3 games, 4 shots on goal, 1 goal, 0 Wins

I know nothing about soccer, but I watched all three games, and could tell the U.S. was outclassed. But I also know the reason: Soccer is (at best) the "Fifth" sport behind football, basketball, baseball and hockey, whereas other countries have their best athletes.

Could you imagine if Deion Sanders, Terrell Owens and Barry Sanders grew up playing soccer? The world can have soccer. I like our football.

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I know nothing about soccer, but I watched all three games, and could tell the U.S. was outclassed. But I also know the reason: Soccer is (at best) the "Fifth" sport behind football, basketball, baseball and hockey, whereas other countries have their best athletes.

Could you imagine if Deion Sanders, Terrell Owens and Barry Sanders grew up playing soccer? The world can have soccer. I like our football.

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Hey idiot, the USA has 300 million people, and lost to Ghana a speck on the map. They were blown out by the CR. Americans are fat, lazy trolls, that's why we lost.

I think they should change the name of football (soccer in the US), to diving. I thought hockey and basketball had to many people falling down but they have nothing on the fucking pussies playing in the World Cup, they get touched and they fall like they have been hit by a car and then they are on the field writhing and crying like a fucking baby. Stay the fuck up and get the fuck up and play you pussies!

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I know nothing about soccer, but I watched all three games, and could tell the U.S. was outclassed. But I also know the reason: Soccer is (at best) the "Fifth" sport behind football, basketball, baseball and hockey, whereas other countries have their best athletes.

Could you imagine if Deion Sanders, Terrell Owens and Barry Sanders grew up playing soccer? The world can have soccer. I like our football.

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Hey idiot, the USA has 300 million people, and lost to Ghana a speck on the map. They were blown out by the CR. Americans are fat, lazy trolls, that's why we lost.

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You must have been one of the losers who wasn't any good at football, so you played "futbol". I said nothing about population, only that soccer is not priority. Who wants to play soccer growing up with a bunch of football rejects?

well lets not get started on football, a game invented for the lazy fat people over here, play a couple of mins, come off for a rest and make sure you wear enpough protection so you dont snap a fingernail or something! Crock of shit...

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well lets not get started on football, a game invented for the lazy fat people over here, play a couple of mins, come off for a rest and make sure you wear enpough protection so you dont snap a fingernail or something! Crock of shit...

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Yeah, the soccer players who fall like pussies and get carted off are real tough. They would not last two seconds on a football field. The only "fat" guys are the offensive lineman and noseguards, and those guys can still get up and down the field. Any other position could run circles around soccer players, including most quarterbacks.....because the soccer players can't run if they are laying on the ground because they were tripped.

Do you really think Landon Donovan could last two seconds on a football field?

Everybody relax and have some dip. I love football and futbol. Yes, one of the main reasons soccer isn't big here is because first of all: kids usually end up playing a different sport other than soccer in America. Second of all, soccer isn't commercially viable in the US. No commercial breaks, no money. Got it kids. But soccer is tough to play. You try running 6 miles everyday. It's tough man. And the penalty kick they gave against the US verse Ghana was bullshit. Just my two cents.

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Everybody relax and have some dip. I love football and futbol. Yes, one of the main reasons soccer isn't big here is because first of all: kids usually end up playing a different sport other than soccer in America. Second of all, soccer isn't commercially viable in the US. No commercial breaks, no money. Got it kids. But soccer is tough to play. You try running 6 miles everyday. It's tough man. And the penalty kick they gave against the US verse Ghana was bullshit. Just my two cents.

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I agree. Soccer is a very tough sport on endurance. We just have to realize that the soccer players from the U.S. usually aren't the best athletes. Freddy Adu said that kids in his country grow up playing soccer like we grow up playing baseball. Ghana is a small country, but that is all they have.

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Everybody relax and have some dip. I love football and futbol. Yes, one of the main reasons soccer isn't big here is because first of all: kids usually end up playing a different sport other than soccer in America. Second of all, soccer isn't commercially viable in the US. No commercial breaks, no money. Got it kids. But soccer is tough to play. You try running 6 miles everyday. It's tough man. And the penalty kick they gave against the US verse Ghana was bullshit. Just my two cents.

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I agree. Soccer is a very tough sport on endurance. We just have to realize that the soccer players from the U.S. usually aren't the best athletes. Freddy Adu said that kids in his country grow up playing soccer like we grow up playing baseball. Ghana is a small country, but that is all they have.

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I agree with both of you, but I disagree about the penalty kick versus Ghana. I think it was a bad call, but I also think that if they would have tied 1-1, they should have been ashamed to move on after scoring one goal (one REAL goal) in three games. The U.S. can say "what if" all they want. "If" Italy didn't score an own goal, the game versus Ghana wouldn't have mattered anyway, because we would have (and should have) been eliminated. I know the red cards versus Italy where also bullshit, but the refs were bad all over.

Hang on, Football is shite this is the only country that plays it so what does that say about it??? Dont get me started on Baseball, the world series? Sorry does it not have to involve teams from all over the world before it can be classed as that? Oh hang on no then no American team would win. In fact I am sure a good old commie country would kick ass...That would be emabarassing!!!The only sporting glory is that of Mr Armstrong and the TdF victories!

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Hang on, Football is shite this is the only country that plays it so what does that say about it??? Dont get me started on Baseball, the world series? Sorry does it not have to involve teams from all over the world before it can be classed as that? Oh hang on no then no American team would win. In fact I am sure a good old commie country would kick ass...That would be emabarassing!!!The only sporting glory is that of Mr Armstrong and the TdF victories!

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I agree with you that teams should not use the words "World Champions", but what sport is tougher physically than football? Soccer is harder from an endurance standpoint, but from a physical standpoint, there is nothing that compares in soccer to going over the middle for a pass and getting lit up by a strong safety.

I don't really care that nobody else plays football. There are plenty of sports that some countries have and others don't. Do you really think there are any baseball teams in Europe? Or Sumo wrestlers in South America? Or Australian Rules Football in the U.S.?

one word....Rugby

When looking at Football and all that padding and playing for 10 minutes at a time, the constant stopping which helps a player to catch their breath etc then please do not say it is a difficult sport or the hardest sport when clearly it is a bastardised soft ass version of rugby....

kenny florian played soccer at boston college, he is now the lightweight champ for the ufc, he is crazy tuff, dont amke fun of soccer, some of these guys are animals

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one word....Rugby

When looking at Football and all that padding and playing for 10 minutes at a time, the constant stopping which helps a player to catch their breath etc then please do not say it is a difficult sport or the hardest sport when clearly it is a bastardised soft ass version of rugby....

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Why are you focused on padding? Are you telling me that because they don't wear pads, it is a tougher sport?

Rugby is just as physical as football, but there are much better athletes in football... not the lineman, but the skill positions. And I have no idea what a "scrum" is until this day.....can you please tell me? I would like to understand the episode of Friends when Ross plays it.

For one a person who watches 'friends' has no right discussing sporting matters, unless they are in a conversation on netball or some other girly hobby! Rugby is far more physical than football, for a start you play a whole 80mins continuous, it moves fast with little stoppages, the tackles are harder and more often than the pussy game of football

Stop being an idiot, football is not a pussy sport. Rugby is tough as hell though too..crazy bastards!! I played in college, was not big enough for the football team.

There is football in canada and NFL Europe, I mean not the best quality, but kind of like soccer is in the US compared to how it is in Europe.

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For one a person who watches 'friends' has no right discussing sporting matters, unless they are in a conversation on netball or some other girly hobby! Rugby is far more physical than football, for a start you play a whole 80mins continuous, it moves fast with little stoppages, the tackles are harder and more often than the pussy game of football

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I guess there are about 50 million people who can't discuss sports, according to you. What an idiot.

That must be why rugby players make millions, are looked up to by everyone, play their championship game every year that gets the highest ratings and get all those commecial endorsements. While Football is just a bunch of fruity untalented limeys and mics running around playing a game no one gives a fuck about. Wait............

soccer sucks dick. Pussy game

football is shite.... dull dull dull and played by batty boys

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That must be why rugby players make millions, are looked up to by everyone, play their championship game every year that gets the highest ratings and get all those commecial endorsements. While Football is just a bunch of fruity untalented limeys and mics running around playing a game no one gives a fuck about. Wait............

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May have something to do with dumd ass' like you thinking its the American dream and buying anything these pussy's promote, because lets be fair they would not get the cash if not for you buying it to 'be like mike' etc ...thick f*ck

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That must be why rugby players make millions, are looked up to by everyone, play their championship game every year that gets the highest ratings and get all those commecial endorsements. While Football is just a bunch of fruity untalented limeys and mics running around playing a game no one gives a fuck about. Wait............

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May have something to do with dumd ass' like you thinking its the American dream and buying anything these pussy's promote, because lets be fair they would not get the cash if not for you buying it to 'be like mike' etc ...thick f*ck

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"Hey, this guy's a Commie!.....Commie! Commie! Traitor to our Country!!"

You must be an idiot. I can't believe you are saying that the reason football is more popular than Rugby is 'marketing'. You have no argument. Football is America's sport. Rugby is a tough sport, but not near as interesting as football.

Now go get pissed with your Irish Futbol friends.

Any American male who likes soccer and rugby more than football, baseball and basketball is simply a queer. You are an outcast here and should move accross the pond. The guys over there are more like you. If you want to watch all sports that is fine, but no real man likes soccer more than football.

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Any American male who likes soccer and rugby more than football, baseball and basketball is simply a queer. You are an outcast here and should move accross the pond. The guys over there are more like you. If you want to watch all sports that is fine, but no real man likes soccer more than football.

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Jesus some dumb ass redneck whon probably likes to shoot guns is giving it large! THE AMERICAN MALE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE DEEP SOUTH...

Can someone create a room for cleetus to discuss pig wrestling and tractor racing???

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Any American male who likes soccer and rugby more than football, baseball and basketball is simply a queer. You are an outcast here and should move accross the pond. The guys over there are more like you. If you want to watch all sports that is fine, but no real man likes soccer more than football.

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Jesus some dumb ass redneck whon probably likes to shoot guns is giving it large! THE AMERICAN MALE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE DEEP SOUTH...

Can someone create a room for cleetus to discuss pig wrestling and tractor racing???

[/ QUOTE ]Nice try. I don't live in the South, soccer fag.

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Any American male who likes soccer and rugby more than football, baseball and basketball is simply a queer. You are an outcast here and should move accross the pond. The guys over there are more like you. If you want to watch all sports that is fine, but no real man likes soccer more than football.

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Jesus some dumb ass redneck whon probably likes to shoot guns is giving it large! THE AMERICAN MALE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE DEEP SOUTH...

Can someone create a room for cleetus to discuss pig wrestling and tractor racing???

[/ QUOTE ]Nice try. I don't live in the South, soccer fag.

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The previous poster is just an idiot. What does living in the South have to do with football? He should just move to England and hangout with his blokes already. What a pussy.

Love the way you guys call anything you dont understand 'gay, queer or Fag'. Such a command of the english language.

Real men shag women ...! Dicks

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Love the way you guys call anything you dont understand 'gay, queer or Fag'. Such a command of the english language.

Real men shag women ...! Dicks

[/ QUOTE ]Shut up you gay soccer fag.

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Love the way you guys call anything you dont understand 'gay, queer or Fag'. Such a command of the english language.

Real men shag women ...! Dicks

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Did you just use the word "shag"? You are gay.

Why do people paly Rugby? Seriously. Are you just that fucking desperate to be diffferent?

god knows why, everyone should be the same...loser!