Inter Milan is about to become the favorites to win the UEFA cup--but even that is up in the air because in order to qualify you have to finish 3rd in your Champions League group, and Inter currently sit in the cellar with no points. This is a team of all-world talent, yet all they have to show for two games is three red cards and no goals. What the hell is going on here? You can bet the pink pages of Italy's Gazzetto dello Sport are filled with the same wtf attitudes of this writer. In a word, unnacceptable. And after crosstown AC Milan's discouraging tie with lowly Lille, it makes you question the state of Italian footy even more.
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because it's only soccer within the continental united states. You're telling me that MLS 'stars' Landon Donovan and Jaime Moreno deserve to be in the same breath at footballers like Lionel Messi, Theirry Henry, et al.? It's like the metric system. We in the states don't have it. The world does. Why do we need to be so stubborn as to not accept a universal fact that the metric system is, quite simply, the accepted form of measurement, worldwide.
The point is we, as Americans, don't play football. We play soccer. Ever wonder why the middle of the field at each and every MLS stadium is chewed up and nothing more than painted dirt? You'd be hard pressed to find me a pitch in Europe that has the same wear and tear. That's because they play on the wings, they pass, they move without the ball, they play the beautiful game and play it beautifully. We play like shite and our fields look like shite and we plummet from number 6 to out of the top 25 in a matter of two months after getting EXPOSED at the World Cup.
The sooner Americans start playing a brand of football, and not this excuse of a game in soccer, then and only then will we be able to field a quality 11. And it's going to take a hell of a lot more than Freddy Adu (a native African, mind you) to turn this attitude around.
furthermore 'soccer' was a phrase or label created by american press around the turn of the 20th century, derived from the idiodic fact that the players wear socks. Your comments are more than appreciated Clay, so dont take what my brother and i have said as a beratement...your mindset is just the tip of the iceburg when it comes to changing america's collective conscience.
yes sorry if I came across like the rabid animal I am, I meant not to maim. By the way Clay, that is a shaweet mullet bro.
We here at the Stop calling it soccer blog are not about pissing people off, but that mullet of yours clay looks like human feces piled on you're head, and you can take that as beratement. And another thing, The only time that the foot is used in "football" is for kicking field goals, kickoffs, and punting, all of about 15% of the time. In Futbol the feet are used 95% of the time. So clay, sir, you will keep your joe dirt haired opinions to yourself and go "shoot some 'coons" or something
Yeah needless to say I don't think that guy will be re-joining us here at the footy blog. It's not that his comments aren't appreciated, just plain ignorant. This a site for football intellectuals as well as seasoned literary minds that can write about the beautiful game with the precision and artistry of a Zizzou free kick. I love mullets, don't get me wrong, some of the finest european footballers currently rock them: Beckham, Ronaldo, Torres, Puyol, et al. But yours takes the cake, my friend. Thanks for stopping by, home skillet.
Stee, if you can tell me what el Rey means, then I will give you a dollar
el Rey means the King. Sambo you dont owe me a dollar, just come down for SCAD v. Embry-Riddle on the 21st...bring Mike
james, i didn't know your name was stee
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