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WFU Soccer:

bluefish said:
I didn't get to see the replay until early Monday, but I did not know the result. I know you can't do something like this in a nil-nil game for the Natty, but at some point in the second half I just wanted one of the seniors, playing his last game, to cold-cock #4. Then I wanted him to walk off the field without waiting for a red card, peace out the bench and keep walking. He'd of been my fucking hero.
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Hillard arce should have been given a red card for the tackle in dunwell, period. Argudo should have gotten a yellow in the first half but that "tackle" on dunwell was designed to injure and did. A disgrace.
 
Journal article:

http://www.journalnow.com/sports/wf...cle_7c335107-606e-50a2-9ca0-1ebfc77afe91.html

“We kept telling ourselves through that, regardless of what happens, we just had to stay positive and stay together,” Wake Forest senior midfielder Ian Harkes said of the team’s mindset during the shootout. “In PK shootouts, it’s hard to change up where you go. We saw their keeper go early, but we didn’t change anything. We have full faith in our takers and, fortunately for their keeper, he went the right way.”
 
TheReff said:
Need to be able to have fast breaks and not have the off sides junk that soccer has. Very boring game to watch.
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"Fast breaks" exist in soccer; go watch the video of the game winner from the match against Denver.
 
TheReff said:
Need to be able to have fast breaks and not have the off sides junk that soccer has. Very boring game to watch.
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Soccer becomes less boring when you become more familiar with the types of sets, passes, and mistakes that lead to goals. There are lots of moments in an average match where an unfamiliar person is unaware and a soccer fan is excited.
 
TheReff said:
Need to be able to have fast breaks and not have the off sides junk that soccer has. Very boring game to watch.
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No offsides would ruin the game. if you have never played, I can see why it might be boring to watch. Having played growing up, it is not boring at all.
 
If all you want to see is goals, then soccer isn't your sport. There are many tactical things done within a match which are interesting to the fan. It's the equivalent of watching a basketball team switch defenses or offensive sets. The casual basketball fan won't notice but the fan of the game appreciates what the team is trying to accomplish.
 
BacktoBack said:
If all you want to see is goals, then soccer isn't your sport. There are many tactical things done within a match which are interesting to the fan. It's the equivalent of watching a basketball team switch defenses or offensive sets. The casual basketball fan won't notice but the fan of the game appreciates what the team is trying to accomplish.
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But soccer is the only sport that you don't have to score to win a championship. There is no rationale or excuse for this.

PKs were not part of soccer from the beginning.

P.S. As to the interest in soccer, even with millions of kids playing the game, each Final Four day had about 20% of the College Baseball World Series and an even smaller fraction of basketball and football championships. 20% may be very generous. There's no way there 5000 people at yesterday's game.
 
Rafi said:
It's doesn't need defending. It's the most popular sport in the world, and there's not a close second.
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This is true, but how odd that the national championship game in the highest level of US collegiate soccer of the most popular sport in the world played in the 4th largest city in the US couldn't draw more than @5k fans.
 
So what is the purpose of limiting substitutions? How do tired players make the game better?
 
TheReff said:
Need to be able to have fast breaks and not have the off sides junk that soccer has. Very boring game to watch.
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Jesus Christ - you're an idiot. Honestly and truly. Just a complete fucking buffoon.

Let me know your thoughts on the shitty officiating and other junk that is ruining college basketball. Clown.
 
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Buttermaker said:
This is true, but how odd that the national championship game in the highest level of US collegiate soccer of the most popular sport in the world played in the 4th largest city in the US couldn't draw more than @5k fans.
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How odd that college soccer, in towns that love soccer and games not played during rush hour or during NFL games, draws exceedingly well? Really odd.
 
RJKarl said:
But soccer is the only sport that you don't have to score to win a championship. There is no rationale or excuse for this.

PKs were not part of soccer from the beginning.

P.S. As to the interest in soccer, even with millions of kids playing the game, each Final Four day had about 20% of the College Baseball World Series and an even smaller fraction of basketball and football championships. 20% may be very generous. There's no way there 5000 people at yesterday's game.
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rj, why the fuck do you care? Why post on a message board about a sport you don't care about? Can't you and theReff find some rock under which to crawl and bitch?
 
siff said:
How odd that college soccer, in towns that love soccer and games not played during rush hour or during NFL games, draws exceedingly well? Really odd.
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There are plenty of explanations that can be offered up for the paltry attendance despite the popularity of the sport generally. But it doesn't change the fact that you would expect more people to attend that game in that location regardless of time started or alternatives on tv given soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Lighten up dude.
 
Allying me with Reff is just plain mean. By the way several people besides Reff and I think you should have to score to win a championship.
 
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