I just saw something else that made me realize how much I despise soccer. How much they bitch at the officials.. and don't really play to win, they play to try and get as many of the other team thrown out of the game so they can have an advantage. Flops, falls, fake injuries and all. You'd think a slide tackle wouldn't make a player fall to the ground and grab his leg like Lawrence Taylor just fell on it and broke it (if you dont understand that... look up Joe Theisman Leg Break on youtube.. youll understand). Anyway.. I saw a piece on ESPN, and there was a pass to a player.. a one-timer if you will... and instead of trying to block the shot or prevent the guy from scoring, the goalie and defenseman near him just pointed at him and screamed at the ref that he was offsides.. needless to say without those two doing their jobs the player in question scored easily. It's called playing to the whistle.. and there are some exeptions but in real sports they play until the game is stopped and THEN they argue with the refs instead of just letting the other team waltz all over them while they cry like scared little girls.
Which makes me think of something else.. soccer reminds me of pro wrestling at times. You know, how when a guy gets hit and you know it doesn't hurt that much, but he falls to the ground and rolls around for an hour anyway. This post will probably make the soccer players out there reel in pain and pretend I gave them a headache or something.. too bad they dont have anyone to cry FOUL!! to. Just a thought.

Matt

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