lol.
thats a funny pic.
but i seriously doubt that some crazy italians frustrated antics are the reason Americans donīt take the game seriously.
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Originally posted by rogue49
One word.
Boring
We'd rather play if anything. (it's like golf or baseball in a way)
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this is a good point.
iīve always found soccer to be a great game to play, but its boring to watch.
perhaps this is just another comment on the power of voyeurism in our societies.
another point may be that soccers place in society has been quite exclusive.
by that i mean that it hasnīt been thoroughly accepted (before the World Cup that was held in the states - i think that was a bit of a changing point) in all aspects of American society.
this has been the case in Australia. for a very long time Soccer was seen as a game for European immigrants. The game was brought into the public eye in Australia by the European refugees who came to Australia after WWII.
now i know this isnīt the best advertisement for Australian tolerance, but even when i was at school the game was referred to as Wogball (iīve noticed, thankfully, that this isnīt the case anymore)... and even former Aussie soccer players have released autobiographies with titles that include the words; wogs, poofs and sheilas... (referring to the way the game was derided).
so what i guess iīm getting at, is that in Australia, soccer was seen (and sadly ridiculed) as a game reserved for a minority group, and thus hasnīt enjoyed popularity or institutionalisation that other sports have had.
now, i donīt know if this is relevant to American soccer... but hey, its a point.