mia hamm, hope solo, alex morgan, abby wambach, mr spicegirl, donovan something, van persie ( i actually watched the arsenal-sunderland game last week)
Beckham, Donovan, Freddy Adu(sp?), Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo. George Best. The first 5 I hear talked about on ESPN when I bother to watch it. George Best I only heard of because someone I know just bought his retro jersey.
Americans didn't start calling it soccer, it was the British. In fact, in the early days of the sport, among the upper echelons of British society, the proper term for the sport was “Soccer”. Not only that, but the sport being referred to as “Soccer” preceded the first recorded instance of it being called by the singular word “Football” by about 18 years. Once it became more popular with the middle and lower class, the term “Football” gradually began dominating over “Soccer” and the then official name “Association Football”
Americans didn't start calling it soccer, it was the British. In fact, in the early days of the sport, among the upper echelons of British society, the proper term for the sport was “Soccer”. Not only that, but the sport being referred to as “Soccer” preceded the first recorded instance of it being called by the singular word “Football” by about 18 years. Once it became more popular with the middle and lower class, the term “Football” gradually began dominating over “Soccer” and the then official name “Association Football”
I thought soccer was a derivation of the name "association football". I believe the first game called "football" was actually rugby, or rugby football to give it its proper name. Thus the term association football was created to distinguish soccer from rugby.
Tell you what, how about we call the game played with feet...oh lets say football and the one where you dress up nice and safe like and pick the ball up with your hands...Handball? hows that, nice and simple and accurately decribed to ease confusion
Tell you what, how about we call the game played with feet...oh lets say football and the one where you dress up nice and safe like and pick the ball up with your hands...Handball? hows that, nice and simple and accurately decribed to ease confusion
Drop the "u" from flavor and color, forsake the metric system, and move your island farther away from France and we'll consider your request.
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
Well, okay, but only if you guys stop saying Aluminium with all those stretched out syllables
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint. I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint. I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Your turn...
just to interject, ruby kicks ass no matter where you're from.
i'm sure this would get me hung in the lone star state, but if you wanted to make football better, it woulud be rugby. it would be akin to playing ice hockey in figure skating outfits.
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint. I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Your turn...
just to interject, ruby kicks ass no matter where you're from.
i'm sure this would get me hung in the lone star state, but if you wanted to make football better, it woulud be rugby. it would be akin to playing ice hockey in figure skating outfits.
Okay, in Michigan, Detroit specifically, that last sentence would get you a one way ticket to Quebec, in a body bag. Which, to correct Knight, damn well might as well be France! And I view "soccer" as a bunch of light weights that can't stand to get their hands durty!
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint. I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Your turn...
just to interject, ruby kicks ass no matter where you're from.
i'm sure this would get me hung in the lone star state, but if you wanted to make football better, it woulud be rugby. it would be akin to playing ice hockey in figure skating outfits.
Okay, in Michigan, Detroit specifically, that last sentence would get you a one way ticket to Quebec, in a body bag. Which, to correct Knight, damn well might as well be France! And I view "soccer" as a bunch of light weights that can't stand to get their hands durty!
yeah, I've played a ton of hockey in Detroit. it wouldn't be the first time they tried that and failed.
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint. I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Your turn...
just to interject, ruby kicks ass no matter where you're from.
i'm sure this would get me hung in the lone star state, but if you wanted to make football better, it woulud be rugby. it would be akin to playing ice hockey in figure skating outfits.
Okay, in Michigan, Detroit specifically, that last sentence would get you a one way ticket to Quebec, in a body bag. Which, to correct Knight, damn well might as well be France! And I view "soccer" as a bunch of light weights that can't stand to get their hands durty!
yeah, I've played a ton of hockey in Detroit. it wouldn't be the first time they tried that and failed.
So Wamam, do you play hockey in tights with or without the tutu? (Slapshot?)
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint. I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Your turn...
just to interject, ruby kicks ass no matter where you're from.
i'm sure this would get me hung in the lone star state, but if you wanted to make football better, it woulud be rugby. it would be akin to playing ice hockey in figure skating outfits.
Okay, in Michigan, Detroit specifically, that last sentence would get you a one way ticket to Quebec, in a body bag. Which, to correct Knight, damn well might as well be France! And I view "soccer" as a bunch of light weights that can't stand to get their hands durty!
yeah, I've played a ton of hockey in Detroit. it wouldn't be the first time they tried that and failed.
So Wamam, do you play hockey in tights with or without the tutu? (Slapshot?)
nothin' but a jock...bare ass and all. nobody follows me into the corner!
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint. I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Your turn...
just to interject, ruby kicks ass no matter where you're from.
i'm sure this would get me hung in the lone star state, but if you wanted to make football better, it woulud be rugby. it would be akin to playing ice hockey in figure skating outfits.
Okay, in Michigan, Detroit specifically, that last sentence would get you a one way ticket to Quebec, in a body bag. Which, to correct Knight, damn well might as well be France! And I view "soccer" as a bunch of light weights that can't stand to get their hands durty!
yeah, I've played a ton of hockey in Detroit. it wouldn't be the first time they tried that and failed.
So Wamam, do you play hockey in tights with or without the tutu? (Slapshot?)
nothin' but a jock...bare ass and all. nobody follows me into the corner!
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint. I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Your turn...
The Bald Eagle is your National symbol right enough...though of course it's not bald, another example of the American fetish for just making shit up. You have many national symbols not just one...The Flag for example? and don't forget Bruce Springsteen (one of your more...eloquent spokesmen) As for geography skills? of course you mistake my sarcasm, I was suggesting Canada might as well be France (we are playing with national stereotypes after all)...but of course I apologies, you don't do sarcasm, subtly or irony. And while we are on the subject of geography I do hope you are one of the 2% of Americans that have a passport, and one on the 8% that can actually point to Ireland on a map...and not one of the 3% that actually think we are an American state somewhere in the corn belt. (all those numbers are of course made up, but within I think the spirit of a good rant)
Oh the spell check...an American one, on an American web site so of course it is wrong.
Rugby is the sport American "Football" is based on, same picking up of the ball, same ways of scoring, but lacking the only playing for a few moments before stopping for a rest, and all the padding....
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint. I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Your turn...
The Bald Eagle is your National symbol right enough...though of course it's not bald, another example of the American fetish for just making shit up. You have many national symbols not just one...The Flag for example? and don't forget Bruce Springsteen (one of your more...eloquent spokesmen) As for geography skills? of course you mistake my sarcasm, I was suggesting Canada might as well be France (we are playing with national stereotypes after all)...but of course I apologies, you don't do sarcasm, subtly or irony. And while we are on the subject of geography I do hope you are one of the 2% of Americans that have a passport, and one on the 8% that can actually point to Ireland on a map...and not one of the 3% that actually think we are an American state somewhere in the corn belt. (all those numbers are of course made up, but within I think the spirit of a good rant)
Oh the spell check...an American one, on an American web site so of course it is wrong.
Rugby is the sport American "Football" is based on, same picking up of the ball, same ways of scoring, but lacking the only playing for a few moments before stopping for a rest, and all the padding....
Back to you Mister Jones
They call it a Bald Eagle because it doesn't have hair...I'm surprised you didn't know that. We don't like hairy icons in America. I actually have started a petition to replace the Boss with Howie Mandel. I have never heard of sarcasm...nor do I use an iron. I don't have a passport due to my irrational fear of the French...they will vacation almost anywhere but Texas so I'm reluctant to be even eligible to go somewhere else. I didn't realize that they let Ireland on the map already...when did that happen? I thought they were gonna make them sober up first. I set my spellcheck to Irish, but for some reason, it indicated that even intentionally misspelled words were spelled correctly...standards must be different over there. As far as pads for football players, Americans like to be able to identify players by their numbers and not by their current injuries and patterns of scarring from previous matches.
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby.
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint. I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Your turn...
The Bald Eagle is your National symbol right enough...though of course it's not bald, another example of the American fetish for just making shit up. You have many national symbols not just one...The Flag for example? and don't forget Bruce Springsteen (one of your more...eloquent spokesmen) As for geography skills? of course you mistake my sarcasm, I was suggesting Canada might as well be France (we are playing with national stereotypes after all)...but of course I apologies, you don't do sarcasm, subtly or irony. And while we are on the subject of geography I do hope you are one of the 2% of Americans that have a passport, and one on the 8% that can actually point to Ireland on a map...and not one of the 3% that actually think we are an American state somewhere in the corn belt. (all those numbers are of course made up, but within I think the spirit of a good rant)
Oh the spell check...an American one, on an American web site so of course it is wrong.
Rugby is the sport American "Football" is based on, same picking up of the ball, same ways of scoring, but lacking the only playing for a few moments before stopping for a rest, and all the padding....
Back to you Mister Jones
They call it a Bald Eagle because it doesn't have hair...I'm surprised you didn't know that. We don't like hairy icons in America. I actually have started a petition to replace the Boss with Howie Mandel. I have never heard of sarcasm...nor do I use an iron. I don't have a passport due to my irrational fear of the French...they will vacation almost anywhere but Texas so I'm reluctant to be even eligible to go somewhere else. I didn't realize that they let Ireland on the map already...when did that happen? I thought they were gonna make them sober up first. I set my spellcheck to Irish, but for some reason, it indicated that even intentionally misspelled words were spelled correctly...standards must be different over there. As far as pads for football players, Americans like to be able to identify players by their numbers and not by their current injuries and patterns of scarring from previous matches.
Ball's in your court
Okay, I tried to break the LIKE button on this one. It quit working though...
@wamam87 We don't hang folks anymore...we have guns for that. I don't think bashing football in Texas would be a death sentence, but I certainly wouldn't test that theory in a crowd. I understand that folks outside of the USA have a humorous view of football pads and protective gear but it's just a game. Without that gear the injured list would be longer than the active roster. I was just kidding about rugby...I do know what it is and it does kick ass.
mia hamm, hope solo, alex morgan, abby wambach, mr spicegirl, donovan something, van persie ( i actually watched the arsenal-sunderland game last week)
Football.... ITS FOOTBALL!!!!.gif "54")
rant over
Pele, Beckham
David Beckham (sp?) and that Hamm chick.
Beckham, Donovan, Freddy Adu(sp?), Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo. George Best. The first 5 I hear talked about on ESPN when I bother to watch it. George Best I only heard of because someone I know just bought his retro jersey.
David Beckham
Pele
Mia Hamm
Can't be football, that's a different sport with pads. Silly non-Americans!
Wait, isn't there a soccer player named Snooki?
Call us silly? you play what you like to call FOOTball with your hands...and while I'm at it, the rest of the world are not simply non Americans.gif "53")
Here's your "the more you know" post of the day.
Americans didn't start calling it soccer, it was the British. In fact, in the early days of the sport, among the upper echelons of British society, the proper term for the sport was “Soccer”. Not only that, but the sport being referred to as “Soccer” preceded the first recorded instance of it being called by the singular word “Football” by about 18 years. Once it became more popular with the middle and lower class, the term “Football” gradually began dominating over “Soccer” and the then official name “Association Football”
I thought soccer was a derivation of the name "association football". I believe the first game called "football" was actually rugby, or rugby football to give it its proper name. Thus the term association football was created to distinguish soccer from rugby.
Rugby football
American football
Association football
Gaelic football (only played in Ireland)
Any more footballs in existence?
Tell you what, how about we call the game played with feet...oh lets say football and the one where you dress up nice and safe like and pick the ball up with your hands...Handball? hows that, nice and simple and accurately decribed to ease confusion
Drop the "u" from flavor and color, forsake the metric system, and move your island farther away from France and we'll consider your request..gif "1")
Oh don't blame us for your inability to spell correctly, and if the ability to count up to ten is a problem...well I would take a good look at your education system. We also have the good sense to keep the UK between us and France, America of course has a border with France...sorry Canada, and a bleedin great French statue as a national symbol...so if you want to play football stop picking the ball up, or, take off all that padding, stay on the pitch for the whole game and call it rugby..gif "21")
Well, okay, but only if you guys stop saying Aluminium with all those stretched out syllables.gif "59")
I had actually spelled those words with a "u" but spell check got em. I knew I could count on you for a good rant, Knight, and you didn't disappoint.
I guess the main reason I don't know any soccer players is because I've been out of the third grade for a long time...I'm sure my daughter may know a few...she's what known in Texas as "soccer age." We also have a border with Mexico but we don't confuse Mexico with Spain...don't they teach geography where you live? Our national symbol is the Bald Eagle, but we do have a big French chick in New York. And on your last point...I don't know what rugby is but it sounds like a children's game...like soccer.
Your turn...
just to interject, ruby kicks ass no matter where you're from.
i'm sure this would get me hung in the lone star state, but if you wanted to make football better, it woulud be rugby. it would be akin to playing ice hockey in figure skating outfits.
Okay, in Michigan, Detroit specifically, that last sentence would get you a one way ticket to Quebec, in a body bag. Which, to correct Knight, damn well might as well be France! And I view "soccer" as a bunch of light weights that can't stand to get their hands durty!
So Wamam, do you play hockey in tights with or without the tutu? (Slapshot?)
New meaning to the term "penalty box"...
The Bald Eagle is your National symbol right enough...though of course it's not bald, another example of the American fetish for just making shit up. You have many national symbols not just one...The Flag for example? and don't forget Bruce Springsteen (one of your more...eloquent spokesmen) As for geography skills? of course you mistake my sarcasm, I was suggesting Canada might as well be France (we are playing with national stereotypes after all)...but of course I apologies, you don't do sarcasm, subtly or irony. And while we are on the subject of geography I do hope you are one of the 2% of Americans that have a passport, and one on the 8% that can actually point to Ireland on a map...and not one of the 3% that actually think we are an American state somewhere in the corn belt. (all those numbers are of course made up, but within I think the spirit of a good rant)
Oh the spell check...an American one, on an American web site so of course it is wrong.
Rugby is the sport American "Football" is based on, same picking up of the ball, same ways of scoring, but lacking the only playing for a few moments before stopping for a rest, and all the padding....
Back to you Mister Jones
They call it a Bald Eagle because it doesn't have hair...I'm surprised you didn't know that. We don't like hairy icons in America. I actually have started a petition to replace the Boss with Howie Mandel. I have never heard of sarcasm...nor do I use an iron. I don't have a passport due to my irrational fear of the French...they will vacation almost anywhere but Texas so I'm reluctant to be even eligible to go somewhere else. I didn't realize that they let Ireland on the map already...when did that happen? I thought they were gonna make them sober up first. I set my spellcheck to Irish, but for some reason, it indicated that even intentionally misspelled words were spelled correctly...standards must be different over there. As far as pads for football players, Americans like to be able to identify players by their numbers and not by their current injuries and patterns of scarring from previous matches..gif "36")
Ball's in your court
Okay, I tried to break the LIKE button on this one. It quit working though...
David Beckham and Pele.
For what it's worth, I can name just about as many current American basketball players.
Yeh, soccer is a sport.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioyt2zzm530
@wamam87 We don't hang folks anymore...we have guns for that. I don't think bashing football in Texas would be a death sentence, but I certainly wouldn't test that theory in a crowd. I understand that folks outside of the USA have a humorous view of football pads and protective gear but it's just a game. Without that gear the injured list would be longer than the active roster. I was just kidding about rugby...I do know what it is and it does kick ass.