FIFA sucks.

PolishDomer · 2026-04-16T23:48:01-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
wow you quote one city and think its all over. Tell me dude, what crowds do college soccer teams draw. MLS has how many per year?
you soccer bots are pathetic

Well that one metro area is around 8 million so yeah...this is the one global sport that EVERYONE in other countries play as one of the primary sports in a country. This has been discussed in various articles and such but one of the issues, is the sports culture here in the US. Traditionally its been baseball, football, basketball...most countries its soccer and thats it...

That is one of the issues here is the lack of resources dedicated to making it affordable...my folks are immigrants from...Poland..shocking...
When i played over 40 years ago in the Chicago area, it was primarily ethnic teams (Polish, German, Lithuanian, Serbs, Croatians, Argentinians, Assyrians, etc). We didnt pay anything per my dad as all the businesses supported the teams.

Nowadays, its true pay to play and a boom in youth clubs all over the US...give it another 20 years and soccer will get to 2 most likely...

PolishDomer · 2026-04-16T23:49:57-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
wow you quote one city and think its all over. Tell me dude, what crowds do college non-football/basketball teams draw? MLS has many fans per year! The Messi effect.
you soccer boys are dedicated

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T00:24:53-0400

PolishDomer said:
Well that one metro area is around 8 million so yeah...this is the one global sport that EVERYONE in other countries play as one of the primary sports in a country. This has been discussed in various articles and such but one of the issues, is the sports culture here in the US. Traditionally its been baseball, football, basketball...most countries its soccer and thats it...

That is one of the issues here is the lack of resources dedicated to making it affordable...my folks are immigrants from...Poland..shocking...
When i played over 40 years ago in the Chicago area, it was primarily ethnic teams (Polish, German, Lithuanian, Serbs, Croatians, Argentinians, Assyrians, etc). We didnt pay anything per my dad as all the businesses supported the teams.

Nowadays, its true pay to play and a boom in youth clubs all over the US...give it another 20 years and soccer will get to 2 most likely...

You fools said that twenty years ago
and twenty years before that
Lack of resources? What will be your next excuse?

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T00:26:25-0400

so you rewrite my post and think anyone did not notice"
moron alert

Notre Dame Joe · 2026-04-17T04:27:29-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
You fools said that twenty years ago
and twenty years before that
Lack of resources? What will be your next excuse?

Soccer is the game of the future and always will be.

stlnd01 · 2026-04-17T06:49:02-0400

PolishDomer said:
Well that one metro area is around 8 million so yeah...this is the one global sport that EVERYONE in other countries play as one of the primary sports in a country. This has been discussed in various articles and such but one of the issues, is the sports culture here in the US. Traditionally its been baseball, football, basketball...most countries its soccer and thats it...

That is one of the issues here is the lack of resources dedicated to making it affordable...my folks are immigrants from...Poland..shocking...
When i played over 40 years ago in the Chicago area, it was primarily ethnic teams (Polish, German, Lithuanian, Serbs, Croatians, Argentinians, Assyrians, etc). We didnt pay anything per my dad as all the businesses supported the teams.

Nowadays, its true pay to play and a boom in youth clubs all over the US...give it another 20 years and soccer will get to 2 most likely...

Youth soccer is indeed huge. The (very affordable) youth league where I live outside Boston has 2,000 kids who play every Saturday. It's wild. High school and club soccer around here are pretty robust as well. More kids today play soccer than anything else and I don't think it's all that close.

Then those kids all go home and watch the Sox, Celtics and Patriots. If they watch soccer, it's EPL or La Liga. Maybe they go to a Revs game once or twice a season, but the number of people who seriously follow MLS in most markets is pretty small. The national team gets a little buzz at times but MLS has no media presence. I'm not even clear how I'd watch an MLS game on TV. Apple TV?

Maybe that will change as more Americans grow up playing (and thus appreciating) soccer, but people have been saying that since the 90s. I think we as Americans are rather spoiled in having the best players/leagues in the world in our preferred sports. That's clearly not the case with US soccer and hard to see how it ever will be. And without the marketing muscle and cultural relevance of a major pro sports league behind it, how do we expect soccer will ever attain its "rightful" place as our #2 sport behind "American football?"

Ophiocordyceps · 2026-04-17T07:21:05-0400

DCK_1981 said:
Not just FIFA have you seen the prices of thr Olympic tickets. It would cost our family of 4 over $1000 to just go watch badminton

It sure beats the 1900 Olympics which consisted of poodle clipping and live pigeon shooting.

GowerND11 · 2026-04-17T08:24:55-0400

It's the US tax. World Cups elsewhere are no where near this level of insane greed. Cities and states are raising transit rates to astronomical numbers. It's just really sad that it would have probably been MUCH cheaper to travel to Qatar for the last WC than to travel the 2 hours to Philly and see Curacao v Ivory Coast.

GowerND11 · 2026-04-17T08:26:14-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
You fools said that twenty years ago
and twenty years before that
Lack of resources? What will be your next excuse?

We get it, you probably still call soccer players foot fairies. You're edgy and cool.

PolishDomer · 2026-04-17T08:55:21-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
so you rewrite my post and think anyone did not notice"
moron alert

Congratulations! You passed my reading comprehension test! I will be sending you your Certificate of Completion...just need your address and your Social Security # so we can record it with the US Dept of Education

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T09:53:52-0400

PolishDomer said:
Congratulations! You passed my reading comprehension test! I will be sending you your Certificate of Completion...just need your address and your Social Security # so we can record it with the US Dept of Education

wow, you need professional help
but then you probably are dumb enough to think this is something to boast about

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T09:54:53-0400

GowerND11 said:
We get it, you probably still call soccer players foot fairies. You're edgy and cool.

you soccer bots have been saying the same thing since Pele was here.
Now, how many years ago was that?

Come on, you can count that high, right?

GowerND11 · 2026-04-17T10:01:52-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
you soccer bots have been saying the same thing since Pele was here.
Now, how many years ago was that?

Come on, you can count that high, right?

You don't like soccer. Ok... So why keep commenting on here?

IDK who you are, but you have come in here guns blazing acting like a jackass.

fightingirish26 · 2026-04-17T10:07:38-0400

nearly every single post, in every thread, is abrasive. mods have a job to do.

MacIrish75 · 2026-04-17T10:29:03-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
you soccer bots have been saying the same thing since Pele was here.
Now, how many years ago was that?

Come on, you can count that high, right?

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T11:30:26-0400

GowerND11 said:
You don't like soccer. Ok... So why keep commenting on here?

IDK who you are, but you have come in here guns blazing acting like a jackass.

you poor little soccer bots are so sensitive
because you know I am right

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T11:31:28-0400

fightingirish26 said:
nearly every single post, in every thread, is abrasive. mods have a job to do.

only for certain fools like soccer bots
and only those of a certain political DISEASE are always in favor of censorship
so no one disturbs you little echo chamber

PolishDomer · 2026-04-17T11:41:27-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
wow, you need professional help
but then you probably are dumb enough to think this is something to boast about

How much more computer time do you have today at the asylum?

GowerND11 · 2026-04-17T11:47:23-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
you poor little soccer bots are so sensitive
because you know I am right

Right about what? You hate the game? Cool. Move along little buddy. Soccer is growing in the US, sucks for you.

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T12:05:28-0400

GowerND11 said:
Right about what? You hate the game? Cool. Move along little buddy. Soccer is growing in the US, sucks for you.

soccer is only for kids here; sucks for you

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T12:05:59-0400

PolishDomer said:
How much more computer time do you have today at the asylum?

you are the inmate, so tell me.

PolishDomer · 2026-04-17T12:12:36-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
you are the inmate, so tell me.

I checked with my wife and brother, who are both in the medical fields, and they assure me I never was an inmate, although my wife suggests that sometimes I am crazy...

Again, send me your address...Ill order some nice white jackets with backward-facing locking straps for you...what's your size?

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T12:44:33-0400

PolishDomer said:
I checked with my wife and brother, who are both in the medical fields, and they assure me I never was an inmate, although my wife suggests that sometimes I am crazy...

Again, send me your address...Ill order some nice white jackets with backward-facing locking straps for you...what's your size?

so they are janitors at a hospital?
I really hit a nerve so I bet you have been in for evaluation in the past...

GowerND11 · 2026-04-17T12:49:48-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
soccer is only for kids here; sucks for you

It isn't but keep the rage going dude! Sorry your girl left you for a soccer player, I guess.

PolishDomer · 2026-04-17T12:52:01-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
so they are janitors at a hospital?
I really hit a nerve so I bet you have been in for evaluation in the past...

No, they are both medically-trained...they can refer you to someone who can help you...let me know.

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T12:56:55-0400

PolishDomer said:
No, they are both medically-trained...they can refer you to someone who can help you...let me know.

ah, so they are first aid qualified?

burmafrd1944 · 2026-04-17T12:57:36-0400

GowerND11 said:
It isn't but keep the rage going dude! Sorry your girl left you for a soccer player, I guess.

soccer bots try and be funny but only manage to be pathetic
clearly I hit a nerve with your pink panty crowd

MacIrish75 · 2026-04-17T13:20:28-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
soccer bots try and be funny but only manage to be pathetic
clearly I hit a nerve with your pink panty crowd

GowerND11 · 2026-04-17T13:21:10-0400

burmafrd1944 said:
soccer bots try and be funny but only manage to be pathetic
clearly I hit a nerve with your pink panty crowd

I was right when I said you call players foot fairies!

Oh man, you're either 13 or the saddest millennial still living like its 2002. Probably still think Disturbed is the heaviest band you ever heard.

MacIrish75 · 2026-04-17T13:22:22-0400

GowerND11 said:
I was right when I said you call players foot fairies!

Oh man, you're either 13 or the saddest millennial still living like its 2002. Probably still think Disturbed is the heaviest band you ever heard.

There is no way he isn’t 60+ years old based on his beliefs and formatting of his posts.

FIFA sucks.

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