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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jun 26, 2018 - 05:14pm PT
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The extent of soccer with our family- My son smoked weed and played xbox FIFA for a whole summer, thought he could play for real, made the High School team, beat out several other kids who had played select soccer for years, couldn't kick with his left foot, got bored, shined the team because the surf was pumping and then we got hate mail for months from the angry soccer moms who's kids didn't make the team.
I had predicted all this when he went out for the team
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Jun 27, 2018 - 04:39am PT
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I was initially rooting for Argentina but their squad seems to lack cohesion and their defensive backs were slow to keep up. And Messi seemed like he wasn't in it to win.
Messi has definitely been in a sort of blue funk, but I don't think not wanting to win is the problem.
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Check out Messi's reaction to Rojo's goal
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 27, 2018 - 09:02am PT
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Whoa Nelly.
Big results this morning! Won't spoil it for those of you who haven't seen them, but huge surprises and very entertaining.
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enjoimx
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Jun 27, 2018 - 12:14pm PT
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soccer is incredibly boring. do you even play soccer? why do you get so excited about it?
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Jun 27, 2018 - 12:24pm PT
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soccer is incredibly boring. do you even play soccer? why do you get so excited about it?
Watching soccer is incredibly boring, true, but following the tournament isn't quite that bad.
I had noted in the other thread that Mexico looked pretty bad against Germany and it was the type of situation where they would probably lose 8 or 9 times out of 10, but it was their lucky day.
No such luck against Sweden, and they badly were exposed (at least I'm assuming that based on the score, I didn't watch the game). And Germany is pretty bad too, so they're done--almost seems like Germany, Mexcico, and S. Korea all should have been sent home, if that were possible. Expect Mexico to go home after the next game.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 27, 2018 - 01:22pm PT
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Those who think futbol is boring just don't understand.
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Jun 27, 2018 - 02:48pm PT
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Thank you South Korea!
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Jun 27, 2018 - 03:22pm PT
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Now we’ll be hearing about how the cup effort was ruined by a German coach and having too many players in the domestic league.
Oh, wait.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 27, 2018 - 03:24pm PT
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How can any US soccer fan root for our fiercest rival?
Why not? Rival or not, many of them play on U.S. squads.
Lots of folks chiming in, again and again, on how boring soccer is. Shouldn't you be watching paint dry instead. LOL!
OK. Messi scored and Argentina pulled it out of their keester yesterday. If it were my last World Cup, I'd strive to win all the games I played. I just don't see it in him like in years past.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 27, 2018 - 03:30pm PT
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New Mexico VS U.S. White Wash Painters
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Jun 27, 2018 - 04:01pm PT
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Do away with the goal keeper and it would be more fun to watch.
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Rawl5
climber
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Jun 27, 2018 - 04:19pm PT
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If México beats Brazil and make it to the next round the whole country will get crazy...Thankfully,I think it will not happen! If it does happen.. Pfffff
We have presidential elections next sunday and it´s not looking good (it never does). People might not go to vote to watch soccer... The ones that run the country might be very happy or very scared... It is weird.
Soccer is the worst drug in my country!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 27, 2018 - 04:31pm PT
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Not sure why folks are thinking soccer is boring. Average televised match is 1:45 or so, of which 1:30 is action with no commercials. American football and baseball are more like 3+ hours with 30 minutes of actual action.
Maybe you don't like soccer, but it's certainly got a lot more actual playing time in comparison to time spent on other stuff.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2018 - 07:48am PT
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Even worse.....golf!! No need to explain. Baseball and its "Infinite" foul ball probabilty. Uggg. And who wants to watch a 5 hour marathon of doods whiffing at a baseball. Boooooorrrrrring!
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Jun 28, 2018 - 07:54am PT
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I just don't see it in him like in years past.
If you mean he almost lost hope this time around, I agree.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 28, 2018 - 09:21am PT
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More craziness this morning. Senegal out on yellow card accumulation...which seems like a bogus way to decide things.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Jun 28, 2018 - 01:11pm PT
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The more you learn about a sport and the more you care the less boring it is to watch.
Not much scoring in soccer so it’s hard to care about a ball pinging around unless you understand the offensive and defensive strategies at play.
Baseball becomes a lot less boring if you keep score (tracking every thing that happens not just home runs), and all of a sudden it’s a fast paced game.
Football is my favorite because all the action is packed into plays. Things happen really fast and you have to pay close attention then you get a break and can watch replays etc. probably good for ADD people.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Jun 29, 2018 - 12:37am PT
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The final tiebreaker in NFL seedings is a coin toss.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jun 29, 2018 - 07:52am PT
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I've got to go with Brazil and England in the finals with Brazil coming out on top. But anything can happen at this point. Brazil keeps getting better and better. They just need to keep Neymar from diving all of the time, what a whiner...
Argentina doesn't have the depth, Spain plays too patiently, and I think Mexico will implode against Brazil. But I will probably eat my words. Whatever the outcome, I am enjoying the matches.
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