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is football important in your country?
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15 Aug 2007 Wed 10:18 pm |
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Quoting AEnigma III: Quoting teaschip1: Football isn't the same here in the U.S. It's referred to as soccer. You have alot of fans for the sport mostly children who play. Men tend to think it's to girlish. They rather play a more aggressive sport like throwing a ball and tackeling each other. :-S I personally love the sport and played competitively for 11 years. |
I am afraid we have the opposite opinion here Teas  We think your game is girlish - your players wear so much protection, helmets, padding etc. whereas our guys just play, tackle and risk injury.
Also, your game was invented purely to satisfy the impatient US who get bored waiting for goals. Even your rules and breaks are designed to fit around TV commercial breaks!  I am afraid for these reasons, it is hardly played out of the US |
I said men tend to think it's girlish. I can't stand American football either. However, I do disagree that our football is girlish. I have played both sports and football is definately more physical & aggressive. But heck in some of your countries you people kill eachother over soccer. So maybe I should retract that comment.
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16 Aug 2007 Thu 02:33 am |
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Quoting ciko: Quoting gezbelle: football (or soccer as we call it in australia) isn't as popular as it is in the u.k. or turkey. |
but as far as i can remember Australia became 7 th or 8 th in 2002 world cup. they were nearly going to beat Germany. i am sure that success caused football to be more popular in Australia. and rugby is popular in UK too...so football and rugby could be popular at the same time it sounds like i am a missionare of football religion eh? |
yes, that is true.
australia also did well in the 2006 world cup.
football (soccer) has started to become more and more popular over here.
hopefully we will continue to do even better now that we are part of the asian federation!!
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