I like both you don't have to like one or the other both good sports. The reason most people probably say soccer is boring is because there's a lot of strategy involved with ball usage and the such while in football it kinda represents Americans tendency to head straight in and hit something as hard as they can and people like the part where people are making big hits almost every play.

[quote]>They call it "soccer" and steal it's true name (football) and give it to a sport where neither the foot, besides punts and like one or two other times, or a ball is used. No, it's the hands/arms and an egg shaped object that is used. I'm not saying to call it Handegg, but wouldn't Tackleball make a lot more sense, seeing as you tackle for the "ball"?[/quote] The term soccer originated in the British Isles. The term "Football" doesn't refer to kicking the ball but rather because it was one of the first sports not played on horseback. So saying that American Football's name is odd is incorrect.

Soccer is worse then tennis, but it is better then golf.

But you use your foot in "Soccer" And in "Football" you use your arms

I don't. I'm going to the Seattle Portscum game tomorrow for Clint Dempseys first home game.

This thread.

I like soccer. But I literally have nobody near me that likes it so I pretty much watch it by myself.

Because I would rather watch sports that are similar to soccer, but that I find more exciting. Like hockey and basketball.

I think football is boring and I hate playing it (I feel disabled in a sport where I can't use my hands). Also, Football is a gentleman's sport played by hooligans Rugby is a hooligans sport played by gentlemen.

I love soccer, always played it when I was younger. The World Cup is gonna be fun, I just hope nobody dies. Those Brazilians are pretty serious when it comes to soccer.

[url=http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/06/the-origin-of-the-word-soccer/]Fun fact: The word "soccer" comes from England.[/url]

When American Football was first invented there was a lot more kicking of the ball, as there was no forward pass. But euroscum just go "lol they almost never kick the egg in handegg, those dumb americans" and don't know the origin of the sport. And soccer is boring, because in football there are more exciting moments. In soccer, the only exciting thing is goals, and those are rare compared to scores in other sports. And the fans/players, every single soccer fan/player I see is obnoxious and immature. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

I like how you keep your argument unbiased, OP. Though I can kind of understand why we Americans call sports like soccer boring. We're used to high scoring games like football and basketball. A lot of Americans don't like watching games that don't light up the scoreboard all night. I personally am just starting to really get into it. Been following the Barclays Premier League, particularly Manchester City.

Even as a British man I know that the sport was originally called soccer in Britain but the working glass gradually changed it to football. Its known world over as soccer in most places. Anyway, who cares, watch whatever you want.

Because it sucks. It's pretty embarrassing that football or "soccer" is out most popular sport because it's -blam!-ing terrible.

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[quote]>[u]They call it "soccer" and steal it's true name[/u] (football) and give it to a sport where neither the foot, besides punts and like one or two other times, or a ball is used. No, it's the hands/arms and an egg shaped object that is used. I'm not saying to call it Handegg, but wouldn't Tackleball make a lot more sense, seeing as you tackle for the "ball"?[/quote] The reason American football is called football is because at the time of its creation pretty much every other sport was played on horseback. Thus American football was called football due to the fact that it was played on foot. [quote]>[u]They say it's "boring".[/u] Well the only stoppage of the action is at half time. In American Football, there is constant stoppage. My parents were watching the Green Bay Packers play the Seattle Seahawks earlier today, and they literally stopped and had a redo of the same punt at least 3 times! I don't understand how that isn't boring, and nonstop action is.[/quote] To some extent, it is. Most of the time it's just players passing the ball around. With a sport like Football, with every pass or every run, there's the potential to make a HUGE play. It's a different kind of excitement. [quote]>[u]They say no likes it.[/u] Well, no. Easily the most popular sport in the world, many, many countries, and rising in the U.S., many people more than simple love it.[/quote] That's due in-part to it being so easy to play. Unlike football or hockey, you don't need equipment. All you really need is a ball. In America, very few people actually care about professional soccer. Saying that it's not very popular is actually a valid reason not to like it (at least in the US). [quote]>[u]"It's for p*sy's"[/u] Hahaha no! It's a pretty tough sport. Not quite Hockey level, more dangerous than Baseball. In 7th grade I watched a kid break his ankle, bending it to the side, in the middle of a match. Players get concussions, broken bones, fractures, ect quite often[/quote] Every sport carries with it the risk of injury, and requires a certain level of toughness. However, when you compare Soccer to American Football, Hockey, and Rugby, it doesn't look that bad. [quote]>[u]Continuing on that, it's dangerous for fans too, because of fans.[/u] Football (soccer) fans go berserk, occasionally beating all will to live on out of each other. There is even a movie (Greenstreet Hooligans, which is really good regardless of how much you like soccer) about this, and it's brutal, realistic, and, if anything, understates how savage the fans can be.[/quote] I enjoy Soccer, but this is one of the things I [i]dislike[/i] about it. The fans are [i]too[/i] fanatical. I don't want to go to a game with the risk of getting my shit kicked in. [quote]>[u]Also involving fans, watching it is only boring if you make it boring.[/u] All across the globe, fans chant and cheer on their team. But not only after a goal, at game start, ect, but AT ALL TIMES. 90 minutes of constant jumping and shouting, could you do it?[/quote] I've been to various sports outings, and that happens with just about every sport. (With the exceptions of baseball and golf.) [quote]>[u]Athletes must be in great shape.[/u] To run for 45 minutes, then another 45 with a 5-10 minute break? While many athletes in American Football are incredibly muscular, not all are. Some are just big. The fat kind. Overweight. Plus, it stops sometiems within seconds, and don't say it doesn't, I've sen several games before. The average play probably lasts around 30-60 seconds.[/quote] As someone who's played Hockey, Football, and Soccer, I can say they all require you to be in great shape. Hockey and Soccer both require incredible stamina. (I'd say Hockey requires more, but I played different positions in each, so I might be biased). While football doesn't require you to keep going for 40 minutes at a time, the constant stop-and-go drains your energy. [i]Quickly.[/i] Also, you may think that those lineman aren't shape but that's untrue. While some of them are just genuinely fat, most of them run mid-to-sub 5's in the 40yd dash, and can squat 330-360lbs.

Becuase people get killed where a futball match is.