95% of soccer is uneventful and boring

Which is what makes that other 5% so ridiculous. It’s a sport that requires brilliance (or complete stupidity) to accomplish something meaningful. There is no short-term reward for doing ok

I think Americans don’t have the patience to enjoy the 95% and then fully appreciate the 5%

I don’t know why...all the other cultures get it. But we seem to like consistency and organized predictability. I honestly can’t think of a more predictable Sport in the world than baseball. And football is far more structured than rugby. Basketball doesn’t require brilliance to score or defend. These are our sports and I think this is one of the key distinctions between them and soccer.

Sincerely,

Guy relatively bored by the first 60 minutes of this Tottenham match

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Baseball is only a team sport on defense - thethinman 2018-03-13 23:30:38
It's not that different from hockey. - tdiddy07 2018-03-09 14:52:06
- Well that’s laughable - DakotaDomer 2018-03-09 17:30:43
  - To be fair, soccer and hockey are closer to each other - someguy 2018-03-12 09:40:57
    - Maybe soccer could benefit from using hockey rules. - thethinman 2018-03-13 23:35:05
      - Among other reasons this is a stupid idea - miamioh_irishfan 2018-03-14 16:30:29
    - That could be said of any “field” sport - DakotaDomer 2018-03-12 16:47:40
    - I think we’re really talking about the pace of each sport - miamioh_irishfan 2018-03-12 15:36:08
Americans only understand winning - plaid_pants 2018-03-08 19:18:19
- Just think of the songs we could come up with about - tex29 2018-03-10 08:30:14
- I am genuinely concerned about missing this WC - Irish2003 2018-03-09 14:37:25
- Americans want to be entertained and reject tribalism - powerI 2018-03-09 11:35:03
- Well Said! * - spade 2018-03-09 09:35:34
Interesting topic. - IrishCavan 2018-03-08 08:38:13
Americans want scoring and hate ties - mitquinn 2018-03-07 17:58:31
- To be fair - wcnitz 2018-03-08 11:52:45
  - Yep * - mitquinn 2018-03-08 16:29:37
- Americans only care about playoffs and not regular seasons - Tex Francisco 2018-03-08 11:39:35
  - This is a good point as well - DakotaDomer 2018-03-08 22:33:09
- No-hitters draw more eyeballs than cycles, 3-HR games - DakotaDomer 2018-03-07 18:02:37
  - Valid - mitquinn 2018-03-08 00:31:19
    - It's hard to grasp backward passing in soccer? - spade 2018-03-08 12:38:19
      - Not for us - mitquinn 2018-03-08 16:47:02
        Maybe they are the *ahem* football fans I mentioned? - spade 2018-03-08 19:32:51
        I'm afraid you're wrong - mitquinn 2018-03-09 22:39:59
        Dude, take something for that cough. * - PWK2 2018-03-09 15:39:47
    - This is interesting - DakotaDomer 2018-03-08 07:58:34
  - To my point. What does a 1 hitter draw? - NDMike2001 2018-03-07 18:37:02
    - The same as a slugfest which is more than soccer draws - DakotaDomer 2018-03-07 23:09:13
      - I just think you're wrong here. So do Maddux and Glavine. - NDMike2001 2018-03-08 15:59:17
I don't think that's true. - NDMike2001 2018-03-07 16:54:13
- That's not unique. That just reflects culture in the same - tdiddy07 2018-03-09 14:49:43
  - I didn't say it was. - NDMike2001 2018-03-10 02:20:53
- That argument would have been valid 30 years ago - DakotaDomer 2018-03-07 17:59:17
  - Nope. - NDMike2001 2018-03-07 18:33:14
First hour was great - wcnitz 2018-03-07 16:21:53