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Originally posted by wwcd101
It's like any game, even board games or marbles or spin the bottle. When you first watch someone play, it appears totally abstract, with random moves and funny rules. If you spend some time with it, you start to get it. Only once you get it, can you then discover if you like it.
Soccer suffers in the US from too much competition for people's time. It's connection to kids today, however, bodes well for it's future.
Thanks for listening.
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I agree with wwcd101 completely. If you haven't played a game, and you don't understand it and the intricacies of the sport then it can appear boring.
Soccer can be an extremely boring game. But it can also be an intense, exciting event. The game is continuous, which also can be tedious for those with low attention spans. Part of the excitement of soccer (and hockey for that matter) is the anticipation of a goal. The team is moving towards the goal, setting up...and..oh..good save, bad shot, simple turnover.
Take a look at the "favorite" american sports: American Football, Baseball, and basketball.
Each of these sports are pretty much one play then a break, one play then a break. Basketball can be quite continuous at times but for the most part it is score a basket...set up at the other end. Score a basket...set up a the other end. Baseball is a sudden play (if a person hits) followed by waiting for the next person. Football is play by play.
Everyone has their favorite game and criticisms of a game (like i have done above) when you don't truly understand the game or the mentality of the average fan..are simply not fair. Play the game, or if you can't do that, talk with a fan. You learn to enjoy the little things in the game and it changes it forever. I spent 6 weeks in the UK a couple of summers back and for 1 week, England was playing Australia in the Ashes (Cricket). I still don't fully understand the game but I was with a bunch of people that loved it and they explained the game to me. Now, I find the game facinating and try to watch it on TV if I can.
That's all...