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May 18, 2018
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JmThms
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Oh here we go again. Another real live soccer hater.
LOL. Resentful of soccer's growth in 'Merca. Hockey? Really? Even the latest Gallup poll this year showed that soccer was the favorite sport of almost twice the percentage of hockey.
Are you a baseball fan? LOL.
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POLL: Who do you think will win the World Cup?
mobomanjoe
5/17/18 9:47pm
germany wins every year
dryflyelk
5/17/18 9:47pm
Every year, impressive
Crush4
5/17/18 9:51pm
Well, once since 1990, anyway.
chilango
5/17/18 9:59pm
Remember Gary Lineker's quote:
JmThms
5/18/18 12:39am
No USA?
UberDeek
5/17/18 9:49pm
It's hard to see a way they make it to the finals
Non-donor troll
5/17/18 10:03pm
All the Klinns horses and all the Klinnsmen...
UberDeek
5/17/18 10:22pm
Uruguay noma
Cougarealist
5/17/18 9:54pm
I selected other. Because I live in a free country.
RSL
5/17/18 9:56pm
I selected other, because I think the Chicago Fire will win.
Wadds
5/17/18 10:02pm
I change my free country stuff to this. If the media thinks it, I do too.
RSL
5/17/18 10:05pm
RE: I change my free country stuff to this. If the media thinks it, I do too.
Wadds
5/17/18 10:08pm
Not the USA
BigYfan
5/17/18 10:07pm
Who freaking cares. This is the USA!
BYURider
5/17/18 10:30pm
Maybe if the USA cared, we’d be in the World Cup
Y2k
5/18/18 5:02am
That's the point. Soccer takes a back, back, back seat to
BYURider
5/18/18 6:48am
Probably #4 sport right now and chasing down baseball.
mobomanjoe
5/18/18 7:16am
At least in our area, more and more of the best athletes are choosing soccer. And yes, my kids have little interest in
Odysseus
5/18/18 7:33am
Just curious, why don't your kids like the MLS? There is plenty of room for both
hadmonster
5/18/18 7:54am
Not being in a MLS market is probably part of it (Columbus & DC are 3-4 hours away). Also, they're big into
Odysseus
5/18/18 8:13am
Gotcha. Being that far from a team would be tough to be passionate
hadmonster
5/18/18 8:22am
NHL is very regional. Most of the country doesn't watch at all. But in a lot of
Dynasty1
5/18/18 7:57am
Yes. Interesting perusal of a hockey discussion forum a few years ago...
JmThms
5/18/18 11:26am
Already great evidence to demonstrate this.
JmThms
5/18/18 11:12am
yes. soccer has grown, but nearly as much as everyone has told us it has grown!
BYURider
5/18/18 12:16pm
False!
JmThms
5/18/18 12:53pm
First, I only care about the USA, not the world.
BYURider
5/18/18 1:30pm
Where to begin. where to begin.........
JmThms
5/18/18 2:37pm
I meant no one hear claimed soccer is most popular in USA.
JmThms
5/18/18 2:38pm
One non-numerical way to gauge this is to go to ESPN
mobomanjoe
5/18/18 1:18pm
Here’s one way I gauge this. Utah has an NBA team and an MLS team.
Y2k
5/19/18 3:47pm
You’re making the mistake of equating soccer with MLS. Of course soccer includes
chilango
5/19/18 6:48pm
Yes what Chilango said, but also counter to your argument
JmThms
5/20/18 1:21am
Here’s an explanation as to why MLS doesn’t compare to popularity
Y2k
5/20/18 2:48am
That’s a lot of acrobatics to twist your way around facts and data, trying to
chilango
5/20/18 5:36am
I can’t believe you think hockey is more popular than soccer
mobomanjoe
5/20/18 6:00am
Wow! your argument is a study in rationalization and selective thinking!
JmThms
5/20/18 8:25am
Great points, also to boil it down even further for the point about cost of
hadmonster
5/21/18 7:25am
If someone gives you free hockey tickets you better go.
Y2k
5/22/18 1:59am
I've been to NHL games before. If I was given free tickets I would go. My point
hadmonster
5/22/18 7:02am
I've seen hockey. I'll choose indoor soccer if its just a sport comparison.
JmThms
5/22/18 7:08am
Great post.
chilango
5/20/18 5:30am
Ok, Grandpa.
chilango
5/18/18 7:47am
You're a dying breed...
hadmonster
5/18/18 7:52am
Nope. Soccer will NEVER come close to competing
BYURider
5/18/18 8:15am
It already is
Dynasty1
5/18/18 8:21am
You're too funny man.
hadmonster
5/18/18 8:23am
I've got some bad news for you
Cougarealist
5/18/18 8:25am
Not in the USA.
BYURider
5/18/18 8:40am
You're seriously a laugh a minute. Now is much, much different than the 70s
hadmonster
5/18/18 8:52am
I just talking about the USA
BYURider
5/18/18 9:00am
MLS attendance is higher than NBA and NHL
Cougarealist
5/18/18 9:04am
For real?
GOR
5/20/18 9:57am
Yes but it has to be put in context.
JmThms
5/20/18 12:36pm
lol
RSL
5/18/18 9:05am
I'm very aware of what you're saying. You're just off base
hadmonster
5/18/18 9:18am
It already is.
chilango
5/20/18 10:30am
Yep. Baseball and No Strategy NBA are Way more Exciting. LOL
Uncle Bluto
5/18/18 9:05am
Games decided on court/field, not penalty kicks.
BYURider
5/18/18 9:11am
It is, but its dying
Cougarealist
5/18/18 9:12am
I love football too. There is room in my heart for both. But concussions
hadmonster
5/18/18 9:20am
The USA is so insular in some ways. ESPN did a survey of the top 100 athletes
JmThms
5/18/18 1:32pm
In the world? American football doesn't even crack the top 10
RSL
5/18/18 10:15am
Funny that rugby does though. Another sport that is gaining popularity in the US
hadmonster
5/18/18 10:23am
Yes FOOTBALL is the greatest sport in the WORLD!
JmThms
5/18/18 11:29am
Oh here we go again. Another real live soccer hater.
JmThms
5/18/18 11:04am
HS in the 70s, sounds about right. The world has changed in the last 40 years,
chilango
5/18/18 7:06pm
He came in trolling get us soccer fans.
JmThms
5/18/18 7:12pm
No i didn't. Whats your favorite sport?
BYURider
5/18/18 8:46pm
Then one would wonder
JmThms
5/19/18 12:56am
RE: Nope. Soccer will NEVER come close to competing
RSL
5/18/18 8:26am
Already is. Consult the latest Gallup poll. Sorry, but the trajectory doesn't
JmThms
5/18/18 11:07am
Does Italy care? Great logic.
JmThms
5/18/18 11:14am
Interesting topic. The 1994 World Cup in the US still holds the attendance record.
RSL
5/18/18 7:19am
Also, tens of thousands of Americans going to the World Cup.
mobomanjoe
5/18/18 7:26am
I could improve soccer overnight! Do away with offsides!
BYURider
5/18/18 9:17am
So your soccer resentfulness has to do with your aesthetic dissonance with it.
JmThms
5/18/18 11:32am
ultimaley is a business in the entertainment field. no offsides would do wonders
BYURider
5/18/18 12:20pm
We don't care that you won't "waste" time on a soccer game. ....
JmThms
5/18/18 1:09pm
You left off Italy?
RebelScum
5/17/18 10:38pm
Is this tic?
Jezza
5/17/18 10:46pm
No. I'm pretty sure they're in the same group with the US.
RebelScum
5/17/18 10:54pm
And the Dutch
unctoothman
5/17/18 11:05pm
Talk about the "Group of Dead"
Hotty-Toddy-Reb
5/18/18 5:17am
And the Chileans.
mobomanjoe
5/18/18 6:16am
Ireland
billyrust
5/17/18 10:44pm
Germany's group is brutal. Brazil's is manageable.
GOR
5/17/18 10:57pm
I don’t understand the comment about Germany’s group. It seems pretty manageable
chilango
5/18/18 4:25am
You're right. I remembered it being worse for some reason.
GOR
5/18/18 9:25am
I'm all in for Iceland.
Sandstone Cougar
5/17/18 11:13pm
Japan
lightmann
5/17/18 11:54pm
Love them too but they are a train wreck right now
Uncle Bluto
5/18/18 12:35pm
Colombia...pretty deep team...James is capable of a repeat
AggieWeekendCougar
5/18/18 12:22am
Even with my yellowest glasses on, I don't see them on the same level as Argenti
vagabonder
5/18/18 4:27am
I think this Germany team is over ripe. Wrong place in the cycle.
JmThms
5/18/18 12:30am
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Dynasty1
5/18/18 7:59am
Spain. Tremendous mix of young talent & veteran leadership
Odysseus
5/18/18 5:08am
I think Italy, Brazil, France, Germany and Argentina
BigYfan
5/18/18 6:51am
France, Spain, and England have won one each. Uruguay and Argentina two each.
chilango
5/18/18 7:46am
Well don’t bet on Italy this time! 🙂
mobomanjoe
5/18/18 9:59pm
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