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Tommy_Carcetti

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50. Too little scoring, too many ties.

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 11:51 AM

Jun 2014

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On the other hand, basketball has too much scoring.

That's why football (the American kind, that is) and baseball are far and away my two favorite sports. There's enough scoring to keep things interesting, but not so much scoring that it's overwhelming and loses its luster.

And of the two, baseball is the greatest, just because it's so much different than any of the other sports. (No clock, different sized playing fields, head coach is a "manager" and wears the same uniform as the players, etc.) The other sports are all different variants of the same game--getting the ball/puck from one end of the perfectly rectangular field to the other. Baseball is totally unique.

But if other people love soccer--and lots of people do--that's alright with me.

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What is your opinion of soccer [View all] minivan2 Jun 2014 OP

I'll alert the media pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #1

Okay. Scootaloo Jun 2014 #2

I like cheese. OnyxCollie Jun 2014 #3

Mmmmm... cheese LVdem Jun 2014 #23

Me too Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #4

I have found televised soccer Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #14

I avoid both Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #18

I have to disagree with this. alarimer Jun 2014 #45

Thanks for sharing. enlightenment Jun 2014 #5

That's nice, dear. And what did you do *for* the world today? . . . Journeyman Jun 2014 #6

Minivans? BeyondGeography Jun 2014 #7

I'd kind of like to get into it. Tired of how specialized US football Hoyt Jun 2014 #8

I miss Unrec. TDale313 Jun 2014 #9

Your original title of "I hate soccer" seems to have been modified by the response..... Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #10

Never cared for it myself until my daughter started playing competitively. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #11

American football is far more tedious. roody Jun 2014 #19

Correct. Violence interrupted by meetings. kairos12 Jun 2014 #38

Ha, an excellent description redqueen Jun 2014 #70

Really boring and stupid quinnox Jun 2014 #12

My opinion is that is a fun game to play senseandsensibility Jun 2014 #13

Make the field smaller. Earn more points per goal. Mix men and women in play. Then I'll watch. ancianita Jun 2014 #15

They do that, in a version of soccer nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #26

Sounds more fun. ancianita Jun 2014 #34

Soccer is actually the fastest growing sport in the US nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #37

Thanks for all the info. But you don't have to sell me. I've played it and my son's played AYSO, ancianita Jun 2014 #46

We will all do nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #49

Heh heh... ancianita Jun 2014 #51

It's sportsball. Iggo Jun 2014 #16

GO SPORTS! redqueen Jun 2014 #71

It is the only sport I would watch. roody Jun 2014 #17

What do you think of American Football ? musiclawyer Jun 2014 #20

Why do more than 780,000 high school students participate in soccer? Jenoch Jun 2014 #21

Slightly less boring than basketball, a lot less boring than football. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #22

I don't watch sports but I get happy for those who enjoy it. I would never harsh on Cha Jun 2014 #24

We enjoy world class soccer nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #25

I like hockey minivan2 Jun 2014 #31

Well, look at both in the light of what are the tactics and strategy nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #36

Kick! grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #27

Goooooooooaaaaaaaaaal! pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #29

It's okay. I think it is great that the American's women's soccer team has done so well. The men's liberal_at_heart Jun 2014 #28

Love the sport defacto7 Jun 2014 #30

Love my local MLS team. grasswire Jun 2014 #32

Watching the World Cup is like watching the Olympics. edbermac Jun 2014 #33

It's like watching hockey to me. I'm always, 'WTF? Where's the puck (or ball)?' So I don't watch it. freshwest Jun 2014 #35

I pretend to like it so I can feel more sophisticated than those clods who watch American football. Throd Jun 2014 #39

hahahah!!! pipi_k Jun 2014 #42

Win Orrex Jun 2014 #47

Grew to love soccer after watching my kids play on South Florida teams. mia Jun 2014 #40

Similar to hockey, but much, MUCH slower. Less scoring and contact. A real snooze-fest, objectively. Romulox Jun 2014 #41

Kind of like pipi_k Jun 2014 #43

My opinion is that it is a game played on an open field. MineralMan Jun 2014 #44

The only other thing besides my love life NuclearDem Jun 2014 #48

Too little scoring, too many ties. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #50

It's ok. bigwillq Jun 2014 #52

Its a hoot...but seriously.. Historic NY Jun 2014 #53

I love to watch the World Cup lunamagica Jun 2014 #54

This^^^^^ Is My Issue ProfessorGAC Jun 2014 #72

Compared to what? tularetom Jun 2014 #55

No time outs to sell beer and cars Warpy Jun 2014 #56

DU's patron Saint Carlin has declared soccer not to be a sport Orrex Jun 2014 #57

Not my thing Va Lefty Jun 2014 #58

End the diving, end the corruption. Fix The Stupid Jun 2014 #59

This minivan2 Jun 2014 #60

Perhaps you would enjoy... 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #62

Think it's great.. Upton Jun 2014 #61

Absolutely love soccer and the World Cup is an amazing event. NCTraveler Jun 2014 #63

By the way, why remove the amazing passion that was your original post. NCTraveler Jun 2014 #66

+1 redqueen Jun 2014 #68

I'd rather watch it than awful American football, but Arugula Latte Jun 2014 #64

Not my thing...don't hate it, just not my thing Marrah_G Jun 2014 #65

Boring Baclava Jun 2014 #67

Not opinion, but fact: it's a game loved by billions of people but I don't care for it onenote Jun 2014 #69