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#92
10-18-2005, 02:59 PM
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Re: If America got to the World Cup final, how many Yanks would watch
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] In thirty years of playing, coaching and loving the game it's the funniest thing I've heard. [/ QUOTE ] I think it's even more funny that you give the US zero chance of being as good as Brazil, no matter how much we put into soccer. I'm willing to admit there is a chance Brazil would still be the best team. But it's pretty darn hard to say with any certainty that the US wouldn't, given how little we put into it now and how we are still competitive on the international level. [/ QUOTE ] Please stop, I'm in pain from all the laughter. Yes the chance is ZERO. You can't erase 50 years of dominance because you're the big bad USA. Mate I'm an Australian with Italian heritage. Italy is one of the great footballing nations and I can still stand up and admit that Brazil are the Kings of football who play the beautiful game. [/ QUOTE ] You keep changing your argument. NO ONE who knows anything about soccer is disagreeing that Brazil is the King. They are. NO ONE is saying that the US could become equal overnight. But it's the height of foolishness to think that the US could NOT develop into the best. Here's what the US has going for it: the richest country in the world; the country with the 4th largest population in the world; the country with the most diverse population in the world; the country that regularly produces freakish athletes like: Barry Sanders, Allen Iverson, LaDanian Tomlinson, Ed Reed, Earl Boykins (imagine him with the ball at his feet at midfield, zipping around defenders...) - all of these guys had/have the athletic ability to excel at soccer. If soccer were as important in the US as it is in Brazil, the US would be on par with Brazil. Period. End of discussion. [/ QUOTE ] Nah, couldn't happen. We don't have the "flair gene". [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, oops, wrong flair [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] 
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#93
10-18-2005, 03:33 PM
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Re: If America got to the World Cup final, how many Yanks would watch
did anyone see Robin Williams' live on broadway routine where he talked about the US playing soccer?
seriously, if you haven't, you need to, its un fuggin believably funny.
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#94
10-18-2005, 03:42 PM
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Re: If America got to the World Cup final, how many Yanks would watch
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I don't mean to interrupt all the dick-waving, but I just wanted to cut in and say MyTurn2Raise has an awesome avatar. That is all - back to your pissing. [/ QUOTE ] Thanks Give props to Stuey, of course, for formatting and editing it into a friendlier, readable size. Also, yeah to Radiohead, whose video "Just" inspired the avatar. The biggest flaw is that the avatar doesn't have enough cowbell.
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#95
10-18-2005, 07:21 PM
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Re: If America got to the World Cup final, how many Yanks would watch
the usa will likely win a world cup in the next 50 years. they actually do pour a lot of resources in the game. also, it is the 2nd highest played sport for american youth behind basketball. there is a ton of money poured into olympic and world cup development squads. this has been going strong since about 1990 and look at how much the usa has improved in world competition.
so, really, you both are right and wrong. doug is wrong bc the usa DOES pour cash into soccer but it is not even close to a power.....yet. rick is wrong bc if the usa continues to improve it will certainly compete and, with all the luck involved in soccer, will likely take a cup. also, america has the advantage since it will host a few cups and more than any other nation in the upcoming competitions. edit: i should note that rick is correct in that usa will NEVER dominate soccer. they may win a cup but they will never be considered the best or the favorites.
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#96
10-18-2005, 07:27 PM
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I stayed up, watched, and taped every televised World Cup game in 2002 (except a few I couldn't watch for good reason).
I don't really regret that I taped over all of the games when I got payperview porn for free. -Michael
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#97
10-18-2005, 08:51 PM
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the usa will likely win a world cup in the next 50 years. they actually do pour a lot of resources in the game. also, it is the 2nd highest played sport for american youth behind basketball. there is a ton of money poured into olympic and world cup development squads. this has been going strong since about 1990 and look at how much the usa has improved in world competition. so, really, you both are right and wrong. doug is wrong bc the usa DOES pour cash into soccer but it is not even close to a power.....yet. rick is wrong bc if the usa continues to improve it will certainly compete and, with all the luck involved in soccer, will likely take a cup. also, america has the advantage since it will host a few cups and more than any other nation in the upcoming competitions. edit: i should note that rick is correct in that usa will NEVER dominate soccer. they may win a cup but they will never be considered the best or the favorites. [/ QUOTE ] just fyi, the world cup is held every 4 years.
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#98
10-19-2005, 12:48 AM
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just fyi, the world cup is held every 4 years. [/ QUOTE ] i have played and followed soccer many years and i know this. where do i imply otherwise?
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#99
10-19-2005, 01:08 AM
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[ QUOTE ] just fyi, the world cup is held every 4 years. [/ QUOTE ] i have played and followed soccer many years and i know this. where do i imply otherwise? [/ QUOTE ] "the usa will likely win the world cup in the next 50 years" i would cry tears of joy if this happened, but your statement is ridiculous.
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#100
10-19-2005, 01:32 AM
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Re: If America got to the World Cup final, how many Yanks would watch
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] just fyi, the world cup is held every 4 years. [/ QUOTE ] i have played and followed soccer many years and i know this. where do i imply otherwise? [/ QUOTE ] "the usa will likely win the world cup in the next 50 years" i would cry tears of joy if this happened, but your statement is ridiculous. [/ QUOTE ] When England won in '66 they became the 5th nation to do so. Argentina in '78 at home became the 6th. Then it wasn't until France in '98 again at home that we had numer 7. 50 years from now Brazil will probably have between 8 - 10 titles, we could probably expect to see about 3 first time winners in that time, the rest to be shared by the usual suspects. The likelyhood that one of the new winners will be a nation where football is not the number 1 sport, virtuly zero. There are some big European nations that are cupless(Holland, Spain, Portugal) but I'd expect one or more of these teams to break that duck in the next 50 years I'd back Japan/Korea or an African nation before the US but I still have huge doubts that this will happen anytime soon.
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