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SOCCER is for wimps, Soccer is NOT a real sport!
Today in America there's a lot of negativity towards the world's most popular sport football or what we call it; soccer. Now I am a huge fan and player of soccer, but people tell me I should play a better sport like football that's for real men! They say soccer has no contact and anyone can play, all you do is kick the ball!!! I hear this BULL-&%$# all the time! For one thing most of the people who say this have never played soccer! Now I created this to discuss what you feel about whether soccer is a REAL sport and whether or not anyone could play....
Submitter: Jesse Created: Jul 02, 2008 at 02:25 PM EDT Last post: Jan 04, 2009 at 05:35 PM EST ADD A REPLY
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Alex Posted: Jan 03, 2009 at 07:32 PM EST

is soccer a real sport?

yes

do i like soccer?

absolutly not. as a kid growing up i liked it, but it got boring fast. i dont think it has much contact at all. and the nets are like freakin huge!!! anyone could score in one of those. but everyone has their own opinion. and you are not going to change someones mind by getting mad.

Shiloh Posted: Jan 03, 2009 at 05:39 PM EST

tell me shayne... do you weigh 300 pounds or do you just tape brass nuckles to your hands? Do tell how you "snapped a leg clean in half"... Even if you did... comparing soccer and football... even WITH the pads pro players have died. tell me how many pro soccer players have died thus far from being hit. I don't care if you play but please dont say it's HARDER then football. there aren't 300 pound lineman in soccer who are out to kill any qb or runningback who crosses their path.

Shayne Posted: Jan 03, 2009 at 02:55 PM EST

soccer is mostly God given talet. Not just anybody can pick up a ball and be great. It requires speed, agility, endurance, and a lot of coordination. Also I have seen more people get hurt playing soccer than playing football. For instance i play keep and last season i brok two peoples ribs, soomeones arm, accidently gave my bestfriend a concussion, then i snapped a leg clean in half. All we have to protect our bodys are shingaurds. In football they have about 40 different pads. So tell them if they think they are anything then just step foot on the field and show them what it really is like.

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NIRIA Posted: Jan 01, 2009 at 10:28 PM EST

its all about soccer other people who like to judge soccer must be retards becuz they either probably sukk at it or never played b4 .. soccer takes a lot of technique. soccer is more than JUST KIKING THE BALL!!! it takes consentration, technique, speed, stigma, and more things that football. like lets rephrase this wats the the only thing you do in footbal tackle people durhh!! in soccer we have our tackles are knockouts our bruises the hits in the face breaking bones shin splits. the only thing we have for prtoections is shin guards and in football you guys have thee whole suitt maybe u should thing about it again before you judge soccer theres a reason why its the most playesd&& loved sport in the whole world

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Kameron Posted: Jan 01, 2009 at 03:29 PM EST

SOCCER RULES!! If any sport isn't real it's football. 9 out of 10 of footballs injuries are so small you can still practice...in soccer if you get injured bad enough to come out of the game your on crutches most likely. FOOTBALL IS FOR WHIMPS SO SHUT UP!!!!!!!!

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dylan Posted: Dec 30, 2008 at 03:11 PM EST

What are you talking about? Soccer is for wimps. All you do is run around and kick the ball. It's so boring. No COntact or anything. I wonder why football is showcased on Espn and NBC. Name some big networks like that that soccer is showcased on.

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Tee Posted: Dec 24, 2008 at 10:22 AM EST

For Matt and others that don't understand soccer and think it is just a bunch of girlie boys diving at the slightest contact, I suggest you do your homework. Yes there is the occasional dive at the pro levels in an effort to draw a call, but I haven't seen that in any game I have been in. Check out the following links from my team and tell me soccer is for wimps.

(Great Keeper collision in this one and kick to the face at the end) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nknDxR2HwPQ&feature=channel_page

(This one has to be one of the dirtiest tackles I have ever seen at any level) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJv_1ZzhNFg&feature=channel

Enjoy and Merry Christmas to all.

TEE

Kevin Posted: Dec 17, 2008 at 08:38 PM EST

anyone that thinks soccer isn't a real sport should step onto the field with a highly competitive team. You would get your !!% whooped. And dont even say that soccer is a whimp sport, especially all you retard football players out there that wear a body suit of pads and a fricken helmet. All we wear are tiny,5 inch by 3 inch pads on our shins.

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Tina Posted: Dec 17, 2008 at 12:08 PM EST

i played soccer a couple years ago and i hated it you cant really do anything yea i was good so i was told but i just really hated it i like real football...violance

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Matthew Posted: Dec 16, 2008 at 06:43 PM EST

playing soccer when u were 4 is a lot different than playin when ur 16, yes it is a real sport, just because you cover urself in pads doesnt mean its a more physical sport.

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Renee Posted: Dec 09, 2008 at 07:52 PM EST

Dur!! oh course soccer is a sport.Yeah its not like Hockey or Football but when it all comes down you run your $@@&@ off.What about base ball you whare cups and football and Hockey you whare enough padding that makes you wonder how the hell did he or she just get hurt? truthly all the padding us soccer players need is a womans pad on us and we wouldnt have to worrie about gatting hurt.I doubt that a football player could kick a soccer ball as hard and fast as a soccer player.

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Cody Posted: Nov 18, 2008 at 11:12 AM EST

all you do in soccer is run. i played soccer when i was 4 ans it wasnt that hard. you go suit up and play a game of football and then ocme &#%## to me about how hard it is, its not easy and it can be one of the toughest things you will ever do.

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Michael Posted: Nov 16, 2008 at 12:14 AM EST

I agree w/ sam and ty...I would have to play from 15-30 minutes non-stop running and sprinting. We don't have any protection except shin pads which is about the size of your average remote control and a little more wider, hell we don't even have nut cups....The way I see it soccer players put in more work than fottball

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Ty Posted: Nov 14, 2008 at 05:16 PM EST

One more thing... The hardest I've ever been hit was in soccer not football... So they wanna talk try steppin out on the field!

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Ty Posted: Nov 14, 2008 at 05:15 PM EST

Well lets put it this way... I play both at the same time and get a lot of &!@$ on both sides (mostly from football players)... So here's the deal: I'll play you in soccer than football and lets see who wins