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Why do Soccer Haters Hate Soccer so much?
Posted on 11/12/13 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 11/12/13 at 4:01 pm
In your opinion
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Posted on 11/12/13 at 4:02 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Because thinking is hard.
Posted on 11/12/13 at 4:03 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Ignorance
Diving.. happens in all sports
Too many 0-0 and 1-0 games.
Ties
Diving.. happens in all sports
Too many 0-0 and 1-0 games.
Ties
Posted on 11/12/13 at 4:09 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
because its not "american" enough.
Posted on 11/12/13 at 4:09 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
not enough goals
offsides is somehow too hard to grasp
"how could a game that ends 0-0 be entertaining?"
diving players
offsides is somehow too hard to grasp
"how could a game that ends 0-0 be entertaining?"
diving players
Posted on 11/12/13 at 4:28 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I'm going to hide this here instead of starting a new thread but I just met Alex Morgan and talked to her a bit. I love my job.
Posted on 11/12/13 at 4:34 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
As I am a recovering soccer hater from a little over 7 years now I think it is mainly because people just think a 1-0 or 0-0 game can't be entertaining without actually watching the sport. I know that was my opinion before I actually starting watching club soccer, world cups, and league tournaments. It could also just be the fact that Americans haven't been great at it historically.
Posted on 11/12/13 at 4:34 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
IGNORANCE.
Posted on 11/12/13 at 4:57 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
rage, rage against the dying of the light
Posted on 11/12/13 at 5:07 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I'd say it varies from person to person. But I often get the impression is that some Americans don't like it cause it is a sport dominated by European countries. Many Americans think countries like England and France are filled with pussified gentleman so when they think soccer they think fairy arse euro dudes.
A lot of people hate nil-nil draws though too. And according to that one poster, American soccer fans "cheer the wrong way" which I'm still not sure what that even means.
A lot of people hate nil-nil draws though too. And according to that one poster, American soccer fans "cheer the wrong way" which I'm still not sure what that even means.
Posted on 11/12/13 at 5:15 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Not enough scoring
Takes too long to develop; too much strategy
It has been primarily foreign; viewed with xenophobia
Takes too long to develop; too much strategy
It has been primarily foreign; viewed with xenophobia
Posted on 11/12/13 at 5:56 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
quote:
Why do Soccer Haters Hate Soccer so much?
Penis envy.
Posted on 11/12/13 at 6:43 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I blame the soccer played in the US. "The Beautiful Game" is very rare here. I played soccer through high school (club and at a great high school program), and I didn't understand the beautiful game until I started watching the Europeans. I wish I could go back knowing what I know now. 
Posted on 11/12/13 at 7:59 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Because they're told it's foreign and sissy.
Posted on 11/12/13 at 9:48 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
People fear/hate things they don't understand. This is particularly prevalent among low education areas such as the American south.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 10:18 am to Hugo Stiglitz
It always seems like the real soccer haters are huge baseball fans. For them, they hate it for the same reason that they love baseball...they learned to at an early age.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:44 am to Hugo Stiglitz
Most people hate it because they have no idea what the shite is going on so they claim to hate it so they don't look stupid. It's not that they hate it. They just don't know anything about it so to counter their insecurities they cover it up by making it seem like they just hate it too much to pay attention.
Posted on 11/13/13 at 12:33 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I too am a recovering soccer hater but mine was mostly because I played other sports, especially baseball, through high school and was mostly ignorant of the sport of soccer. I did watch, and very much enjoy, the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and I remember the AC Milan/Juve Champions League Final at Old Trafford but it wasn't until college that I started getting into club and international soccer on a year round basis.
And it might seem strange, but it is the format of the sport as a whole that was fascinating to me. Just how you have your domestic leagues playing a home and home true round robin and then mixed in there, you have the top clubs from each league playing a tournament among themselves (Champions League), oh, and throw in a domestic cup tournament. And even the Euro and World Cup qualifying was fascinating to me, just the fact that there was a lot more than just the final tournament.
And it might seem strange, but it is the format of the sport as a whole that was fascinating to me. Just how you have your domestic leagues playing a home and home true round robin and then mixed in there, you have the top clubs from each league playing a tournament among themselves (Champions League), oh, and throw in a domestic cup tournament. And even the Euro and World Cup qualifying was fascinating to me, just the fact that there was a lot more than just the final tournament.
This post was edited on 11/13/13 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 11/14/13 at 11:23 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
There is too much self-serving bullshite in this thread. As someone who cares little about soccer, I can tell you it has nothing to do with the average American's inability to comprehend the "sophistication" of soccer, rather, few in this country grew up watching it or having a rooting interest handed down to them. That's it, period. All the other things non-soccer fans say about soccer to soccer fans is basically just kidding around. Why is hockey not popular in the South? Why is college football more popular in Louisiana than Vermont?
Posted on 11/16/13 at 12:46 am to Hugo Stiglitz
In the USA
- The chicks are good at it
- It´s elitist and expensive, at better levels
- No established pro league which is tightly woven into the fabric of society, and is incessantly bombarding you with stupid adverts and shite.
- Dexterity with the feet, body coordination, are both complicated concepts for most
In Europe
- It pervades the entire society, including the language, at times
- Some followers are too hardcore and absorbed, their lives revolve around it
In South America
- It´s the only thing in life, for many
- The chicks are good at it
- It´s elitist and expensive, at better levels
- No established pro league which is tightly woven into the fabric of society, and is incessantly bombarding you with stupid adverts and shite.
- Dexterity with the feet, body coordination, are both complicated concepts for most
In Europe
- It pervades the entire society, including the language, at times
- Some followers are too hardcore and absorbed, their lives revolve around it
In South America
- It´s the only thing in life, for many
This post was edited on 11/16/13 at 1:12 am
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