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In reply to the discussion: What is your opinion of soccer [View all]Fix The Stupid
(997 posts)59. End the diving, end the corruption.
Institute full body contact.
Then it would be an awesome sport.
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Your original title of "I hate soccer" seems to have been modified by the response.....
Fred Sanders
Jun 2014
#10
Never cared for it myself until my daughter started playing competitively.
bluesbassman
Jun 2014
#11
Make the field smaller. Earn more points per goal. Mix men and women in play. Then I'll watch.
ancianita
Jun 2014
#15
Thanks for all the info. But you don't have to sell me. I've played it and my son's played AYSO,
ancianita
Jun 2014
#46
Slightly less boring than basketball, a lot less boring than football.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#22
I don't watch sports but I get happy for those who enjoy it. I would never harsh on
Cha
Jun 2014
#24
It's okay. I think it is great that the American's women's soccer team has done so well. The men's
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2014
#28
It's like watching hockey to me. I'm always, 'WTF? Where's the puck (or ball)?' So I don't watch it.
freshwest
Jun 2014
#35
I pretend to like it so I can feel more sophisticated than those clods who watch American football.
Throd
Jun 2014
#39