Globalization and the internet have had a huge effect on soccer fandom in the US,much bigger than the effect immigration has had. We live in a global society now. Being a fan of high level European soccer is arguably easier in this country than being a fan of American sports. I have to pay $400 a ton of extra money to get every NFL, NHL, MLB or NBA game but watch every EPL game without paying extra...granted, I have to wake up early on Saturday mornings to watch, but it just gives me an excuse to start drinking at 9 am.
Also, because football has the concussion concerns and baseball is so expensive for kids these days with the travel teams, batting cages etc. almost every elementary school kid in my area plays soccer. My old school (in a town under 2,000 people) used to be a all about basketball school from kindergarten all the way up to highschool, but soccer has taken over completely. The school held a three day regional soccer tournament a month or so ago. It's completely crazy how fast the sport is growing, and if Qatar loses the 2022 World Cup and it's awarded to the US it will only get crazier.
Anyways, I don't know how people in this thread can be shocked that a 50 year old xenophobic alcoholic who lives alone in a compound and gets his talking points and opinions from right wing media can be completely out of touch.
Coulter is funny but the sad thing about her and the other trolls on Fox such as O'Reilly is their audience takes it as fact and as a result our country gets retarded
Americans trashing football(soccer) is such a hacky bit at this point. I'm European and I don't give a fuck about football, but I give even less of a fuck what Americans think about it, yet every four years out come the same lame old jokes. You know what Europeans do when the Superbowl is on? Nothing, because most of us are in bed because it's Sunday and we've got work in the morning.
I'm listening to the 2006 summer shows and they are doing the same thing. If you compiled their 2006 and 2010 shows you could get their 2014 shows.
Mexicans watch boxing. The ones that do watch soccer, watch Mexican soccer on spanish channels.
American soccer is a 100% white sport and the only people in America going nuts over the world cup are white people. Everyone playing soccer on youth and even college teams are lily-white Aryans.
Signed: a white guy that lives in a border state and plays soccer.
And judging by the number of said Toyota Corollas with three hub cap spinners, sloppily-applied flame decals, and mismatched parts, I'd say just about as much taste as Fruit Stripe gum.
Now now, bandwagoning doesn't know any race, creed, ethnicity or nationality. We can ALL pretend to give a shit about soccer this month before forgetting about it for another four years.
Ant can't handle 32 countries and their fans getting together to have a good time.
I watched all three US games and the US fans were all white, big toothed goofy looking cunts.There was one black US chick seen at the Portugal game .....i guess the cameraman was surprised because the camera stayed on her for two minutes .
But it's quite the poetic image, innit; all the illegals tumbling in like shiftless, entitled droplets, forming pools of lawlessness and societal regression.
If you aren't kidding, you sound as ridiculous as anyone else who over-generalizes an entire populace based on a few personal experiences. It's tiring.
I can't wait til this fucking world cup bullshit is over, I couldn't possibly care less about it and am bombarded with "news" about it all day err'day.
The popularity of soccer is a very politicized issue. Liberals, hipsters, and city-dwellers from red states typically enjoy soccer on a cultural level because it has the image of being a sport that impoverished brown people play, because it doesn't require expensive equipment like football and basketball, which are seen as hyper masculine Americanised sports. Anyone brown skinned is a sacred cow to liberals, so anything from their culture must be lauded as superior.
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33 CDoci 2014-06-26
He's just upset Tunisia got eliminated.
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21 JCP_1975 2014-06-26
He stole this straight from that lizard cunt, Ann Coulter, and trying to ride on her coat tails.
“If more ‘Americans’ are watching soccer today, it’s only because of the demographic switch effected by Teddy Kennedy’s 1965 immigration law.”
How edgy!
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1 tehjarvis 2014-06-26
Globalization and the internet have had a huge effect on soccer fandom in the US,much bigger than the effect immigration has had. We live in a global society now. Being a fan of high level European soccer is arguably easier in this country than being a fan of American sports. I have to pay $400 a ton of extra money to get every NFL, NHL, MLB or NBA game but watch every EPL game without paying extra...granted, I have to wake up early on Saturday mornings to watch, but it just gives me an excuse to start drinking at 9 am.
Also, because football has the concussion concerns and baseball is so expensive for kids these days with the travel teams, batting cages etc. almost every elementary school kid in my area plays soccer. My old school (in a town under 2,000 people) used to be a all about basketball school from kindergarten all the way up to highschool, but soccer has taken over completely. The school held a three day regional soccer tournament a month or so ago. It's completely crazy how fast the sport is growing, and if Qatar loses the 2022 World Cup and it's awarded to the US it will only get crazier.
Anyways, I don't know how people in this thread can be shocked that a 50 year old xenophobic alcoholic who lives alone in a compound and gets his talking points and opinions from right wing media can be completely out of touch.
-7 geneseoalum 2014-06-26
Coulter is funny but the sad thing about her and the other trolls on Fox such as O'Reilly is their audience takes it as fact and as a result our country gets retarded
8 okconsumer 2014-06-26
The last adjective I would use to describe Ann Coulter is funny
2 Eddie_Savitz_Pizza 2014-06-26
maybe funny in a tragic sense. Like a clown with AIDS
16 I-am-Gizmoduck 2014-06-26
That's such a lame "Fox & Friends" morning show joke...Even if he's trolling, that's just lame.
10 Eddie_Savitz_Pizza 2014-06-26
Newsflash: Anthony is a crazy racist that's detached from reality.
I thought we all knew this already. why are you surprised by anything he says?
7 TheMonkfish 2014-06-26
He just trollin.
5 KR1288 2014-06-26
Yes, 25 million (US ratings for the game) illegal immigrants watched the USA Portugal game.
5 kentrel 2014-06-26
Americans trashing football(soccer) is such a hacky bit at this point. I'm European and I don't give a fuck about football, but I give even less of a fuck what Americans think about it, yet every four years out come the same lame old jokes. You know what Europeans do when the Superbowl is on? Nothing, because most of us are in bed because it's Sunday and we've got work in the morning.
I'm listening to the 2006 summer shows and they are doing the same thing. If you compiled their 2006 and 2010 shows you could get their 2014 shows.
0 kgt5003 2014-06-26
Does the Super Bowl get broadcast over there?
0 mohabidt 2014-06-26
Yes
0 kgt5003 2014-06-26
Does every game or just the Bowl?
1 mohabidt 2014-06-26
Here in Denmark they show about five games per week. I'm pretty sure it's at least the same in Germany and UK.
1 kgt5003 2014-06-26
No shit. I wasn't even asking as a joke. I genuinely didn't think they broadcasted NFL games overseas. Is it popular over there?
2 mohabidt 2014-06-26
It does fairly well. It's probably most popular in Germany. Sebastian Vollmer is german and plays for the Patriots.
4 U_AreFuckedInTheHead 2014-06-26
Are implying that this is not a rational well thought out opinion? By Ant? I highly doubt that.
4 NoremacMartin 2014-06-26
Anthony is so delusional.
At least he's funny though.
4 stevenknight 2014-06-26
he's just being silly
4 bouras 2014-06-26
just catering to a huge swath of his audience.
4 geneseoalum 2014-06-26
Ant is a fucking retard.
Mexicans watch boxing. The ones that do watch soccer, watch Mexican soccer on spanish channels.
American soccer is a 100% white sport and the only people in America going nuts over the world cup are white people. Everyone playing soccer on youth and even college teams are lily-white Aryans.
Signed: a white guy that lives in a border state and plays soccer.
7 TheMonkfish 2014-06-26
I don't know. Since this thing started I've been seeing a lot of cars on the road flying flags that look like Fruit Stripe gum.
2 geneseoalum 2014-06-26
Well considering over 80% of the teams advancing have fruit stripe flags im not surprised
2 rjl_ 2014-06-26
And judging by the number of said Toyota Corollas with three hub cap spinners, sloppily-applied flame decals, and mismatched parts, I'd say just about as much taste as Fruit Stripe gum.
1 TheMonkfish 2014-06-26
They make me feel like a fancy man. The doors on my cheap imported car actually match.
3 Mauklauke 2014-06-26
Damn....Good on you for being so open about your sexuality. Im proud of you.
3 mintwaltman 2014-06-26
Not everyone on the US team is white
2 WayneRooneysHairPlug 2014-06-26
I live in Dallas and the bar I went to today was jam packed with white people.
4 keytoitall 2014-06-26
He's an idiot. He just happens to be a funny idiot.
4 [deleted] 2014-06-26
Now now, bandwagoning doesn't know any race, creed, ethnicity or nationality. We can ALL pretend to give a shit about soccer this month before forgetting about it for another four years.
2 JensaaraiBronitarian 2014-06-26
First response to him.
@AnthonyCumia you are all immigrants silly.
Got a laugh out of me.
1 MrFMF 2014-06-26
if he ever fact checked anything before spouting off his nonsense he would see, yet again, what he is saying is completely inaccurate.
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1 pekingoose 2014-06-26
Ant can't handle 32 countries and their fans getting together to have a good time.
I watched all three US games and the US fans were all white, big toothed goofy looking cunts.There was one black US chick seen at the Portugal game .....i guess the cameraman was surprised because the camera stayed on her for two minutes .
0 devilsadvocate33 2014-06-26
But it's quite the poetic image, innit; all the illegals tumbling in like shiftless, entitled droplets, forming pools of lawlessness and societal regression.
0 JapanChip 2014-06-26
Who cares. It's just a tweet.
0 NoremacMartin 2014-06-26
He claims the high ratings are because of illegals watching it.
Meanwhile he's watching it. His logic is deeply flawed.
Can't he see that if he's watching it, other people who aren't regular soccer fans would be watching also?
-1 Wolfhoof 2014-06-26
Mexicans hate America, though. They'd rather cheer for the Mexican team than the US team which has been getting record viewings this year.
9 JCP_1975 2014-06-26
Americans hate Mexico. Even Steven.
If you aren't kidding, you sound as ridiculous as anyone else who over-generalizes an entire populace based on a few personal experiences. It's tiring.
5 Mitchull 2014-06-26
You're an imbecile. They probably love America more than most Americans.
Source: I'm in charge of several Mexicans.
4 mintwaltman 2014-06-26
What about all the 'Italians' born and raised in the US (and never been to Italy) who root for Italy?
-2 LLC90 2014-06-26
You cunts will get upset about anything
-3 [deleted] 2014-06-26
I can't wait til this fucking world cup bullshit is over, I couldn't possibly care less about it and am bombarded with "news" about it all day err'day.
-5 poopstainmcgoo 2014-06-26
He's trolling, you dope.
4 Taurox 2014-06-26
Is that the bit?
-5 cc1945 2014-06-26
He's not out of touch.
The popularity of soccer is a very politicized issue. Liberals, hipsters, and city-dwellers from red states typically enjoy soccer on a cultural level because it has the image of being a sport that impoverished brown people play, because it doesn't require expensive equipment like football and basketball, which are seen as hyper masculine Americanised sports. Anyone brown skinned is a sacred cow to liberals, so anything from their culture must be lauded as superior.
4 kgt5003 2014-06-26
You really think liberals like soccer because they relate it to brown people? Jesus Christ.
0 tehjarvis 2014-06-26
A sport that was popularized by and has been dominated mostly by Europeans...
2 Eddie_Savitz_Pizza 2014-06-26
Holy shit, are you ever dumb.
1 bouras 2014-06-26
Stopped reading after liberals.
0 mohabidt 2014-06-26
Yes