I mean just look at all those fans.

9/1/2008 9:52:56 PM

worst sport ever

9/1/2008 9:54:03 PM

haha

9/1/2008 9:54:08 PM

aww hell let me go through my pictures and show you a soccer game in NC full of fans....

9/1/2008 9:54:23 PM

Soccer is gay

9/1/2008 9:55:04 PM

i bet more people would show up if they played more frank sinatra over the speaker system.. because hey, free concert too.

9/1/2008 9:55:12 PM

i went to a game there that was packed.

9/1/2008 9:55:15 PM

i was just thinking earlier how soccer is pretty gay

[Edited on September 1, 2008 at 9:59 PM. Reason : saw some folks on the intramural field playing it and thought that]

9/1/2008 9:59:05 PM

Soccer is awesome. The US is about the only place that shits on it.

9/1/2008 9:59:39 PM

yeah, i am just bullshitting about soccer being gay. i have several friends that played in college and they invited me to come kick around with them once. I lasted about 10 minutes before I thought I was going to die.

9/1/2008 10:01:22 PM

i wont lie...i watch that world cup stuff when it comes on

9/1/2008 10:02:34 PM

Soccer is pretty jawsome.

9/1/2008 10:03:45 PM

i wish soccer was more popular in the US

9/1/2008 10:04:24 PM

9/1/2008 10:04:56 PM

i mean, to watch it it seems like a gay sport. but you have to respect the athleticism. kinda like swimming.

9/1/2008 10:05:01 PM

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1635382

those Railhawks seem to do okay

9/1/2008 10:06:23 PM

soccer is boring

baseball can be boring too but at least they come up with shit to entertain you between innings

9/1/2008 10:06:53 PM

9/1/2008 10:07:54 PM

Quote :

"Soccer is awesome. The US is about the only place that shits on it."

Canada?

I don't think they care about it all that much in Australia or NZ either. It's still popular, but not nearly so much as other sports.

9/1/2008 10:08:00 PM

Soccer is boring if it's not two very competitive teams play each other. If it's really one sided it can be a bore...but a lot of soccer is on the edge of your seat the whole game.

9/1/2008 10:08:29 PM

Quote :

"those Railhawks seem to do okay"

They must climb trees to avoid paying, because my pic is from 10 mins before kick off.

9/1/2008 10:12:31 PM

houston has a big soccer following considering we're packed with mexicans

it still doesnt interest me, even in a city thats excited about it

9/1/2008 10:12:44 PM

any sport you have to wear shorts and a t shirt and is very low scorring after an hour and a half is gay

im talking about soccer

9/1/2008 10:14:41 PM

haha terpball is that RFK on fire?

9/1/2008 10:20:15 PM

the thing is the statement in the thread title isn't far off.

maybe not huge, but it has a decent following here. SAS park in Cary and the Gillette Complex in Wilson are two of nicer soccer facilities around.

9/1/2008 10:22:58 PM

I think it's pretty boring. There are too many players and the field is too big.

Soccer fans say FB is boring because of the breaks between plays, but IMO knowing when you need to pay attention and can expect something big to happen (after the snap) while knowing when you don't really have to pay attention (after the play) is an advantage.

In soccer, you have to be paying attention the whole time, because something exciting can happen at any time. Unfortunately, most of the time the play is boring, it's just people kicking it back and forth across midfield.

9/1/2008 10:23:53 PM

don't forget all those makeshift fields with scrap lumber goals where the mexican folks get drunk and play

we got a few of those back home

9/1/2008 10:25:59 PM

^^Soccer is 11 vs 11. Football is 11 vs 11. Soccer plays on a field 120 yards long. Football fields are also 120 yards long.

9/1/2008 11:41:15 PM

9/1/2008 11:45:50 PM

^^ They aren't comparable like that, the size of a football field has less bearing on individual plays, and it's not as easy for one player to take the ball from another as in soccer

Soccer can be compared much better to hockey, which is 5 on 5, with a smaller area of play. Hockey is faster, making it more exciting IMO.

[Edited on September 1, 2008 at 11:47 PM. Reason : ]

9/1/2008 11:47:00 PM

hey my bf is on the Railhawks...it rained the night that pic was taken (sat)...the stadium was packed when they played an MLS team and Rayados de Mexico

9/2/2008 12:06:35 AM

american football field is ~30 yards narrower...

9/2/2008 12:29:09 AM

KING DOUCHEBAG HERE

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9/2/2008 12:30:34 AM

If soccer wants to get popular here they need some character to the players and the coaches that people can take interest in and get behind. We need a Bill Shankly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Shankly

Quote :

"Due to his working class background, Shankly had a strong feeling for how the fans followed the team and wanted them to perform. He felt he was letting the fans down when the team didn't do well. When he wasn't managing a football club, Shankly was usually at his typewriter, personally replying to the letters which arrived at Melwood. Shankly even called some supporters at home to discuss the previous day's game, while the accounts of him providing tickets for fans are endless.[2] One of the most iconic images of all was caught on television, when a Liverpool scarf which had been thrown at Shankly during a lap of honour was flung to one side by a policeman, in April 1973, when he and the team were showing off the League Championship trophy to the Kop. Shankly pounced on the scarf and reprimanded the copper, uttering the immortal words "Don't do that. This might be someone's life"."

9/2/2008 12:33:57 AM