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Axiom
Joined: 18 Jan 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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 Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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| SeoulNate wrote: |
| Doesn't Australia, much like NZ or USA, value soccer about as low on the sport totem poll as say, something like speed skating. |
Participation wise it is the most popular sport for male children.
However the professional soccer league does not get the corporate deals that the other football codes and cricket get. It is however improving and is starting to draw some decent size crowds to some games.
I personally do not like watching soccer (give me rugby league or aussie rules any day) but I do have respect for the game. Which other sport is able to draw teams from pretty much every country in the world. Even the women's leagues have expanded greatly in recent years.
As noted elsewhere however soccer does seem to attract the biggest a-holes into there administration. |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| andrewchon wrote: |
| Not enough bone-jarring tackles, |
there was plenty (too much) of that in the Aus Vs netherlands game.
Aussies were losing so they started playing the man, not the ball... |
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