Anyone here a soccer fan?

Anyone here a soccer fan?
Posted by Gordo on 29 Nov, 2007 22:38
Alright, I\'ve been a baseball/basketball/football americano man my whole life, but within the past year or so I have really gotten into international football (or soccer). I can\'t get enough actually. I don\'t know if it\'s because I\'m just infatuated with the new-ness, or if it\'s because I feel like a kid with excitement for a game or match that I haven\'t felt in a long time, perhaps the fact that I learn about a new top-shelf player daily and am intrigued? Whatever the case, who else here is into it? I\'m in love with the English Premier League, but the UEFA Champions League is where the beef is at. Man U Baby.

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Posted by leith on 30 Nov, 2007 00:25
I have been a fan of Lazio for years for the simple fact that my friend Federico made me a fan (his hometown)when he was going to College here in the States.
I have followed them ever since I think Soccer is a great sport but MLS level soccer sux! I don\'t watch much English Premier but UEFA I watch every year.

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Posted by Gordo on 30 Nov, 2007 01:54
Well then I wish I would\'ve been a **** in high school. I regret not being a **** in high school. It would have been more enjoyable then putting up with cocksucking football coaches and all the beef-**** trying to hump each other in the locker room while calling soccer players pussies.

Yes leith, the MLS is garbage. I like the Italian and Spanish leagues a lot too, the EPL is televised much more here so I think that\'s why I latched on. I also met a group of ex-houligans from Newcastle/London at a bar near my house who are obsessed with Man U and they took me in as their young Yank. It\'s a riot.

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Posted by derickw on 30 Nov, 2007 08:49
New England Revolution!!!!!!! yet another new england team that took home a Championship. thats all i have to say about that

i watch English Premier League all the time. i record them on dvr and sit with a beer and catch up. Sadly enough i\'m a Bolton Wanderers fan, i don\'t care that they are second to last.

I played soccer all my life. my father used to be a goalie on a pro team in Poland. so i pretty much grew up with a soccer ball at my feet. High school was pretty funny. i pick up on the cute girls watching the soccer players but would hangout and party with the football players. they thought they knew how to drink........ HA. best of both worlds

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Posted by booztravlr on 30 Nov, 2007 09:11
Pretty amazing they only let up an own goal (U.S.) and a penalty kick (France) the entire tournament.

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Posted by FrankZappa on 30 Nov, 2007 10:20
Quote from: leith;170649
I think I hate FC Barcelona because they are the NY Yankees of Soccer.

fixed. poor ignorant yanks. :sigh:

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Posted by FrankZappa on 30 Nov, 2007 10:38
yea, it\'s a different league than uefa but this is a futbol conversation in general, so it\'s still valid.

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Posted by Whathefunk on 30 Nov, 2007 10:39
since i\'ve been living in spain for the last 3 months the game has seriously grown on me. i caught my first professional football game about a week ago (FC Barcelona vs. Recreativo Huelvo) at Camp Nou. it was **** incredible. i heard the place holds 114k. anyway, i like FC barcelona even though i\'m a sox fan. hah

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Posted by FreeSpirit on 30 Nov, 2007 13:05
I\'m not really into soccer, just bc I don\'t see it on TV that much...but the soccer guys are definitely cuter than anyone in American sports :awwyeah::thumbsup:

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Posted by Whathefunk on 30 Nov, 2007 14:37
Quote from: FreeSpirit;170715
I\'m not really into soccer, just bc I don\'t see it on TV that much...but the soccer guys are definitely cuter than anyone in American sports :awwyeah::thumbsup:

its def the only sport i\'ve seen guys put gel in their hair before a game...lol