schrenz said:
Why are the Americans the only people in the whole world, don't understanding the real spirit of this game?
:buddies: although......greets from the world-cup-country
@luigi:I am able to kidnapp
you, i'm living near frankfurt
Hey, I'll take the holiday(s) if they want to make some official ones for it in this country. Of course my job wouldn't care anyway, as we get no holidays that don't fall on an off day anyway.
Soccer was nothing here when I was growing up, even though we had an indoor team that was (I believe) fairly successful. I know the world is crazy about it. I've even read that two nations had a short war over a soccer match in the decades past!
Trying to get into the sport simply failed for me. Hockey was the same. In fact I think of hockey as sort of soccer on ice. I'm not tryng to offend anyone here, it's just that soccer bores me. This doesn't mean I'm better or even right about it, just that it's not my thing. Surely there must be some people in soccer loving nations that don't care for it. Of course they probably would not admit that in public... :naughty:
My nephew played soccer and loved it. He doesn't play it now, and I'm not sure if he watches it. He's never liked baseball. The game is growing and catching on here in the U.S., especially among the younger generation. This country needs to win the World Cup or get very competive, that will accelerate things. A few more Brandy Chastain moments, if you will.
I service a lot of soccer bars here, and they pack the house to fire code capacity for many matches. There are no parking spaces to be found during some contests.
Again this is just my opinion, one that was asked about in the original post in this thread. No disrespect or hard feelings intended!
