On the Eve of the new Season...

atomic wrote:
Canadians don't care about soccer do they? 

They're not really a separate country are they?  I've always considered them the 51st state.  Take that Puerto Rico!

sweetcell wrote:
Corruption allegations rock Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/02/sport/football/football-qatar-world-cup-sunday-times/index.html

so not surprisin…how else could anyone explain them being selected….

fuck me

https://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/germany-will-win-the-2014-word-cup--predicts-fifa-video-game-234726737.html

No this doesn't have me excited, AT ALL.

just keeps rolling on in…

17 Reasons Why The Qatar World Cup Is Going To Be A Disaster
http://www.businessinsider.com/qatar-world-cup-disaster-2014-6

sweetcell wrote:
just keeps rolling on in…

17 Reasons Why The Qatar World Cup Is Going To Be A Disaster
http://www.businessinsider.com/qatar-world-cup-disaster-2014-6

7. Playing it in winter will totally screw up the European leagues.

this could be crazy if all the big name players won't participate and then sending the b-team to the WC

17. They probably won't sell beer in the stadiums

YIKES!

sweetcell wrote:
16. It'll get drowned out by football in America.

The World Cup is the only time when mainstream America pays attention to soccer. If it has to compete with the NFL it'd be a disaster, especially if it's held in January and goes up against the playoffs.

No one in America cares about the World Cup.  They can hold it on the 4th of July and people still won't care.  Most of the reason given are pretty lame except the worker conditions and the lack of beer. 

atomic wrote:


No one in America cares about the World Cup.  They can hold it on the 4th of July and people still won't care.  Most of the reason given are pretty lame except the worker conditions and the lack of beer. 

No one?

Plenty of people do..Its full of bars that show Premier League and people go on weekends to watch the games early in the morning! You don't see all the people driving cars with Barcelona, Real or whatever logos? I guess hispanics Americans don't count for you??? 53 million plus of them don't count? They're nobodies.

And they're not even the ones watching Premier League games…

The MLS League? Nobody cares about that…Nobody in Seattle cares..they only average about 44,000 plus for home games!!!!!!! Those people don't exist in the Atomic world.

Come on now dude… the "nobody in the US cares about soccer" argument is played out man… the new New York City Football Club just signed David Villa for crying out loud. You may not know who he is but plenty of people do.

hutch wrote:

atomic wrote:


No one in America cares about the World Cup.  They can hold it on the 4th of July and people still won't care.  Most of the reason given are pretty lame except the worker conditions and the lack of beer. 

No one?

Plenty of people do..Its full of bars that show Premier League and people go on weekends to watch the games early in the morning! You don't see all the people driving cars with Barcelona, Real or whatever logos? I guess hispanics Americans don't count for you??? 53 million plus of them don't count? They're nobodies.

And they're not even the ones watching Premier League games…

The MLS League? Nobody cares about that…Nobody in Seattle cares..they only average about 44,000 plus for home games!!!!!!! Those people don't exist in the Atomic world.

Come on now dude… the "nobody in the US cares about soccer" argument is played out man… the new New York City Football Club just signed David Villa for crying out loud. You may not know who he is but plenty of people do.

DC United has over half of RFK seating eliminated for their games.  And looking at the crowd it looks like mostly illegal immigrants.  Soccer is way down on the list of favorite sports for Americans…behind NFL Football, Baseball, NBA Basketball, College Basketball, Nascar, College Football, Golf…

Maybe you see a lot of that stuff in DC because there are a lot of foreigners livng there.  But I am talking about people born in America.  They don't like soccer.  We don't even have a DC United thread on here.  We have three baseball threads. 

My point being they don't need to make any altercations to their schedule for us.  We won't care either way.  Let them played in Quatar or Russia as I am sure they will appreciate a heck of lot more than us. 

People watch Premier games because they are anglophiles.  If people like soccer here they wouldn't be watching premier games anyway they would have the best soccer players in the world here and they would support their local teams.  DC united average 13k fans a game last year. 

yes the core bud lite drinking white men don't watch a lot of soccer here

but 10-15 million people will probably watch World Cup games in the US

that's not nothing

Sidehatch wrote:
yes the core bud lite drinking white men don't watch a lot of soccer here

but 10-15 million people will probably watch World Cup games in the US

that's not nothing

Its not enough of them for FIFA to change their schedule due to avoid NFL playoffs. 

atomic wrote:

Sidehatch wrote:
yes the core bud lite drinking white men don't watch a lot of soccer here

but 10-15 million people will probably watch World Cup games in the US

that's not nothing

Its not enough of them for FIFA to change their schedule due to avoid NFL playoffs. 

huh? speak English man or I will have to conclude you are one of those illegal immigrants you think goes to DC United games.

I mean what do you want me to say Atomic? You're full of shit as usual.

You said nobody cares about the World Cup. Well that's bullshit and you know it but if that's the way you feel stay away from this thread. I think you're trolling is what you're doing.

I care and know plenty of people who do. This idea that its only foreigners or illegal immigrants is highly offensive.

hutch wrote:
I mean what do you want me to say Atomic? You're full of shit as usual.

You said nobody cares about the World Cup. Well that's bullshit and you know it but if that's the way you feel stay away from this thread. I think you're trolling is what you're doing.

I care and know plenty of people who do. This idea that its only foreigners or illegal immigrants is highly offensive.

  I said Americans in general don't care.  I know two people who care a lot.  One is from South Africa the other is from South Korea.  I will be watching and hopefully the Germans can pull it out.

atomic wrote:

hutch wrote:
I mean what do you want me to say Atomic? You're full of shit as usual.

You said nobody cares about the World Cup. Well that's bullshit and you know it but if that's the way you feel stay away from this thread. I think you're trolling is what you're doing.

I care and know plenty of people who do. This idea that its only foreigners or illegal immigrants is highly offensive.

  I said Americans in general don't care.  I know two people who care a lot.  One is from South Africa the other is from South Korea.  I will be watching and hopefully the Germans can pull it out.

so do the 53 million hispanic Americans not count? That is a lot of people and they care…

the argument that "Americans" don't care is idiocy… we don't live in a Leave it to Beaver world

is soccer or the World Cup as popular as the NFL, NBA, MLB??? Of course not but so what?

If Americans in general don't care I don't see why ESPN is permanently talkinga bout soccer…its not like the old days man…goals are now included in the top 10 plays regularly, the ticker/crawl at the bottom has a lot of soccer info… there are premier league games regularly on NBC for crying out loud..

times are changing…

hutch wrote:

atomic wrote:

hutch wrote:
I mean what do you want me to say Atomic? You're full of shit as usual.

You said nobody cares about the World Cup. Well that's bullshit and you know it but if that's the way you feel stay away from this thread. I think you're trolling is what you're doing.

I care and know plenty of people who do. This idea that its only foreigners or illegal immigrants is highly offensive.

  I said Americans in general don't care.  I know two people who care a lot.  One is from South Africa the other is from South Korea.  I will be watching and hopefully the Germans can pull it out.

so do the 53 million hispanic Americans not count? That is a lot of people and they care…

the argument that "Americans" don't care is idiocy… we don't live in a Leave it to Beaver world

is soccer or the World Cup as popular as the NFL, NBA, MLB??? Of course not but so what?

If Americans in general don't care I don't see why ESPN is permanently talkinga bout soccer…its not like the old days man…goals are now included in the top 10 plays regularly, the ticker/crawl at the bottom has a lot of soccer info… there are premier league games regularly on NBC for crying out loud..

times are changing…

I don't know any hispanics so I can't tell.if they like soccer.  53.million?  No way.

Anyways they have been saying soccer will soon be popular for 40.years.

atomic wrote:

hutch wrote:

atomic wrote:

hutch wrote:
I mean what do you want me to say Atomic? You're full of shit as usual.

You said nobody cares about the World Cup. Well that's bullshit and you know it but if that's the way you feel stay away from this thread. I think you're trolling is what you're doing.

I care and know plenty of people who do. This idea that its only foreigners or illegal immigrants is highly offensive.

  I said Americans in general don't care.  I know two people who care a lot.  One is from South Africa the other is from South Korea.  I will be watching and hopefully the Germans can pull it out.

so do the 53 million hispanic Americans not count? That is a lot of people and they care…

the argument that "Americans" don't care is idiocy… we don't live in a Leave it to Beaver world

is soccer or the World Cup as popular as the NFL, NBA, MLB??? Of course not but so what?

If Americans in general don't care I don't see why ESPN is permanently talkinga bout soccer…its not like the old days man…goals are now included in the top 10 plays regularly, the ticker/crawl at the bottom has a lot of soccer info… there are premier league games regularly on NBC for crying out loud..

times are changing…

I don't know any hispanics so I can't tell.if they like soccer.  53.million?  No way.

Anyways they have been saying soccer will soon be popular for 40.years.

Dude I don't care if you like or don't like soccer…but get your facts straight

according to the 2010 US census there were more than 50 million hispanics.. thats LEGALLY…as you also no doubt know, in your infinite wisdom, hispanics are often undercounted…

but do the math……between 2010 and today how much you think its grown?…

thats before you factor illegal immigrants who will be legal fairly soon….

factor in, moving forward, higher reproductive rates among hispanics, continued immigration, and i think you know whats coming..

Hutch, don't feed the trolls.

no ribery at world cup…major bummer…also no falcao…