does anyone else love this sport and if so what teams do you support?

i support arsenal BTW

I love the sport when i'm playing it...but I don't watch it much on tv because it isn't as popular here.

iv never understood why it's extremely popular every where else in the world apart from America and Canada

Me neither. It probably has something to do with tradition and whatnot as per DawnCato's post about Fall in the Season topic. Lol.

i think the USA would have to win the world cup for it to have a chance of becoming popular in america but america wont win that for a long time

Not until they have more Non-american than american's on their team they won't. That is true tho. If we're number one we like it. If we're not. We either a) ignore it or b) dominate whatever it is until we are.

america has some good players but will get ripped apart by teams like spain and Brazil

Cause they live and breathe soccer, correct?

yes but if you look at the players those teams have they are just amazing

Yeah, that's what I meant. Lots of other countries have natural talent for athletics. America, in my opinion, doesn't have that natural talent without the blood from other countries.

america got to the semi finals of the world cup in 2002 which was very impressive

Hmm..didn't know we had it in us. I believe though that if America had their own straight blood lines (not sure if that's possible or not) and they went up against a country with well known athletic blood lines that they wouldn't stand a chance. I just asked my dad about this recently, is there a black guy on every athletics team in America? It's pretty much a yes. More than one for most. I wasn't surprised by it, but I finally now take notice of it. (and there's nothing wrong with black people, I don't want anyone to take offense).

The US could have a very good soccer team if only soccer was popular here. Most athletes here care a lot more about football, baseball, or basketball. I like watching soccer...actually just the European leagues or the World Cup on the rare occasion that I can watch it. The MLS is pretty boring.

thats because during slavery black people were bred like horses (strongest having children with the fastest etc) but thats not really anything to do with it as countries like denmark are good at soccer and they have a population of about 6 million

Bound2Fate wrote:The US could have a very good soccer team if only soccer was popular here. Most athletes here care a lot more about football, baseball, or basketball. I like watching soccer...actually just the European leagues or the World Cup on the rare occasion that I can watch it. The MLS is pretty boring.

thats becuase in europe etc people have a deep amount of affection for their teams and in america teams are either new or move around the country so it would take a while for games to get more interesting as it needs more passsion

Bowers wrote:thats because during slavery black people were bred like horses (strongest having children with the fastest etc) but thats not really anything to do with it as countries like denmark are good at soccer and they have a population of about 6 million

Yep. I knew that. Lol. But we're not supposed to say that out loud. Shhh..

Redbulls New York are meant to be signing my favourite player ever next summer as they could sign theirry henry

isn't that because angel has been injured?

This topic needs reviving. The Champions League final is getting closer.

lol, i hope Holland wins next time xD

^ they wont...that will be their last final for a good while as their team is too old and brazil will win the next WC as it's in brazil