what kind of game ends in a tie?And the game/match/whatever ends in a tie? Apparently even the players got too bored to continue...
what kind of game ends in a tie?And the game/match/whatever ends in a tie? Apparently even the players got too bored to continue...
Icing in hockey is the defense blasting tag pick to the other end to get a breather from defending. Why doesn't the defense just kick the ball to midfield?
That play happened over 10 seconds with multiple top notch moves culminating in the score.
Preceded by god knows how many minutes where absolutely nothing happened?
Uhm... No. If you can't appreciate the skill and plays required for moving the ball around then just watch sports center highlights.
No, I appreciate the skill, the athleticism, all that. I just don't care. What I don't appreciate is unwillingness of sports media in this country to acknowledge that most of us just don't care. If you like soccer, you will seek it out. Stop trying to cram it down the throats of the rest of us. Yes, someday it's popularity will rival other major sports, like water polo, amongst the Murrican public. Until then, put it on ESPN2 or something...
...and give me back my damn ESPN radio!
Sorry, didn't mean to -up a perfectly good soccer thread with my ugly Murrican, anti-soccer rant. To the less that 10% of my fellow Americans who actually care, please enjoy your quadrennial, 1 month domination of sports media.
What I don't appreciate is unwillingness of sports media in this country to acknowledge that most of us just don't care. If you like soccer, you will seek it out. Stop trying to cram it down the throats of the rest of us. Yes, someday it's popularity will rival other sports"
Record ratings for the match, and it had nearly as many viewers in the US as the final game in NBA finals. Seems mainstream to me...
The World Cup Causes Surge in U.S. TV Audience - Walt Disney (NYSEIS) - 24/7 Wall St.
what other sporting event did ESPN not broadcast in favor of World Cup games? Slow sports time right now...
Still haven't watched any of it and care nothing about it. And for the record, I haven't watched an NBA game in.... well before many of you were born...
That's rich considering that more people play soccer than, our most beloved, football in the United States, almost double. Baseball and basketball are still the top of the list. Stop whining.No, I appreciate the skill, the athleticism, all that. I just don't care. What I don't appreciate is unwillingness of sports media in this country to acknowledge that most of us just don't care. If you like soccer, you will seek it out. Stop trying to cram it down the throats of the rest of us. Yes, someday it's popularity will rival other major sports, like water polo, amongst the Murrican public. Until then, put it on ESPN2 or something...
...and give me back my damn ESPN radio!
Sorry, didn't mean to -up a perfectly good soccer thread with my ugly Murrican, anti-soccer rant. To the less that 10% of my fellow Americans who actually care, please enjoy your quadrennial, 1 month domination of sports media.
Now THERE is a real spectator sport...Hey, I even cheer for the US...in curling.