On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:34:34 -0400, Harry
wrote:

On 6/17/10 11:23 AM, jps wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:10:39 -0400,
wrote:

...few sporting events are duller to watch than pro soccer or pro
football, U.S.-style, the latter being little more than NASCAR racing in
sneakers, with bits of action filling in between the commericals.

If you didn't grow up with it and you're not a fan of soccer, it's
unlikely you'd understand its allure. In my estimation, it's the most
free flowing and creative of professional team sports.


I'm sure you are right. Soccer to me looks like a great game to play,
but it sure seems boring to watch. Thousands of kids around here and
everywhere else, I bet, are involved in school and after school soccer,
and if they didn't like it, they'd be doing something else.

I played it infrequently as a kid but never got hooked. My kids have
been playing since they were 5. I didn't understand it very well
until I went to see it played live at the UW. Once I saw how the game
worked on the entire field, I was hooked.

It's an awesome sport to watch if you're tuned into the grace, skill,
athleticism and chance (process) and not focused on scoring.

Scoring is the cherry on top.