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Post by duceisinmyheart on Jun 29, 2008 22:23:22 GMT -5
OMG please tell me im not fucking dreaming... ESPANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 I CANT BELIEVE IT HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
HOLY FUCKING SHIT GUYS THIS IS THE 2nd FUCKINGF HAPPIEST DAY OF MY FUCKING LIFE. LIKE YOU GUYS DONT UNDERSTAND I DONT EVEN BELIEVE WE WON HOLY FUCKING SHIT
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Post by James on Jun 29, 2008 22:44:44 GMT -5
Well done, I can imagine how you feel. What was the best day of your life?
Tbh, out of the top 5 best things in my life, 3 would be football related.
Congrats.
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Post by GMGreggor on Jun 29, 2008 23:37:53 GMT -5
Wow, I really dont know a damn thing about soccer. It looked like they were just going from one end to the other to me pretty much.
What does this mean now? Are they like the world champs or do they go on to play the winners of other countries or what?
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Post by James on Jun 29, 2008 23:52:07 GMT -5
They won the EURO Cup, hence they are European Champions. No, they don't play anyone else, qualification for the World Cup is the next step.
And essentially, isn't every sport just going from one end to the other?
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Post by GMGreggor on Jun 29, 2008 23:54:26 GMT -5
True, I just dont understand the game enuff to know one team dominated more than just 1 goal to none I guess is my point.
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Post by Phoenix Phil on Jun 29, 2008 23:54:41 GMT -5
Germany sucked... the game sucked
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Post by James on Jun 29, 2008 23:57:32 GMT -5
True, I just dont understand the game enuff to know one team dominated more than just 1 goal to none I guess is my point. I watched waterboy the othe day and don't understand why the offensive team sometimes runs, don't get a touchdown and get tackled and celebrate. What did they just achieve? Idk.
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Post by Funky George! on Jun 30, 2008 0:01:42 GMT -5
True, I just dont understand the game enuff to know one team dominated more than just 1 goal to none I guess is my point. I watched waterboy the othe day and don't understand why the offensive team sometimes runs, don't get a touchdown and get tackled and celebrate. What did they just achieve? Idk. first down...enough to progress to maintain possession and get a fresh set of downs
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Post by DB on Jun 30, 2008 0:02:38 GMT -5
a first down so that they can keep driving the ball down the field to score.
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Post by James on Jun 30, 2008 0:04:24 GMT -5
So they didn't actually achieve anything? kk thx, gl to nfl in future etc.
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Post by DB on Jun 30, 2008 0:22:32 GMT -5
Same goes with soccer what do they achieve when they bring the ball all the way down field but the other team kicks it all the way back. nothing.
At least in football there is excitement. There is some meaning to getting a first down.
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Post by James on Jun 30, 2008 0:24:23 GMT -5
No, players don't celebrate when they get the ball into the oppositions half.
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Post by DB on Jun 30, 2008 0:31:22 GMT -5
when do players in football celebrate going pass the 50 yard line? They celebrate getting a first down, because that is part of the game if you want to be successful.
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Post by James on Jun 30, 2008 0:31:56 GMT -5
First down.
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Post by Play on Jun 30, 2008 2:47:33 GMT -5
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Post by James on Jun 30, 2008 3:20:19 GMT -5
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Post by Play on Jun 30, 2008 4:33:46 GMT -5
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Jun 30, 2008 8:03:01 GMT -5
to all those hating on football a.k.a. "soccer."
#1 played sport in the world. #1 watched sport in the world.
Soccer is non-stop action. There are no breaks, no "time-outs", and soccer is year round. A month break at most but there is ALWAYS soccer.
I don’t know how anyone can not find soccer exciting. Just listening and watching the crowd alone should be more than enough to soup up anyone. There is not one sport in America that people show the same passion for… sure there are some crazy “NFL fans” out there, but there’s nothing like a “country vs. country” type of atmosphere with any other sport other than soccer.
And the athletes in the states don’t give a shit about representing their country. Do Pau Gasol, Calderon, Garbajosa, Navarro, ever say no to playing for the Spanish national team? No way, and Garbajosa got in trouble for it. How many US basketball team players have said no already? There’s no passion with most any athlete in the states.
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Post by jahallstar on Jun 30, 2008 8:45:53 GMT -5
International soccer is great..don't get me wrong....The superbowl is the #1 most watched thing in the world though...sorry. The NFL is made 100% of teams from the united states. Yeah overall soccer is watched by more people worldwide because it is more localized. No one countries league is watched as much world wide as the NFL though.
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Post by jahallstar on Jun 30, 2008 8:47:49 GMT -5
when do players in football celebrate going pass the 50 yard line? They celebrate getting a first down, because that is part of the game if you want to be successful. Sort of like when soccer players celebrate a corner or something. Its not like a goal celebration but they do get happy...much like football when they get a big 1st down. They don't celebrate like its a touchdown...but they do get happy.
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Jun 30, 2008 9:06:59 GMT -5
when do players in football celebrate going pass the 50 yard line? They celebrate getting a first down, because that is part of the game if you want to be successful. Sort of like when soccer players celebrate a corner or something. Its not like a goal celebration but they do get happy...much like football when they get a big 1st down. They don't celebrate like its a touchdown...but they do get happy. A corner is considered "half a goal" because so many goals happen from corners. But you can’t compare a simple smile and a high five to a teammate to a “oh my god let me jump up and down, spike the ball, and do a Heisman pose” because I got a 1st down yet we still got 60 yards to go!”
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Post by jahallstar on Jun 30, 2008 9:20:53 GMT -5
Sort of like when soccer players celebrate a corner or something. Its not like a goal celebration but they do get happy...much like football when they get a big 1st down. They don't celebrate like its a touchdown...but they do get happy. A corner is considered "half a goal" because so many goals happen from corners. But you can’t compare a simple smile and a high five to a teammate to a “oh my god let me jump up and down, spike the ball, and do a Heisman pose” because I got a 1st down yet we still got 60 yards to go!” Yeah because that happens all the time...lol I think I can remember one "non TD" Heisman pose ever. And people majorly celebrate on every first down right? Especially ones that get to their own 40 yard line. Yup an every day event.
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Post by Speed Racer on Jun 30, 2008 10:07:22 GMT -5
I'll never understand the NFL v. Soccer debates. I'll ALWAYS, no matter the circumstances, enjoy football more than soccer. I'm sure it's the same way for most of you and I don't really give a fuck about that.
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Post by duceisinmyheart on Jun 30, 2008 11:08:10 GMT -5
You were raised up on football instead of soccer, that’s as simple of an answer as it gets. Soccer hasn’t gotten any “mainstream” play in the United States until maybe 2 or 3 years ago, and still it doesn’t get to much coverage.
I was raised in the United States.. but being that I go to Spain every summer, have Spain-born parents, friends, family, etc etc soccer has always been part of my life.. but at the same time I’m a die-hard Tampa Bay Buccaneers friend, and I love to watch American football just as much as soccer.
Though, the argument that “soccer” is boring is pathetic, there isn’t a quicker paced, action-packed sport better than soccer. In soccer there are no tv-timeouts or timeouts for that matter, when there is a foul call or a substitution, there is no time stopping. Time does not stop. It’s constant 45 minutes each half. To call soccer boring with out a clear understanding of it, is stupid. The same way you guys talk bad about soccer, everyone else in the world probably says the same about American football which is dumb. Golf is boring. Baseball is boring, but soccer? Get real.
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Post by GMGreggor on Jun 30, 2008 13:39:14 GMT -5
Soccer has been getting pub forever here man. This is not a new occurence. I remember when I was 10 years and old and hearing in 5 years it will be America's sport. Pele was the big dog then. Well, a few decades have passed since then and I'm still waiting.
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