After watching 5 mins of soccer at the gym I see why it'll never pop in America

[frush11]

Yeah but the thing is I’m not watching an entire season at a time. A 90 minute 1-1 tie is not entertaining to me. This from someone who can appreciate a good pitchers duel in baseball

It's different when you have routing interest. Or understand the specific context off the game or teams.

 

[Bboystyle]

nope. I didn't say it was "easy" nor did I say they would be the best...what I do think is that if the skilled pro players of the major sports placed all of their years and efforts into soccer...they would be pros....I don't think we could say the same with soccer players...it's all opinions...but I don't see them being able to....they wouldn't get into a d1 program, or make a pro roster. and for the sake of argument i'm not talking about NFL linemen, QBs or NBA centers...or MLB pitchers...I'm refering to WRs/SS/CB/WRs...PGs or short stops...people who are size height/weight proportionate to soccer players.

 

[360dagod]

Saying this is Tim Duncan a better player starting in highscool and becoming what he did vs a player coming out of high school?

I think Tim still becomes what he becomes if he is in the right environment

The problem is here in America nikkas don't respect fundamentals and craftsmanship...
Not just for sports, but pretty much life period..

Most aau discussion is

Iwho scored the most
Who can jump the highest
Who got the craziest crossover

Nothing about positioning
Nothing about footwork
Nothing about team ball

Then when these kids are glued to the bench or in some community college, its always what happened he was so nice

 

[4-Rin]

Yall really trying to convince coli brehs soccer is entertaining?

That's like arguing with CHICAGO about Curry being the best PG in the league. There's no way you'd win

If OP doesn't like soccer nothing you tell him will convince him otherwise. It's like trying to tell me Hockey is entertaining, I'm not trying to hear that

 

[Pure Water]

I tried to get into soccer. But this shyt is just so damn boring.

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

"world class defender" ..if any of us kicked a soccer ball 30 yrds only to watch someone else kick it in a net...we wouldn't call that a skill...we would call it luck. The same would apply to a pro soccer player...because even the best ones can't do it consistently..

Bro babble

 

[The Infamous]

Much better than 11 minutes of actual play time, football

 

[ISO]

That shyt does not looking like anyone can do it

 

[Gold]

Maybe its cuz i've played soccer my entire life... but there is nothing easy looking about kicking a ball with that level of precision and accuracy and power.
Anyone who has kicked a ball knows that without training and skill, you would never be able to do that.


I get what you are saying about the size or strength... but you are def wrong about speed. I would bet money the average professional soccer player would leave the average basketball player in the dust in a footrace

 

[Ozymandeas]

Soccer is hard as fukk breh. We naturally want to use our hands and you can’t in that sport…all them nikkas that can control the ball with their feet like that are wizards.

 

[mastermind]

no one wants to see weak or people compete at anything but hot dog eating contests

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Man fukk this thread...makes me miss my GOAT Ronaldinho

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Cause it looks like anyone can do it.
Compared to other sports where there's an amazement factor whether it be the size, speed, athleticism, or difficulty of the sport.

These dudes aren't big and fast like football players.
Aren't giants with crazy athletic ability like basketball players.
Nothing looks difficult on TV like hitting a baseball.
Its just a blah television product that looks ordinary af.

I read the first sentence and automatically knew this was going to be retarded… and I’m not even a fan of it.


Soccer won’t pop because it’s boring as fukk to watch for hours for only score in the low single digits…


But it takes elite stamina to play soccer and be good

 

[jilla82]

this whole thread is nothing but...

"I dont drink beer, I dont get why people drink beer"

The only reason we dont watch Soccer in the U.S. is because we didnt grow up watching soccer...
...and a lot of people didnt play in Highschool

Its not that deep

 

[julesocean]

Explain why hockey isn’t popular then cause it looks like the hardest sport to play out of all the major sports

Because hockey you gotta be able to afford all the gear, have access to ICE, to play. If you can't really go out and play it easily as a kid every day you ain't really gonna grow a fandom for it. I've thought about this many times before cuz I fukks with hockey and that's the assumption I came to.