World Cup Soccer - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Goose · 06-26-2006, 06:27 PM

Imagine if the US put their best football players and competed against alot of different countrys for 4 years just to qaulify to play in the world cup. Maybe its because I'm routing for Portugal but I think most Americans don't appeicate good soccer, too bad. IMO football fans don't come close the them passionate soccer nutts

Bigcat · 07-02-2006, 11:24 AM

Italy

Goose · 07-04-2006, 01:36 PM

ITS ON NOW

janiejones · 07-04-2006, 07:54 PM

Italy won.

Seems every team I root for is incapable of losing. Hopefully that will bode well for Portugal tomorrow.

Raider Ronnie · 07-04-2006, 08:47 PM

Italy

ThrowingTimber · 07-04-2006, 09:29 PM

You should see me watching games in medellin when I get down there, got the flag cape and all. Big fan of the game Italy is taking names huh?

NaCl H2O · 07-05-2006, 08:59 AM

Italy deserved that win. Today's game should be interesting. With the likes of Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo and Henry on the field we shouldn't have to worry about overtime. I'd be hard pressed to bet against France though.. too much experience.

Katie · 07-10-2006, 08:02 PM

1 thing you dont do.. run into the biggest portugese bar in fall river while the world cup is on and yell Viva la France.. You'll start a huge bar brawl..

Surfcastinglife · 06-26-2006, 08:26 PM

that portugal vs holland game had more hitting in it then most hockey games nowadays! there have been some awesome games so far, can't wait for argentina vs germany and a possible brazil vs spain quarter final, looks very good!

Clogston29 · 06-27-2006, 05:26 AM

I think that most americans don't appreciate good soccer because they don't see it. I'm sorry but the MLS is a joke compared to the elite leagues of the world. We will never be competative on the world stage unless more US players start playing their club soccer overseas, which will in tern have a negative effect on the MLS and a negative effect on the sport in this country - a no win situation. I love soccer and wouldn't go to or even watch an MLS game on TV if you paid me.
I'm an England fan (big fan of the EPL so I know about the players and Ihave some English blood in me) and they've looked terrible this Cup but they keep winning. Once they go up against a team with some creativity and finishing ability (two things the US lacked completely), read Portugal, they'll be out. Germany, Portugal (provided Ronaldo is fit) and Argentina all look good and very capable of giving Brazil a run. Argentina has been fun to watch so far.

Krispy · 06-27-2006, 08:03 AM

I was in Germany for the 1990 World Cup held in Italy that year. When they won the cup, it made the Red Sox parade look like a tea party.

No sport holds the same level of passion from its fans.
Ive been watching and rooting what games are available. Thanks TivO.
GERMANY all the way!

milo · 07-02-2006, 07:45 AM

looks good Tony. now that Brazil is out of the way

NaCl H2O · 07-03-2006, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clogston29

I think that most americans don't appreciate good soccer because they don't see it. I'm sorry but the MLS is a joke compared to the elite leagues of the world. We will never be competative on the world stage unless more US players start playing their club soccer overseas, which will in tern have a negative effect on the MLS and a negative effect on the sport in this country - a no win situation. I love soccer and wouldn't go to or even watch an MLS game on TV if you paid me.
I'm an England fan (big fan of the EPL so I know about the players and Ihave some English blood in me) and they've looked terrible this Cup but they keep winning. Once they go up against a team with some creativity and finishing ability (two things the US lacked completely), read Portugal, they'll be out. Germany, Portugal (provided Ronaldo is fit) and Argentina all look good and very capable of giving Brazil a run. Argentina has been fun to watch so far.

I'll grant you that the MLS is not the EPL but I've heard English soccer fans compare MLS to the English league 1 (actually the second division). It's a lbit rough to watch on TV partially because the production is not quite up to par with the big European leagues. It can be entertaining though, especially watching it live at Foxboro. Hell.. I've seen entertaining U12 matches at some of the tournaments around here.

Surfcastinglife · 07-03-2006, 09:58 AM

i think it's entertaining to a fan of the sport, to a casual fan it can be tedious. people who don't appreciate the sport are turned off my MLS as it isnt a very good product to draw in new fans. ill use my father as an example, a few years back, he'd never watched football on tv never bothered with it just thought it was a waste (much like a lot of folks think of soccer) one day i sat down to watch a pats game and he sat with me, we went the whole game with me giving him a rundown of the rules and the general jist of the game, he never misses a game now ;P. it's all about product, and if and when MLS becomes a decent product on the field comparable to the other worldwide leagues more fans will be drawn to it.

Clogston29 · 07-03-2006, 10:04 AM

I can't believe that France beat Brazil with how bad the French looked the first couple of games. Germany looks poised to take it, almost flawless technically and very disciplined, even if they are not always the most fluid or entertaining team to watch.