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jay santos · 07-16-2007, 04:53 PM

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This reminds me another thing about soccer.

Soccer fans are dominated by nerdy, soccer geeks who were too unathletic to play any other sport so they made it in soccer, where in most states you could play high school varsity soccer if you had a pulse.

My kids play competitive soccer. It is dominated by the same kids. Girls competitive soccer in Utah not so much--the best girl athletes play soccer along with softball or volleyball basketball whatever. The boys--only the nerdy soccer kids who specialize in soccer are on the competitive teams past about age 10.

This group forms the foundation of US soccer fans. They are arrogant. They are not sports fans. They are soccer fans. They have some wierdo thing with copying all British terminology--pitch, side, pace, skill, etc.

For soccer to become popular in US, we have to take it back from the soccer nerds. We have to Americanize it. It's OK to say a soccer team is fast out there on the field. Not the side has pace on the pitch. Yuck! It's OK for Americans to develop their own uniqueness in the soccer world (even improve on it??!!) and not mimic Europe on everything.

For soccer to become popular, football and basketball and baseball guys have got to like it. Kids have got to play through high school in soccer that are double sport or triple sport kids with football or basketball. You have to have the jocks and the cool kids buy into it.

07-16-2007, 04:53 PM	#1
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	Arrogant US soccer fans--another soccer post http://www.cougarboard.com/nologin/m...tml?id=2833573 This reminds me another thing about soccer. Soccer fans are dominated by nerdy, soccer geeks who were too unathletic to play any other sport so they made it in soccer, where in most states you could play high school varsity soccer if you had a pulse. My kids play competitive soccer. It is dominated by the same kids. Girls competitive soccer in Utah not so much--the best girl athletes play soccer along with softball or volleyball basketball whatever. The boys--only the nerdy soccer kids who specialize in soccer are on the competitive teams past about age 10. This group forms the foundation of US soccer fans. They are arrogant. They are not sports fans. They are soccer fans. They have some wierdo thing with copying all British terminology--pitch, side, pace, skill, etc. For soccer to become popular in US, we have to take it back from the soccer nerds. We have to Americanize it. It's OK to say a soccer team is fast out there on the field. Not the side has pace on the pitch. Yuck! It's OK for Americans to develop their own uniqueness in the soccer world (even improve on it??!!) and not mimic Europe on everything. For soccer to become popular, football and basketball and baseball guys have got to like it. Kids have got to play through high school in soccer that are double sport or triple sport kids with football or basketball. You have to have the jocks and the cool kids buy into it.