a ball in the net. Hug me!
Don't make me laugh.
Boring is not adequate without mind numbing in front to qualify it.
I have never understood the, mainly male, fixation with it.
Local teams made up from international players supported nationwide Sorry? What a circus.
Flame away. not everyone appreciates your "sport"

[biffinbridge]

Football is a game played between 2 teams of 11 players(+subs) and lasts just over 90 minutes.The object of the game is to win by scoring goals.It was invented before the United States of America became the United States.American football is a game played by black athletes and white quarter backs,with the odd white line backer thrown in and is a game that stops and starts due to a.) a total lack of spontaneity and b.) a deluge of commercial breaks.In fact we should really call it African American Soccer because no-one I know in Europe plays a game called 'soccer' and we thought of the name 'football' first.It reminds of that other great American sporting misnomer...'the World Series',played exlcusively by all American teams full of Puerto Ricans and the like.....I'd like to see how the USA would do in the olympics if segregation had not been abolished......As for the original post...football can be boring but only if you're watching it in Italy or from the stands at Villa Park or Birmingham City.

[dmb]

Time to sign off as the Arsenal-Liverpool match is about to start

[Steiner]

Well, the World Series isn't really the World series anymore, but it was when it got the name.

As for the word soccer, it is a British invention if I remember it correctly. When some fellows decided the game should be played just with the feet they had a split with the fellows who also used their hands. The soccer players called their game Association Football, and to distinguish it from the footballers who used their hands as well as their feet, they shortened it to soccer, from Association.

I could be making this up, though, I can't quite remember....

Go Reds.

[dyak]

[Steiner]

Aha! Found this at www.wordorigins.org:

Soccer is an abbreviation for Association Football. The Football Association was formed in London in October 1863 when representatives of eleven clubs and schools met in an attempt to standardize the rules of the game. One of the rules prohibited the carrying of the ball, a rule that would lead to the Rugby-oriented clubs leaving the Association several months later. The name Association Football was coined to distinguish it from Rugby.

By 1889, the abbreviation socca' was in use, and the spelling soccer had made its appearance by 1895.





Those silly Brits, coming up with a name like soccer and then blaming the world when they use the word.

[Tong Dawei]

Oh, I can see that things are starting to get a little rough and tumble in here eh boys? Maybe soccer would be a bit more enthralling to witness if there was more physical contact. Maybe not.

Know this! Nothing in all the world of popular contact sport can supercede the triumphant display of human prowess in terms of finely honed ability, strength, courage and agility than when a 6 ft. 3 inch plus stallion of a man (any color) breaks from the line of scrimmage, throws or overpowers a muscle packed block at/from a formidable defender, comes to a full on sprint, dekes out the opposition or just plain beats em to get open and receive either a PIN POINT pass caught in stride or better yet leaped, or stretched for like a galloping gazelle and then proceed to run it in either around or through some more ravenous defenders for a TOUCHDOWN!!!! Nothing beats this test of wills, thrills and endurance and this game is called American Football!!!

[denise]

Maybe my girlie-ness has interfered with my comprehension, but I have never understood why we Americans call our sport "football" anyway, given that there are only a few times during the game when feet actually come into contact with ball.

When I was in Europe, I did develop an appreciation for FOOTBALL ("soccer", in case you're wondering which one I am referring to). I thought it was far more hard-core than American football, especially the lack of padding and the lack of commercial breaks. Pure endurance.

My girlie-ness did come into play during the UEFA cup, though (is that the correct acronym?). I generally sided for whichever team had nicer hair.

And as for the World Series (whose name is also somewhat misleading, but what the hell, I love the sport, so I forgive it its isolationist tendencies):

Go Giants! Go A's! Oh, how I would love another Battle of the Bay!

Nothing, however... NOTHING compares to figure skating.

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[Gordon]

I enjoy soccer except for the dives. Eliminate the wussies and the game would be much improved. And why do the refs buy it? The whole world knew it was a dive except for the idiots in a striped uniform.

I think the World Cup is the best int'l tournament of any sport because the teams are on an equal footing (more or less). One country doesn't win every time, there's usually about 3 or 4. Everyone around the world watches it and you can't say that about any other sport.

I never said soccer is the best sport, only a good one. Hockey is the best, the only problem is that there just isn't enough decent competition for Canada.

[biffinbridge]

We also have a sport called 'rugby' in which athletes of the same speed and size,(as afro american soccer players), play a more physically demanding game, without the nancy boy padding.

[Gordon]

The rugby players don't use pads because they don't hit hard enough.
They also don't have any teeth left and have ears resembling cauliflowers. A helmet wouldn't fit over their ears.

[Gordon]

Actually I like rugby, have played it a bit, but is really only for people who are nuts and then they stomp on the guy's head when he's down.
Not sane.

[october]

I am not a guy and i love soccer (we call it soccer here in Israel- and since i am a lexicology freak i will now have to look the word's origin up)
Why i love soccer?? i will tell. because during 90 minutes i have the house to myself! i can finally sit on the internet without interuptions from the male shouting in the next room. (yippi - almost a goal...) and can fix myself a good sandwich without making him one too and some other reasons ... this is why i love soccer, its really a great game. (ha ha)

[Steiner]