💬 Why do soccer fans try to force their fandom to others?

[BamaOwnsUGASoul]

ESPECIALLY in this part of the country where you have college football being king of the south, followed by NFL and MLB. I really just don’t get it, that is a sport with far too much lack of action, too many 1-0, and even 0-0 final scores as acceptable outcomes. To me there is no excitement to it, and the athleticism is drastically lower than what you see in every other major sport.

I’ve had a friend, who for some odd reason is obsessed with England and constantly hounding me to watch Atlanta United and saying I should make soccer my primary sport(LMAO), even after me dropping hint after hint that I don’t particular care for the sport, I just cannot watch a bunch of guys kick a ball around back and forth to end the game in a 0-0 final, and I DEFINITELY can’t tolerate all the ridiculous flopping that goes on in it.

College football will always be king here, and nothing anyone can say or do will change that. And he even went so far as to say football fans take things too far. I don’t seem to recall frequent mass riots like what we see with soccer fans, it’s absurd.

 

[alabama mike]

I HATE kickball! Shirts with a collar and silky shorts.......... My oldest son played it from pee wee all the way through high school. He now officiates high school and college games and I still HATE IT.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I live in Atlanta, and I haven't experienced any overbearing soccer acolytes.

Now crossfit is another matter...

 

[UAgrad93]

My son plays it along with football. He likes the physicality that comes with it like his football position. I will say that the only time I find it exciting is when they go to penalty kicks to decide the winner.
I coached it one year at the HS level and damn near got assaulted by some of our own fans after a game! Now I had never said anything derogatory, they still felt that I didn’t really respect the sport. Meh! Still don’t!!

 

[JoshB]

I don't think anything is exciting about soccer or entertaining but a lot of people love it. I have a friend (Mexican immigrant) that absolutely loves it (football too) but he doesn't try to force it on anyone.

 

[russb8903]

That is a sport with far too much lack of action, too many 1-0, and even 0-0 final scores as acceptable outcomes. To me there is no excitement to it, and the athleticism is drastically lower than what you see in every other major sport.

You aren't appreciating any of the rest of the game if you think it has too much lack of action. The same complaint can be said of baseball. To many people nothing happens for 75% of batters, and of the 25% that do get on base, even fewer score.

To say there is a lack of athleticism is just being obtuse. You may not enjoy the sport, but as athletes there are few better. The average soccer player runs 7 miles per game, most of it at a sprint. That doesn't even account for the ball handling, passing, and shooting. To lament the lack of athleticism when you are a fan of a game where a player is lucky to run 360 feet with 3 breaks along the way is laughable.

Alabama fans have killed people over games, so yeah, all sports fans take it too far.

Sounds like the guy is enthusiastic about the sport and as your friend (for whatever reason) wants you to enjoy it as well. God forbid he be enthusiastic about something different than your pre-approved sports. Nobody is claiming it will overtake college football, doesn't mean it can't exist.

 

[bama alum]

I've been coaching soccer for 23 years; I follow Chelsea more closely than I do the Steelers. I have never pushed soccer on anyone here, precisely because of the comments made above.

 

[XXL TideFan]

@russb8903, Wake up in the wrong side of the web?

 

[tider79]

They play soccer down here?

 

[russb8903]

@russb8903, Wake up in the wrong side of the web?

I'm not the one who made a whole new thread of nonsense to complain about other people's preferences.

 

[XXL TideFan]

@russb8903, Wake up in the wrong side of the web?

well

I'm not the one who made a whole new thread of nonsense to complain about other people's preferences.

True....but you ran into his yard then complained about stepping in the dog dooey. Not logical. I think it's a stupid, boring game as well. I just wanted to walk by and tell you that you got dog shit on your soccer shoes. Peace brother.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Love soccer. Have been a Liverpool fan for most of my life. Soccer fans in the US are just like any fan of every other sport....passionate!

 

[JoshB]

They play soccer down here?

You're not serious are you?

 

[It Takes Eleven]

 

[rick4bama]

Atlanta just won the MLS championship game this Saturday! Arthur Blank is the owner of this team! May be the only way he will win a championship game!

 

[Elderfalsedemigod]

Some, I repeat some soccer fans are like vegans. You aren't really a vegan if you don't proselytize for veganism

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Soccer is the world's biggest sport that has never caught on well in the US and folks use it as a proxy against the US. I find it boring and the flopping takes away from any athleticism that might exist. I will say that it is better in person at a real game (not pee wee, high school, or college, but something like MLS) or on a large HD screen in a crowd of fans. Even then it isn't the actual game but the crowd that makes it worth it. Who can't get into a game when you are in the stands with fans singing chants at the other team and the other team fans singing back?

 

[OldPlayer]

Thank God no SEC/ACC/NFL/Notre Dame fans force their fandom on me.

 

[rick4bama]

I remember playing this during P.E.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Not a fan...but for little boys and girls to play together.....its ok...dont have to worry about contact as in pee-wee football...or a baseball ...
...just never had interest.....and had roommate in military that was from Minnesota...and all he ever talked about was Hockey....
passion is what drives us....