2014 FIFA World Cup (contains spoilers)
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i tried watching it when team USA was still in it, i really did. Couldn't do it
America seemed to be pretty interested in it during this world cup but i think that was just more about supporting the country and not the sport. Im sure america is back to not caring again. i mean americans even watch curling and vollyball when it comes to olympics and supporting the country
America seemed to be pretty interested in it during this world cup but i think that was just more about supporting the country and not the sport. Im sure america is back to not caring again. i mean americans even watch curling and vollyball when it comes to olympics and supporting the country
Its funny how die hard soccer fans try to shove it down our throats. Can't really help the fact that we find the game to be boring. Its like forcing a kid to eat broccoli, then he hates it and you tell him how good it is if he just tries more of it. Ill watch soccer when the US plays, but outside of that, probably not
It's great... every 4 years. Other than that, I just can't get into it - even with a professional team 10 minutes away. The quality of play at the international level is so much better than here, and until it gets to that level here, I don't see the interest rising.
We talk about a spike in interest every time the world cup happens, but I've yet to see it sustained.
We talk about a spike in interest every time the world cup happens, but I've yet to see it sustained.
You know what, I like soccer okay, but basketball >>>>> *.* to me. I mean, I like the NBA more than I like the WNBA, but I still like the WNBA more than anything that's not the NBA.
Plus, I had tickets.
EDIT - Any reason in particular why you didn't ask why people are watching baseball instead of the World Cup?
Plus, I had tickets.
EDIT - Any reason in particular why you didn't ask why people are watching baseball instead of the World Cup?
Can't we ever talk soccer without a stupid this sport/that sport war?
That said, I'd gladly watch any other sport where it was 0-0 including NFL. There were plenty of 3-2 scorelines in this World Cup, if they were scored "21-14" would that be better? And if teams scored 14 or 15 goals a match then we'd just hear oh well goals don't mean anything either. As a fan of just about every sport played at a high level, I think the moves made to increase scoring in hockey really did a number on my enjoyment of the game.
And if you truly hate 0-0 watch league soccer where the scorelines are usually much higher.
Happy German house today.
That said, I'd gladly watch any other sport where it was 0-0 including NFL. There were plenty of 3-2 scorelines in this World Cup, if they were scored "21-14" would that be better? And if teams scored 14 or 15 goals a match then we'd just hear oh well goals don't mean anything either. As a fan of just about every sport played at a high level, I think the moves made to increase scoring in hockey really did a number on my enjoyment of the game.
And if you truly hate 0-0 watch league soccer where the scorelines are usually much higher.
Happy German house today.
Ask jcwkings; he brought it up.
And, if I understand the timeline correctly, he didn't even bring it up in the World Cup thread in the first place. I was, as previously mentioned, at a WNBA game when this all transpired, but if I am reading correctly, these posts were moved here from the Summer League game thread after jcwkings went into that thread to, basically, threads*** about Kings Fans on a Kings message board having the temerity to want to watch a Kings summer league game while the World Cup final was happening. Like, how dare us?
And, if I understand the timeline correctly, he didn't even bring it up in the World Cup thread in the first place. I was, as previously mentioned, at a WNBA game when this all transpired, but if I am reading correctly, these posts were moved here from the Summer League game thread after jcwkings went into that thread to, basically, threads*** about Kings Fans on a Kings message board having the temerity to want to watch a Kings summer league game while the World Cup final was happening. Like, how dare us?
Well it did look like a bunch of people popped in the thread from out of nowhere to rag on soccer. This thread was a nice harmless thread about World Cup and there were some comments like got find a soccer board to chat on which threw me off because this conversation (as I saw it) was properly placed in the other sports forum and only populated by a few of us soccer loving weirdos.
Which sort of begs the question: which post did you start with? 'Cause when I first saw it, I thought it was weird that someone would bring up Summer League and the WNBA, unsolicited, in the WC thread in the first place. I couldn't understand what point he was trying to make.
And then I flipped over to the Game Thread, and saw comments which indicated that another mod had moved these comments over from there, and then I thought, "Well, that was sort of gauche."
And then I flipped over to the Game Thread, and saw comments which indicated that another mod had moved these comments over from there, and then I thought, "Well, that was sort of gauche."
