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Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 12:07 PM
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There's been a lot of talk on here from people who neither like nor watch nor understand soccer about Team USA. So since you folks have been so vocal - and wrongheaded, IMHO - I think it's only fair the other side gets to respond to some of statements I disagree with the most strongly. And of course I'm gonna.
THE USA SUX AT SOCCER AND WILL NEVER BE ANY GOOD AND STRUGGLES AGAINST BANANA REPUBLIC COUNTRIES.
Uh, no. The USA is actually pretty good nowadays and a lot of us have worked really hard to build the game in this country. The vast majority of our younger guys like Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Weston McKennie, Sergino Dest, etc. all play for top teams in top leagues on big-money contracts, some of them the very elite of the elite, those being Champions League squads. Even some of our MLS-based guys who play in America (like Walker Zimmerman, the brother of former Clemson punter Dawson Zimmerman) make millions playing in the US. Dabo's godson Tanner Tessman (who Dabo wanted as a kicker) makes big money playing for Venezia in Italy...and hasn't even made the squad yet.
We may well get thumped by England today...but England is #5 in the world and a legit contender to win it all this year. England's squad looks like a war machine this year. (They crushed #20 Iran 6-2 in the opener.) We're ranked #16 in the world out of 211 countries, pretty good, but not elite yet. And the world rankings in soccer are remarkably like those in college football...maybe the Top 7-8 teams are real threats to win the big trophies, the rest of us are struggling to get into the elite.
We're trying to break into that elite. But our group is also very, very young.
https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men?dateId=id13792
SOCCER SUX AND I CAN'T STAND IT AND NOBODY CARES.
If as a spectacle and sporting event you can't watch this, you don't like sports or are just being willfully stubborn. The World Cup is watched by ten times the audience of a Super Bowl. Our group is also tough, the toughest in the World Cup. England's ranked #5, we're #16, Wales #19, and Iran #20. That's brutal. We opened with #19-in-the-world Wales and got a 1-1 draw...we were by a good bit the better team, but while our young guys dominated the game early we failed to blow the Welch out when we should have the first half and put them away and then Walker Zimmerman - who has been our best defender - made an uncharacteristic mistake and hacked Wales' best player in the box, which bailed them out and forced us to settle for a 1-1 draw. The World Cup is unforgiving and often cruel...and the hardest competition in the world, period. Next up: #5 England.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VH-rrPw6BY
GREGG BERHALTER IS A WOKE COMMIE WHO HATES AMERICA BECAUSE HE WORE A BLACK SHIRT THAT JUST SAYS "STATES" AND HE'S MAKING SOME SORT OF POLITICAL STATEMENT.
I have no idea how this idea got traction but it shows the power of the Stupid Internet these days. Gregg Berhalter is one of the blandest guys I've ever listened to, focuses pretty much robotically on soccer and soccer and nothing-but-soccer, and to him, anything that distracts from The Task or The Plan is a distraction to him. And more to the point, he wears what Nike - who has the team's sponsorship deal and who designs the entire team and coaches' uniforms with zero input from the USSF - gives him. And he's been wearing some variation of the "STATES" shirt for years now, it ain't new, people.
Anyhoo. That's my piece. React how you will. But there's been a lot of ridiculousness on here about this and it grates bigly on those of us who love the game...and America too.
Get behind your freaking American team, people. And if you can't do that, at least just exercise your God-given right as an American to just turn the TV off and just don't watch.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 12:13 PM
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don’t really like soccer. usually watch the high profile games like USA vs whoever for a medal or cup. BUT!!!
The womens soccer team and that reject rapinoe has turned me away from the sport all together.
If you are passionate about building followers you may want to figure out how to keep politics off the platform these athletes get.
Just like in every sport there’s becoming more and more political stances and agendas being highlight. SPORTS IS NOT THE PLACE GOR THAT CRAP!!!
Especially in a less popular sport like soccer. So that’s my rant.
TU for a good post though.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 12:19 PM
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I agree. Sports should be unifying.
Iran's fans were literally brawling in the stands with each other today...even as their team made a miracle finish and scored not once but twice in a tied game with maybe thirty second left. Stuff is just that messed up in Iran right now, which is experiencing riots that made ours a couple years back look like a square dance.
Especially on a world stage, sports players need to just represent their nation, for good or for ill, and stand together. And the rest of us all maybe need to take a breath.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 3:52 PM
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Totally agree about Rapinoe and the women's team. Was talking about that to a friend a few mins ago at the start of the mens game. I made the comment about how the women's team can take notes from the mens team. No kneeling and everyone singing the anthem. If you dislike what this flag and what this country stands for, then don't play for the national team. Let someone whom is patriotic play. Oh and this years mens team is pretty good. Hope they do well but still rooting for my birth country. Viva España
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 26, 2022, 2:01 PM
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Former player at CU and other high levels. Agree with the top poster. AND I agree with the poster about the Rapinhoe hoe. She won’t stand for the flag but wants to play on a team that represents the USA. I won’t watch the women’s team anymore for allowing that. And Biden gave her a medal. Nuf said.
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You forgot to add Mike Leach as the King Troller for wearing
Nov 25, 2022, 12:16 PM
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His “State” sweatshirt. I lolled at that one.
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This one of the dumbest fake takes ever
Nov 25, 2022, 3:40 PM
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Leach has worn that shirt for years; it has nothing to do with the USMNT.
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I like it when Clemson plays. Because I like for the kids
Nov 25, 2022, 12:22 PM
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To be successful!
I'm all for the USA winning on the World stage in all sports cuz I love the USA. But You preaching that people "MUST LOVE IT" is assinine. Get over it. Not Everyone likes what you do.
And YES Soccer players around the world are the most delicate flowers of all sports athletes. That's not our fault that is the perception given by years of flopping!
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Re: I like it when Clemson plays. Because I like for the kids
Nov 25, 2022, 12:46 PM
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Everytime there is contact someone falls to the ground like they've been shot. It ends one of two ways: he writhes around on the ground, as if in excruciating pain or he gets carted off like he's on life support. Either way, he's back in the game 2 minutes later.
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Re: I like it when Clemson plays. Because I like for the kids
Nov 25, 2022, 1:20 PM
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Soccer hurts, man. You don't get it until you've played it. It hurts bad. Watch the video in the original post. The announcer is Stuart Holden - from Clemson. He was a Team USA guy, one of our brightest stars, might have been the US's best-ever midfielder...until his career got ended by a Manchester United defender making a dirty tackle.
Yeah, there's too much diving and embellishment. But there's also some serious, legit pain involved in playing that game...at least as much as American-rules football.
No, your leg is not supposed to bend this way.
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Re: I like it when Clemson plays. Because I like for the kids
Nov 25, 2022, 5:26 PM
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These guys are much tougher than your average football player. They are in the game pretty much the entire time. No breaks for oxygen, no injury tent, no massive knee braces, and most of all, no pads (other than shin guards) or helmets. I was a goalkeeper back in the day. Had two concussions, a broken nose, a fractured orbital, fractured sinuses, broken fingers, sprained ankles, and frequently banged up knees. There are no time outs, no commercial breaks, no replay review breaks, no subbing in and out so you can catch your breath.
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Re: I like it when Clemson plays. Because I like for the kids
Nov 25, 2022, 6:13 PM
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No.
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Re: I like it when Clemson plays. Because I like for the kids
Nov 25, 2022, 6:49 PM
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I just tell people to try running full speed, reach to kick a ball and I’ll come over and stomp your ankle with my cleats. When they finally get done crying I’ll ask how it felt.
Maybe if I’m nice I’ll just cleat you in the calf. Or head butt you. Or maybe just kick you in the knee.
Soccer is brutal but the overreactions are ridiculous too.
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Blink twice if you've been hacked Quozzel.
Nov 25, 2022, 8:24 PM
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"legit pain involved in playing that game...at least as much as American-rules football." LOL.. Get out of here with that nonsense!
In anything that involves physicality of course there can be pain. What are you on? LOL.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 12:23 PM
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So, the anti USA is the fault of Nike.
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Nope, it’s the fault of dumb people that think everything
Nov 25, 2022, 12:29 PM
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is some kind of conspiracy.
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true.. and it goes both ways
Nov 25, 2022, 1:15 PM
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and is spearheaded by our elected officials and driven by the media.
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The lunge is that way ------------------>
Nov 25, 2022, 12:24 PM
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Word of advise 'You'll get more entertainment in the lounge than watching a soccer game.'
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 12:28 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving Quiz-
I appreciate your take here. Not a soccer fan, but my wife and I usually get into the World Cup regardless of whether the US qualifies or makes it to eliminations.
Like a a lot of folks, I take issue with the “States” shirt. NIKE knew exactly what they were doing when they produced that shirt. In my view it was specifically designed to generate protest.
In fact, I view this with even more distain if our players and coaches had no voice in being forced to wear a political protest statement on their chest when trying to focus on soccer and representing our country.
Recall NIKE also abruptly discontinued production of their Susan B Anthony shoe because of a single declaration by Colin Kapernick that the flag is racist.
It’s clear that the promotion and public display of protest athletic wear is important to NIKE, and its to be expected that the delivery systems they use in the way of athletes/coaches are going to carry some of the consequences of those statements. In my view opposing that isn’t ignorant, it’s principled and appropriate.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 12:38 PM
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It really kind of felt like Nike was trying to play it safe, trying to walk a line between the Woke left, which thinks everything should be a socially conscious protest, and the rabid right, that thinks if you aren't waving a flag while brandishing an AR-15 you're somehow a Commie. And they ended up pleasing nobody.
There have been teams making Statements in the World Cup. We may see one from the USA when we face Iran (that's going to be a...charged game, there) and they'll probably act in solidarity with the Iranian team, which has shown some support for the people protesting the Ayatollah's regime in Iran, when we face them on Tuesday.
Past that, the USA has largely done its best to avoid politics and controversy thus far.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 12:44 PM
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Thanks again for your thoughts here! Hope we can take care of England today!
Sorry- edited my response before you replied. Take care-
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 3:11 PM
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What's wrong with waving the American Flag and having an Armorlite Rifle (AR15)? What's your issue with that?
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You just go around to rallies and stuff doing that ?
Nov 29, 2022, 9:50 PM
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You look like a psycho. That’s what’s wrong with it
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 12:55 PM
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You would have to be a completely deranged loser to pull against the USA today.
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Uh…..
Nov 25, 2022, 1:20 PM
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Soccer is boring as hell and downright sucks the end
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Thanks for the info, Sir! I’m not a soccer fan but enjoy watching the World Cup every 4 years
Nov 25, 2022, 1:21 PM
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It’s amazing the US is ranked 16th even as our best athletes choose other sports.
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Re: Thanks for the info, Sir! I’m not a soccer fan but enjoy watching the World Cup every 4 years
Nov 25, 2022, 1:42 PM
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It's actually less true than it used to be.
Walker Zimmerman - Dawson Zimmerman's brother - is an elite athlete. (I know the guy, he played at Furman and worked with one of my youth teams for awhile...amazing dude. Intense.) You telling me Thor Junior here couldn't have played football? Dude is a warrior savage. He'd have been elite at anything.
There's a lot more. Tim Weah is an elite an athlete as it gets. He would have been one of the fastest, most agile receivers in the NFL. His dad, George Weah, once won the most coveted trophy in soccer - the Ballon D'Or, given to the world's best soccer player. George is the president of Liberia now...but Tim grew up in New York and stuck with soccer. Watch the highlight video in the original post. He's the guy who scored for the US and just cut through the Welsh defense like they were standing still.
"Jedi" Robinson, our left back, is one of the fastest and most athletic dudes I've ever seen. There's a reason he's called "Jedi".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch3vjtF9yMA
It goes on and on. We've got some dudes now, whatever. Some of them are so young they barely shave yet, mind, which could get us crushed against England...but the raw athletes are assuredly there now.
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My reply
Nov 25, 2022, 1:30 PM
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Screw nike
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I'll make this easy
Nov 25, 2022, 1:32 PM
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with it being in Qatar, it should be boycotted along with all of its sponsors BY EVERYONE. America should not even be playing in it. Qatar is a human rights disaster.
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Re: I'll make this easy
Nov 25, 2022, 1:57 PM
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I made that point to someone yesterday. Maybe the real protest isn't what's printed on a shirt, which does nothing to advance anything, but lies in refusing to participate at all. Seems that is a real statement.
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Ok***
Nov 25, 2022, 1:41 PM
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So 5x the people in China also think that cats…
Nov 25, 2022, 1:46 PM
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…are a delicacy, but not here in the US.
Just because it’s popular, doesn’t make it good.
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Wokists wearing Nike remind me of climate alarmists flying private jets
Nov 25, 2022, 1:45 PM
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The only thing that you standing for; is hypocrisy.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 2:39 PM
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So because the whole world does it that means we should care in the US? Maybe if the US wants people to care they should try not sucking at it for so long.
I’m sure you love it and that’s great - you do you. But trying to convince people to like Soccer is like me trying to convince people to love baseball. I love it but I know it’s been on the decline for years.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 2:51 PM
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You couldn’t pay me to watch baseball…
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 3:04 PM
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I will always pull for the US in any competition. That remains true in the World Cup.
However, based on my upbringing where soccer was not played in the public schools nor had a foothold in the community, I have zero interest in soccer.
I recognize that these are superbly conditioned and coordinated athletes, but the lack of scoring is just a bore to me.
I realize most of the rest of the world finds soccer riveting, which again is beyond me.
Regardless, go Team USA!!
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I support Team USA and hope they win the cup
Nov 25, 2022, 3:34 PM
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But I'm not watching them play because I just don't watch soccer ⚽. It's a boring sport, and this country has better sports. As boring as baseball is, it's light-years more exciting than soccer, or futbal. To say I don't like sports because I don't like the most boring of team sports is simply a joke.
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Re: I support Team USA and hope they win the cup
Nov 25, 2022, 4:08 PM
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The only reason some people don't like baseball is because America has gone ADD--we only like sports where people are running around and/or killing each other.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 4:14 PM
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Well, to reinforce the "we don't sukk" argument, our kids just tied England - again, the #5 team in the world and clearly one of the most-talented and complete teams in the tournament - 0-0, and we probably should have won. The USA had the most shots and the most clear-cut opportunities.
Pulisic hit the crossbar. An inch lower and we beat England.
https://www.foxsports.com/watch/play-60cfa3e66001519![]() USMNT's Christian Pulisic shoots from the left side of the box but hits the crossbar and narrowly misses against England in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 5:31 PM
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I equate a 0-0 soccer match to watching paint dry. It does not get any more boring than that. You can fool yourself into thinking it’s exciting if you want to.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 10:13 PM
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To acknowledge we had the most shots, most clear-cut opportunities and probably should have won (but didn't), doesn't seem to be the best argument for "we don't suck."
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 10:31 PM
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Dude, I know you don't follow the game, but anybody can follow money. I don't think a lot of Americans realize just how insane the money that the top soccer players make is or what teams spend on transfer fees (which are just the rights to a guy's contract.)
These are the transfer market values of that England squad our kids came within an inch of beating (and outplayed) today. The values listed are in Euros...which are worth $1.04 dollars to the Euro right now, so actually add 4% to all those numbers. Again, this does not cover these players' salaries, which can be easily double or triple these numbers.
There are multiple guys worth 100 million Euros on this England team, and all of them are worth a bunch.
No, we aren't bad. At all. And this list should give you some idea just why exactly it's so hard to crack into that top level. This is where the rest of the world throws its sports money.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/england/startseite/verein/3299 England - Club profile All information about England (World Cup 2022) ➤ current squad with market values ➤ transfers ➤ rumours ➤ player stats ➤ fixtures ➤ news
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Wrong board moron.***
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 4:30 PM
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Soccer enthusiasts always point out that it's the most popular sport in the world. And why is that?
1. It's easy to play compared to other sports.
2. It's cheap to play compared to other sports.
3. Great sport for girls since they don't play football and most can't play softball.
4. Most countries do not offer Golf, tennis, football, baseball, swimming, lacrosse etc. Leaving Soccer as the only option.
Nothing wrong with Soccer it's just not for everyone.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 6:55 PM
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Easy huh? Sure for little kids just like football, basketball, baseball, etc. If you’re talking competitive soccer, you couldn’t be more wrong.
When I’ve trained competitive teams, we start with a 2 mile run BEFORE practice…try having any football player do that. Of course they run at least that much during practice too.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 9:14 PM
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No doubt you have to be in shape. So do cross country runners. How many Clemson soccer players have the athletic ability to play football compared to football players who have the athletic ability to play soccer?
I would guess not many if any soccer players could play football. I would guess quite a few football players would dominate in soccer.
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You’re greatly underestimating the amount of skill it takes
Nov 25, 2022, 9:18 PM
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To have the ball at your feet and just control it with the ease that the pros do
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 10:58 PM
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There’s a whole shitload of soccer players that could play “skill positions” in football. There’re freaking fast with crazy balance and most can cut on a dime. Very few football players could hope to keep up.
Very few football players could handle soccer without around a year of specific training.
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Yeah all soccer players could just
Nov 29, 2022, 9:58 PM
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Slap the pads on and play like a pro ?
Can they catch in traffic ?
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This is a horrible take.
Nov 26, 2022, 3:05 AM
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Nearly EVERY soccer player could easily step into a skill position on a football field and be way above average.
The vast majority of football players (offensive lineman and most all defenders, couldn’t step onto a soccer field and beat any average player/team).
Just because you don’t like the sport, doesn’t mean you actually have a clue. You have no idea the skill involved with keeping a ball at your feet and running around for miles and miles a game.
In fact, your last statement is actually the complete opposite way around.
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This is hilarious
Nov 29, 2022, 9:58 PM
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I’d pay to see it
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 29, 2022, 4:41 PM
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That is laughable. Trying to imagine Bresee or Murphy et al playing soccer. Like watching Joe Fraser trying to swim. Or anyone on the “football “ team for that matter. I don’t much care for soccer either but I have sense enough to know it’s a game of skill. Btw, I’m taking my grandson to Spain next year for a Real Madrid soccer camp
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Athleticism helps in soccer, but it's very secondary
Nov 29, 2022, 5:02 PM
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to skill most of the time. Look at the two best players of this generation.
Christiano Ronaldo was an absolutely phenomenal athlete. He had speed and leaping ability to rival anyone in any sport. He was also tremendously skilled at striking the ball (being a free kick master in his younger days), but when he was in his prime he used his athleticism to great effect, particularly to jump over defenders for headers. The combination of skill and athleticism made him arguably one of the greatest players of all time.
And then you have Lionel Messi who's 5'7, about 150 lbs, and nothing close to an elite athlete in any regard outside of fitness. But he's one of the most skilled players in the history of the sport and possessed an ability to make entire groups of defenders look foolish. If soccer has anything close to the equivalent of being "posterized" in basketball, it's Messi dribbling past 7 defenders and then chipping the keeper.
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I enjoyed the game today against England. The US players
Nov 25, 2022, 9:53 PM
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left it all out there for sure. Miss seeing John Brooks out there in the middle on D but like our young guys. I do NOT like anyone wearing the States shirt. Have seen it before. The US Soccer folks should balk at taking crap like that from Nike, and honestly shouldn't be associated with Nike anyway (my two cents).
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Ridiculous people on TigerNet?!?!
Nov 25, 2022, 9:55 PM
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Unheard of.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 25, 2022, 10:27 PM
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The acronym USMNT is offensive. There is no rule requiring participants to be men.
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Good post, Q
Nov 26, 2022, 6:20 AM
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I’m excited to see the MLS continue building their developmental programs.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 26, 2022, 6:57 AM
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I’m an old guy. Never watched or understood soccer. My nephews talked me into going to Tampa last summer to see 2 premier league teams play. Now I’m hooked. I like that the action is constant. As you watch more you begin to see the strategy as it unfolds. Sure the US is not as good as the top teams but they tied England and came within 2” on winning
The best part to me is with there not being as much down time the game announcers don’t have time to interject their personal opinions or build up the SEC during the game. They stick to the action.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 28, 2022, 11:39 AM
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Action? What action? 1-0 final scores? That’s something to sleep through, not action.
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There can be plenty of action without goals being scored***
Nov 29, 2022, 5:07 PM
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 28, 2022, 11:38 AM
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I hate team USA but only because they play that wimp game, soccer.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 28, 2022, 11:49 AM
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Huge soccer fan. Watched Germany vs Spain yesterday instead of the Panthers. Do not care for the Panthers and there was no other football on. I say that to say I am glad I did tune in. Great game played against 2 top tier teams. Rooney (great English player) is now coaching in the MLS even says soccer in the US has gotten a lot better than other countries believe. Surprised England and they think they are God’s gift to soccer. I took that as a win against those guys.
I grew up playing soccer so to see good soccer being played is fun for myself. I get that some older folks have never been around the game and honestly probably do not understand much of it.
USA women is not a team I care to watch. Too many, all about me with agendas, playing for them right now.
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Re: Responding to the Team USA haters
Nov 29, 2022, 5:04 PM
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The game today might have ended with the USA winning just 1-0, but it was one of the most exciting games I have seen. Those guys left it all on the field. All Iran had to do was tie the score 1-1 to advance. So, the entire game our guys were protecting that 1-score lead. It was fast-paced.
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I'm not a soccer fan, BUT, I'm trying. Question: when the
Nov 29, 2022, 9:45 PM
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crawler on the bottom of the TV screen shows scores (of football, basketball, hockey, etc. for example), what does "FT" mean after a soccer score? And I'm being serious.
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Re: I'm not a soccer fan, BUT, I'm trying. Question: when the
Nov 29, 2022, 9:46 PM
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