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Saying "soccer is not a sport" or responding with "baseball is not a sport" is a great take btw, even though soccer sucks to watch and has zero fanbase in the US. Same as saying the Olympics has no sports involved.
Name the Major League Baseball team that he was on.Originally Posted by jusfoldf1sh
He was on a team, wtf u talkin bout? US soccer is the farm league of soccer, Like lol.
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I dunno sometimes athletes in other sports do well with the crossover. Like the figure skater from Mighty Ducks...
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An 8th grade league in the US is not real soccer. He was faster than everyone and more athletic, it is doubtful he ever actually played against any real soccer players.Originally Posted by jusfoldf1sh
well obv...but he played until 8th grade? he obv knows how to play and wouldn't take an athlete of his stature to pick it back up im sure...who knows im jus sayin
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this obv isnt true because minor league baseball players succeed in MLBOriginally Posted by setherson2
Minor League Baseball is as much MLB baseball as the Big-10 is the NFL.
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Edited By: bluefront Mar 25th, 2011 at 08:54 AMOriginally Posted by jasmith85
this obv isnt true because minor league baseball players succeed in MLB
remind me to give you a golden shower if i ever see you
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im so glad vorh33s dominated this thread on the first page so I didnt have to. Everyone with even a slight bit of intelligence knows that the best athletes in the U.S. play football or basketball. People who cant excel in real sports play soccer. Its no secret. I guarantee you the term "soccermom" only exist in America.
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i lol'dOriginally Posted by paulpete
I dunno sometimes athletes in other sports do well with the crossover. Like the figure skater from Mighty Ducks...
mls is where either good players go to make a bit of cash at the end of their careers/ players that arent good enough for european leagues play and then maybe a few that are good enough just dont want to leave usa but that is a very small number. But i still doubt that he could make it on to any team based solely on skill -
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It is cool of him to bring my club some free publicity. We will be celebrating our home opener at our new soccer only stadium on June 9th. Sporting ftw!
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looolOriginally Posted by paulpete
I dunno sometimes athletes in other sports do well with the crossover. Like the figure skater from Mighty Ducks...
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Originally Posted by jasmith85
this obv isnt true because minor league baseball players succeed in MLB
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nflpassers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/alg_tom_brady.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nflpassers.com/tom-brady/&usg=__fdoF3XdiNT-zZelABict40n4QmM=&h=356&w=485&sz=49&hl=en&start=95 &zoom=1&tbnid=XF-iVF-czWJt9M:&tbnh=163&tbnw=219&ei=2sWMTYLgMPOJ0QGB0vWb Cw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtom%2Bbrady%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfire fox-a%26hs%3DGHq%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D696%26tbs%3Disch: 10%2C2318&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1137&vpy=267&dur=588& hovh=192&hovw=262&tx=131&ty=121&oei=tcWMTfLPK4-4tgelssS5DQ&page=5&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:95&bi w=1440&bih=696
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Ya he has a 0% chance at making the MLS if that is how he is playing. I am better than him at the moment and I haven't touched a ball but a few times in the last half year. If he makes it, Either because they want publicity or they really feel like he could put the time in to improve. Either way, he isn't very good from what I saw in this video.
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He will sell tickets. That's reason enough to put him on the teamOriginally Posted by darkpoker12
Ya he has a 0% chance at making the MLS if that is how he is playing. I am better than him at the moment and I haven't touched a ball but a few times in the last half year. If he makes it, Either because they want publicity or they really feel like he could put the time in to improve. Either way, he isn't very good from what I saw in this video.
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Originally Posted by Cmoney3
He will sell tickets. That's reason enough to put him on the team
sfthis...
lol at the morons on here that think a major athlete cant "make" it on a fucking US SOCCER team el oh fucking el
its called money/power/marketing...its not that diff to understand...
and a BIG lol at the Big-10...what a worthless conference, sad when all u can reference is 1 qb from 10 years ago?
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srsly bro? level?Originally Posted by jusfoldf1sh
sfthis...
lol at the morons on here that think a major athlete cant "make" it on a fucking US SOCCER team el oh fucking el
its called money/power/marketing...its not that diff to understand...
and a BIG lol at the Big-10...what a worthless conference, sad when all u can reference is 1 qb from 10 years ago?
it really dont matter how he plays, as long as they get exposure and sell tickets he will be on the team
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total level, the Big-10 is the best yo...hands down
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he may practice with them a bit, play with the reserves, but he wont play with the first squad in an official mls match. obv its for publicity, i dont think anyone believes otherwise.Originally Posted by jusfoldf1sh
sfthis...
lol at the morons on here that think a major athlete cant "make" it on a fucking US SOCCER team el oh fucking el
its called money/power/marketing...its not that diff to understand...
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mich pumps out the pros.... dont get it twisted... but if you wanna bring some stats about how great youre rivals are go ahead... sec = suck eachothers cawks....Originally Posted by jusfoldf1sh
total level, the Big-10 is the best yo...hands down
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People saying soccer isn't a sport just make me laugh. And other people saying soccer is just "kicking a ball" make me laugh even more. If that is your argument then
Baseball is hitting a ball and running around
Basketball is running down a court and throwing a ball into a basket
Football is running across the field with a ball
Usually the people who say "soccer isn't a sport" are teh same people who have never played soccer.
I play/played soccer all of my life. Also I have played football and basketball all of my life, and by far soccer takes the most endurance to play, plus "handling" a ball with your feet is a lot harder then it looks. Hell, just look at the videos of Ocho cinco and see how kind of awkward he is with the ball, then look at a video of lionel messi or christiano ronaldo handling a ball and you can tell the huge difference.
Personally I think its awesome he is trying out, yeah it kind of sucks for the people who have worked hard all their life and never get the chance to try out for a major team and Ocho gets to try out just cause of his status, but hey, thats life. It is also great to see he is pretty humble and really trying to learn the sport. He will always be my favorite NFL player and its great to see him being open to anything and just doing it for fun -
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Basketball has set plays.
Football is all about plays.
Baseball has situational plays.
I don't see the strategy in soccer, it looks all the same to me. From kick ins to throw ins to just random guy streaking down the pitch every play to get stopped by 3 defenders, or to make a pass to get it called back by offsides. Which is a rule I'll never understand. Why should you be penalized for being faster than the other player? /shrug
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Soccer has situational plays as well. Corner kicks and set pieces (free kicks from the field) have different plays as well.
Offsides has nothing to do with being faster, it has to do with the last line of defense. If i am on offense and I am behind the line of defense and my teamate kicks me the ball, i am offsides. If I am even and/or in front of last line of defense and the ball is passed to me or my direction and I outrun the D, its not offsides. hope that made sense.
When you first learn soccer you learn to make a triangle at all times with your teammates so you always have someone to pass too, in hte higher levels you notice how much people are moving and who is the main person to set it up etc etc.
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the fact that soccer doesn't have set plays every possession is part of the beauty of the game. it requires a ton of creativity and ability to improvise and combine with teammates in a ton of different ways. other sports also have this to some degree, i just think that while teams do have systems of play and some overall strategy they hope to use, there is so much room for a player to create in the game. basketball is prob next closest of the sports u mentioned in regards to this.Originally Posted by Niceguy
Basketball has set plays.
Football is all about plays.
Baseball has situational plays.
I don't see the strategy in soccer, it looks all the same to me.
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IMO hockey is similar to soccer as far as free flowing creativity go during game play.Originally Posted by AmSlim22
the fact that soccer doesn't have set plays every possession is part of the beauty of the game. it requires a ton of creativity and ability to improvise and combine with teammates in a ton of different ways. other sports also have this to some degree, i just think that while teams do have systems of play and some overall strategy they hope to use, there is so much room for a player to create in the game. basketball is prob next closest of the sports u mentioned in regards to this.
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yeah, just 50 times faster paced and with contactOriginally Posted by BigEarn7
IMO hockey is similar to soccer as far as free flowing creativity go during game play.
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