Tweet
American crowds are so well behaved
-
Go to a Raiders game... especially when they are playing the Broncos. -
that impression is wholly wrong.Originally posted by DanS
I have the impression that the US will come to dominate international soccer play. It could take several decades, though."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
-
Yes, because loudly chanting rude things, and booing during even more loudly during someone elses national anthem is the way to go, plus riots are cool if 3+ people are killed. Euro fans
Nah, soccer has it's own culture and fans and all the life to it. You can never fully suck all soccer in you, but soccer will fully suck you into itself. That's it.In da butt.
"Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
THE UNDEFEATED SUPERCITIZEN w:4 t:2 l:1 (DON'T ASK!)
"God is dead" - Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" - God.Comment
-
Or to a Pacer's game.American crowds are so well behaved
I think the US just has better security, and is well needed. Us stupid American's get so competitive the heckeling and rockous cheering is discourage as it generally throws players from their game, or can cause one of the players to attack you. Still, there are a few in every game. The drunk guy rooting the Red Sox in Yankee Stadium.Comment
-
American crowds are very well behaved. It's that concept called "sportsmanship" with which the barbarians are unfamiliar. Following a sportsman's code (minus the Yankees fans, etc.) is not a bad thing, IMO.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
-
Thanks to the Raiders fans a lot of bars don't even have football anymore.Originally posted by Japher
Go to a Raiders game... especially when they are playing the Broncos.
****ing Raiders
I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
-
I have to admit I'm always pleasantly surprised when the likes of Imran talk about football, I did used to have a very low opinion of Americans knowlegde of the game, though this was probably just steroetyping.
Although it wasn't helped by the memory of a documentary I watched on Chester FC when they were bought by a Yank (Terry Smith), the guy did not know the first thing about football but kept interferring and eventually appointed himself manager, predictably enough Chester were relegated that season.Comment
-
Ouch... that's perhaps the worst management of a team I've ever heard of!“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
-
US soccer is viewed like chinese playing basketball.
or greeks playing hokeyComment
-
The game iisn't about management, though
BlahComment
-
The long-term trends are very auspicious for us. Our guys just have to keep improving themselves and avoid becoming sidetracked.Originally posted by C0ckney
that impression is wholly wrong.I have the impression that the US will come to dominate international soccer play. It could take several decades, though.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
-
A lot of Americans play soccer as kids, but most high school teams are full of latin players, and the white and black kids just play the other sports.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
-
That, of course, goes for all teams.Originally posted by DanS
The long-term trends are very auspicious for us. Our guys just have to keep improving themselves and avoid becoming sidetracked.BlahComment
-
Yeah, most youth soccer players are not soccer fans when they grow up. By the time I was in high school, most of the people I played soccer with did not follow the game.Originally posted by Kidicious
A lot of Americans play soccer as kids, but most high school teams are full of latin players, and the white and black kids just play the other sports.
I think if the US plays its cards right and tries to keep more kids as soccer fans, we can be a Top 10 squad... though I wonder if it'll happen in my lifetime.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
-
This is different. The underlying infrastructure for domination is being built, slowly but steadily.Originally posted by BeBro
That, of course, goes for all teams.
Mark my words.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
Comment