World Cup

[sportsfanatic21]

Love this post.
Soccer is currently overtaking baseball as the most played youth sport in the country, and it's happening almost overnight.

It does seem that way, but people have been saying this for nearly 20 years, and we haven't seen a whole lot of benefit internationally. At least in the men's game.

[CrazyCajun]

So futbol and boxing can be?

How about baseball:

One team gets 11 hits and draws 3 walks. Hits into a couple double plays, goes 0-7 with men in scoring position, and leaves 12 guys on base.

The other gets 3 hits, one is a 2 out double followed by a single. Team B wins 1-0.



I just realized how eerily familiar that sounds.

Because your baseball and football analogies have the better team failing to get it done. The boxing analogy is about it being the veterans plan all along. Soccer is such a different game. Not a dig at you but a lot of people who think they get it, still don't really get it. Which is ok. I played most of my life and I didn't really get it until I played under a really great coach. Most youth coaches don't completely understand the game because it's still relatively new to most.

[RCAJUN90]

Love this post.
Soccer is currently overtaking baseball as the most played youth sport in the country, and it's happening almost overnight.

How old are you? I don't mean that as an insult but I went through all of this in the 70's. The Great Pele played for the New York Cosmos if my memory is correct. Youth soccer boomed all over the U.S. I would say that Youth Soccer is the #1 sport in America right now. You can go to almost any field and see dozens of games being played. It drops dead in high school. Why? It's just my opinion but our best players go for football, basketball and baseball. Those sports offer more prestige and the potential for a college scholarship.

[sportsfanatic21]

Because your baseball and football analogies have the better team failing to get it done. The boxing analogy is about it being the veterans plan all along. Soccer is such a different game. Not a dig at you but a lot of people who think they get it, still don't really get it. Which is ok. I played most of my life and I didn't really get it until I played under a really great coach. Most youth coaches don't completely understand the game because it's still relatively new to most.

No, I get it. I played quite a bit of soccer myself before I got to the point of concentrating on my sport of choice in HS. And I'm making those analogies because I do believe that the better team did not get it done. Ghana has beaten the US repeatedly in World Cup soccer (I may be mistaken, but I think I'm correct), so they would be the veteran in the boxing analogy. And the story would be written differently.

All of you who think the American team is in the class of the other 3 in our group need to look up our own coach's comments prior to the start of the tourney. He knows we don't have the talent/ability to beat these teams. And he said so. Our guys fought their butts off and won yesterday in a game they probably had no business winning. But they did, so kudos. I loved it!! The better team missed its opportunities, and our team did not. So we won. That's the bottom line.

[MelRock]

#RaginPagin must be really bored if they are arguing about soccer. Football season can't start soon enough #GeauxCajuns

— Drunk Scott Farmer (@FeauxFarmer) June 17, 2014

[CajunRage]

How old are you? I don't mean that as an insult but I went through all of this in the 70's. The Great Pele played for the New York Cosmos if my memory is correct. Youth soccer boomed all over the U.S. I would say that Youth Soccer is the #1 sport in America right now. You can go to almost any field and see dozens of games being played. It drops dead in high school. Why? It's just my opinion but our best players go for football, basketball and baseball. Those sports offer more prestige and the potential for a college scholarship.

What is the biggest contract in MLS history? When is MLS on primetime on major networks? What MLS player do kids "want to grow up to be"?

NFL, NBA, MLB are all on 4-5-6 nights a week on major networks and you can pick out hundreds of players from those sports. That is why soccer falls flat when kids get serious about sports.

[CrazyCajun]

No, I get it. I played quite a bit of soccer myself before I got to the point of concentrating on my sport of choice in HS. And I'm making those analogies because I do believe that the better team did not get it done. Ghana has beaten the US repeatedly in World Cup soccer (I may be mistaken, but I think I'm correct), so they would be the veteran in the boxing analogy. And the story would be written differently.

All of you who think the American team is in the class of the other 3 in our group need to look up our own coach's comments prior to the start of the tourney. He knows we don't have the talent/ability to beat these teams. And he said so. Our guys fought their butts off and won yesterday in a game they probably had no business winning. But they did, so kudos. I loved it!! The better team missed its opportunities, and our team did not. So we won. That's the bottom line.

My point is the US played the only way they had a shot to win, swing early then sit back and try not to get knocked out, let the younger athletic team tire themselves, don't try to keep pace with them because you can't. Because of that strategy we were able to land the late winning punch. If we would have tried to play their game...we would have got destroyed. That's the reason the majority of the game was played on our side of the field. It was the plan.

[CajunRebel]

World class? He shuffled the ball to the left for an open shot.

lol, just stop.

[Frenchie35]

Isn't wild that soccer is a HUGE youth sport in America but dies out in high school. IMHO these are the reasons the sport isn't big in America. No particular order.

1. Dramatic fake injuries to draw fouls
2. Stoppage time (I can't tell when the game is going to end)
3. Tied games
4. Not enough scoring
5. Too many other sports to follow in the U.S.

I don't know much about Soccer.....but take away the offside crap and this game would open up to many goals. Just like throwing the hail Mary pass in the NFL......If I can beat your _____ deep I will score......You better cover me.

[JamesTheJeweler]

My point is the US played the only way they had a shot to win, swing early then sit back and try not to get knocked out, let the younger athletic team tire themselves, don't try to keep pace with them because you can't. Because of that strategy we were able to land the late winning punch. If we would have tried to play their game...we would have got destroyed. That's the reason the majority of the game was played on our side of the field. It was the plan.

i may be talking out my ___ here, because im not a soccer guy. But it seems most teams wouldve used a similar strategy against Ghana because of their style of play...because they are the fastest team in the Cup. Just saying that they played that way more out of strategy rather than because they were "outclassed". Maybe....i dont know.