How do you guys watch the World Cup?

[MonoxideChild]

The only time America says they love soccer is when the World Cup comes around. It is the in thing to do. Fact is, America hates soccer. Americans don't want to be changed by the Europeans and 3rd world countries.

Soccer is a poor man's sport. If a country has dirt streets, chickens on the corners, and people walking the street in bare feet and no shirt then they are probably good at soccer.

There is no such thing as strategy. I don't care what anyone says. I have looked at strategy on soccer and high level soccer matches don't use it. In higher level soccer matches it is all about luck and who the smarter team is.

What it boils down to is soccer is a boring sport in which unintelligent people play and watch. They then claim that others that don't like soccer are ignorant and don't understand strategy. Lol.... what strategy? It is all luck.

Must be why countries like England, Germany, Italy, etc. are so good...

[Titans 4 LIFE]

The only time America says they love soccer is when the World Cup comes around. It is the in thing to do. Fact is, America hates soccer. Americans don't want to be changed by the Europeans and 3rd world countries.

Soccer is a poor man's sport. If a country has dirt streets, chickens on the corners, and people walking the street in bare feet and no shirt then they are probably good at soccer.

There is no such thing as strategy. I don't care what anyone says. I have looked at strategy on soccer and high level soccer matches don't use it. In higher level soccer matches it is all about luck and who the smarter team is.

What it boils down to is soccer is a boring sport in which unintelligent people play and watch. They then claim that others that don't like soccer are ignorant and don't understand strategy. Lol.... what strategy? It is all luck.

Name one single part of the game that involves any luck whatsoever. Maybe the refereeing but other then that it is 100% skill and strategy.

Try going 1 on 1 against Ronaldhino, then say its all about luck.

[ahr19]

The only time America says they love soccer is when the World Cup comes around. It is the in thing to do. Fact is, America hates soccer. Americans don't want to be changed by the Europeans and 3rd world countries.

Soccer is a poor man's sport. If a country has dirt streets, chickens on the corners, and people walking the street in bare feet and no shirt then they are probably good at soccer.

There is no such thing as strategy. I don't care what anyone says. I have looked at strategy on soccer and high level soccer matches don't use it. In higher level soccer matches it is all about luck and who the smarter team is.

What it boils down to is soccer is a boring sport in which unintelligent people play and watch. They then claim that others that don't like soccer are ignorant and don't understand strategy. Lol.... what strategy? It is all luck.

That comment is just ... shameful ... Soccer uses geometry (triangles), physics (bending a ball, backspin), psychology (mind games with keepers on PK's etc, etc), statistics (thinking through balls here) ... I mean, most unintelligent people know all about that, right?

I guess 95% of the world is unintelligent since soccer is big there.

[rank is dumb]

The only time America says they love soccer is when the World Cup comes around. It is the in thing to do. Fact is, America hates soccer. Americans don't want to be changed by the Europeans and 3rd world countries.

Soccer is a poor man's sport. If a country has dirt streets, chickens on the corners, and people walking the street in bare feet and no shirt then they are probably good at soccer.

There is no such thing as strategy. I don't care what anyone says. I have looked at strategy on soccer and high level soccer matches don't use it. In higher level soccer matches it is all about luck and who the smarter team is.

What it boils down to is soccer is a boring sport in which unintelligent people play and watch. They then claim that others that don't like soccer are ignorant and don't understand strategy. Lol.... what strategy? It is all luck.

You are a ignorant person please find a tall buiding and throw your self off it..

[djKianoosh]

i wouldn't even acknowledge the fool, but for the rest of you's, if you've been following this Zonal Marking website like I have, you'd see that these guys' analysis of the tactics of the games so far has been spot on:
http://www.zonalmarking.net/

they pretty much have anticipated all the games based on tactics, even pointing out what teams should do to counter another team, and then breaking it down afterward with a ton of detail.

as far as the comment about "a poor man's sport". that's funny, cause last I checked I think pretty much all the good sports are somewhat of "a poor man's sport". oh, by the way, US-Ghana drew in over 15 million viewers in this fool's "America". Compare that with the 13 million viewers Spain got, in Spain, for their win against neighboring country Portugal. And Spain's supposedly the overall favorite. All that tells me is that the potential for soccer in this country is enormous.

[bk1998]

as far as the comment about "a poor man's sport". that's funny, cause last I checked I think pretty much all the good sports are somewhat of "a poor man's sport". oh, by the way, US-Ghana drew in over 15 million viewers in this fool's "America". Compare that with the 13 million viewers Spain got, in Spain, for their win against neighboring country Portugal. And Spain's supposedly the overall favorite. All that tells me is that the potential for soccer in this country is enormous.

Spain - Population 40M
USA - Population 300M+

Horrible analysis.

[djKianoosh]

not so horrible. When you're talking about sheer numbers, I'm saying the US has enough of a soccer-viewing public to match a country like Spain. Sure, percentages are not the same, we all know that. But US Soccer doesn't need the percentage to be the same, that's the important point here. It can draw as many people to watch its most important game with a far smaller percentage of the population.

So every incremental step, however small it may seem, is a big deal for soccer in the US.