Do you know that in 1 month, the most popular competition in world will begin ? NBA playoff ? NHL ? NFL SuperBowl ? NO !!!!!!!! The World Cup 2002 in Japan with all of the European stars. Yes !!!!!!!!

Just a question : Why only American People don't like Soccer ?

The best site of Fans Soccer : http://perso.nrj.fr/mondevert See it please !!!

And God bless American Team Soccer And FRANCE ;-P

This is the 2nd or 3rd time this site has been posted here. sounds like someone is trying to generate hits to a website.

Unless you read french, don't bother going.

REn

Arfff !!! And you don't understand French ??? It'is too difficult for you ? Eat hamberguers be the best to you. ???

It'is right that English is a linguage very poor but it is not the reason for prevent people to see this site that i clarify corresponds to my signature.

This is a BASEBALL forum. Most of us
love BASEBALL best, and in ENGLISH.

If we are interested in soccer, we will check
out the soccer forum.

Your posts are off-topic for BASEBALL,
so how 'bout, "YER OUTTA HERE!"

OOPS, I meant to say BASKETBALL
(forgot I switched from Baseball)

But the "YER OUTTA HERE" still stands.
Or is it 2 T's?

Amistad,

Please be polite. I merely pointed out that this is the 3rd time you`ve posted the same website. Enough already.

Also, for not speaking french, you`re wrong there. Je parle très bien le français et je n'accepte pas me faire traiter de la façon que tu viens de le faire.

Tu devrais mettre ton site sur la section de soccer. Ici, nous parlons du ballon-panier. Ton message est clairement hors-contexte.

(translation available upon request)

Bonne journée

Well said. I couldn't have said it better myself. Seriously, I couldn't have. :)

Chuck

<b> : Why only American People don't like Soccer ? </b>
<UL>
<LI>
1) Too many hooligans.
<LI>
2) Not enough scoring (get rid of the offsides rule and make the goal as big as a barn).
<LI>
3) And our main reason....we pretty much suck at it!
</LI>
</UL>
<P>
Z

Ooooo, great approach there, Amistad!! Insults. Very nice. Put some thought into the "hamberguers" crack, did you? Why didn't you throw in "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!!"?

If we're going to be addressing stereotypes, would you like me to bring up your most recent election and Monsieur Le Pen?

Look, you're obviously not fluent in English, so why would you expect us to go to a site that requires us to be fluent in French?

You're not getting any hits from this site, so just move on and bug somebody else. In other words, "Now, go away, or I shall taunt you a second time!!"

[Edited by ChuckElias on Apr 26th, 2002 at 10:59 AM]

I think it is really great that you love soccer and are excited about the world cup, however, this is a basketball forum. Why don't American people like soccer? Probably because it isn't American and all kinds of Euros love to come to the states and try to force feed it to us. They eat dogs in Korea, but I don't want to go out and get that either. You like soccer...great. Go watch it and leave us alone.

Ouffffff : Thank you Zebraman for your answers.

1)Too many hooligans.
Not in France but little in England and Germany

2) Not enough scoring (get rid of the offsides rule and make the goal as big as a barn).
In that case, it is the players who are not good.

3) And our main reason....we pretty much suck at it!
... ???!!!!


The other answers (ChuckElias who eats too much of hamberguers and understands French), are really provocating and not interessantes. You are right on a single point: JM Le Pen... But he is widely going to lose. Fortunately.

In the next Olympic Games, France will be stronger than the USA in the Basketball. ;-P

Finally an intelligent answer!!!

Thanks Stripes

Vous et tres gentile. N'est pas?
Soccer? J'ne comprend pas.
Amusez vous bien. C'est ca. ;)

Do you guys come with English subtitles??
Please???

STOP IT!!! I have not taking French since High School.

:p

Peace

STOP IT!!! I have not taking French since High School.

:p

Peace [/B][/QUOTE]

Yeah, Rut,
I hear that.
It's pretty obvious that my last French class was in 1964.
mick

Here's the real reason.......
 

It's true that the vast majority of Americans don't give a rat's patoot about soccer (and, no - it's not football no matter what you say). Why?

1) it wasn't invented by an American or Canadian
2) it's boring
3) all the players whine like Rasheed Wallace whenever someone even thinks about touching them
4) there's not enough violence (on the field, er, excuse me all to heck - on the pitch)
5) no one ever scores
6) there's not enough equipment associated with the game to make endorsements worthwhile
7) they use the word "nil"
8) the shorts they wear look like they come from the "Richard Simmons" collection at Wal-Mart
9 and 10) it's totally "Euro" and that sucks

You knew I'd get that last one in somehow. ;)

As long as you have French refs doing the games. Now where did I hear that before? :D

My suggestion to make soccer more interesting to North Americans is to:

Bring it indoors.
Use fewer players.
Lengthen the shorts.
Have teams score about 90 points a game.

...UHH never mind, we already have that sport.
:)
Mike

It's a good thing the world cup is being held in Japan.
If it were held in France,when all those German players and fans started for the border the whole country might surrender again.

Not only Japan.
 

The World Cup is held in Korea and Japan. Not just Japan. I do not know why, but they are relatively close I guess.

Peace

Comment est votre colour plus préfère?

:D

Mon Fox es Bleu!

Pourquoi sont nous ecrivons les comedies d'Angleterre en Francais?

Guys - stop speaking in metric and let the rest of us red blooded Americans in on the jokes.

Mon Fox es Bleu! [/B][/QUOTE]Mon nez est rouge!
Votre fox est bleu!
L'Arbitre d'Basketball est un frou-frou!

JUST KIDDING,TONY!:D

This from the guy whose quote is in Latin!!

"Comment est votre colour plus préfère?" = What is your favorite color?

"Pourquoi sont nous ecrivons les comedies d'Angleterre en Francais?" = Why are we writing in French about English comedies?

Latin is not metric. It is a "dead" language (except at pharmacies). Unfortunately, there are many "living" metric languages, and you can get a FIFA manual in any one of them. ;)

BTW - my signature quote means, "Ask me if I care".

Au contraire, Monsieur Padgett !
 

Mark,
I just transplanted some flowers, and my wife told me the "real" names. She made 'em sound like medecine, or poison, or at least something I didn't want to touch.
mick

Re: Au contraire, Monsieur Padgett !
 

That's what you get for doing yard work without using power tools. ;)

Re: Re: Au contraire, Monsieur Padgett !
 

Power tools, my yass. ...Still indoors.
Looks like the JD10 Snowblower will be used tomorrow. :(
mick

Speaking of pharmacies, have you gotten your meds refilled yet? :D

[QUOTE]Originally posted by mick

Quote:

Mon Fox es Bleu!

Mon Fox 44 est noir. :D

Chuck

Only the Viagra. I make sure I don't take it prior to doing a game.

It comes in handy at track meets, however, especially during the pole vault.



Um, I'll just go sit in a corner now. :p

Only the Viagra. I make sure I don't take it prior to doing a game.

It comes in handy at track meets, however, especially during the pole vault.



Um, I'll just go sit in a corner now. :p [/B][/QUOTE]If they outlaw it,you can still enter the "rope-skipping" competition.
Um,make room in the corner for me!:D

Taking Viagra and sitting in the corner alone?

Hmmmm...... :D

I have a friend who went to the beach with his wife.

He took a Viagra but she had a headache.

He made her pay him $15 for the pill! :p

This is WAAAAAYYYYYY too much information for me.

:)


Peace

Good to see he made a profit off of the sale.

(Exiling to the corner)

You know what you get when you mix Viagra and Rogain?

You get hair like Don King!!!!!


I'll go sit quietly in the other corner now.

Hey Amistad:

Better be careful how you treat us. The next time Germany comes across the border to kick your butts, we might not come over to save your sorry little behinds.

Bob

I agree.
De Gaulle of those guys.

You've obviously never bought any! :)

No, but I've sold it (legally; I work in a pharmacy).

I don't know about your neck of the woods, but it sells for $10/pill retail where I live.