Soccer(futbol) vs football

thejackal1177

thejackal1177

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Alrght i personally think soccer takes way more skill and is a twice as logicall game but footballs so damn popular in this country .. so dumb.. my opinion< discuss!
 
fuck yea, soccer is a great sport. I miss being able to play it competively. Once I got out of highschool, there arent any good competitive leagues near me, so I hardly ever get to play anymore. It sucks. As far as I'm concerned, playing soccer all my life has influenced the way I do things. The finesse and reflexes i've gained in soccer have helped my skiing, skateboarding, any other sport I take part in. I made a ton of great friends through the sport and alot of people in the world can relate to the sport.

IMO, football is stoopid. It's just a sport that appeals to the average american.

An awesome soccer ref once told me;

"Football is a game that is basically entertainment for fans, Soccer on the other hand, is a game created for the players."
 
Football is all about athleticism and working out. Sure it takes dedication and all that but soccer requires some actual skill and i feel like there is more thought involved on the field. The US has to do everything their own way so we like football and baseball.
 
i play soccer, although im not playing this season because of knee problems. and i didnt really want to play. but anyways soccer, i think is more a team sport and requires more patience, and teamwork. but....football is still very complicated and also takes a ton of teamwork. i ussed to think football was mindless an stupid but now i understand the complexity of the plays and why who needs to be where. i respect both soccer and football.
 
it's a completely different skillset. football is a game that requires many people of with different athletic abilities. You've got gigantic guys whose job is simply to block playing next to the fastest runners in the world. Football is also a more strategic sport. But soccer is a lot more fast paced.

Personally, soccer kinda bores me. But I've grown up watching football. Meh.
 
eh......like i like soccer more but i like football alot too....but i would never say its a more strategic sport...soccer is ALLLLLL about strategy...theres some wierd quote about soccer being chess with 22 players but i cant remember it
 
no soccer really isn't that much about strategy your coaches are just telling you that, you look for your openings, and if they're there, you take them.

football is much more strategic, every 30 seconds or so they all group together and redesign their strategies, there is no arguement there. because football americano does stop every 30 seconds though, there's a knock against it, but then again, there's only about 30 seconds overall in a soccer game that is interesting anyoway so I'd rather watch football

 
God this is so fucking dumb arguing about them. I prefer football beacause I cant kick the shit outta people
 
i play soccer but i'de much rather watch a football game than a soccer game. but what i do not like about football is the players that say soccer is for pussies. i mean honestly who is wearing more pads here? you can go on in some pretty tough tackles in soccer
 
Now we can just wait until all the soccer bashers come into htis thread. Cue eheath.. although he bashed more as pussyfooter, armadasomething or other, blah blah.
 
football definately takes more skill and coordination as a team. it takes just as much agility (to weave in and out of defenders) and it involves hand-eye coordination which soccer does not. overall, football is a much more complex game and takes much more skill, intelect and strategy to have a good team.
 
I agree with you on both of those. I play college soccer but I would still rather watch a football game on tv. Soccer is definatly not for pussies. Ask any higher level soccer player how many concussions they have had. No helmets no pads no pussies. Anbody who says otherwise needs to open there eyes and watch a game.
 
yeah you could go on, or you could overplay your "injury" and get taken off the field in a stretcher just so that your opponent will get carded, only to return to the field after 45 seconds... after being carried of the field in a fucking stretcher. that doesnt happen in football.
 
i think hand foot coordination is harder than hand eye coordination. And although there is a good amount of acting in the pros, real injuries do occur all of the time. Dislocated knee caps, broken legs, concusions.. etc.
 
dont base what you think of soccer on just the world cup. Sure there are some fucking retards thats roll around like jackasses when they did not even get touched but they are in the minority. That shit pisses me off when I play and if sombody does it i try to make sure the next time they get carried off they dont come back on.
 
Are you kidding me? Dude, you honestly just lost all credibility talking on this subject when you said soccer involves no strategy. Ok right now for college we have just spent 2 practices learning how to play against an unusual 4-3-3. Seriously formation and strategy is a huge part of soccer, just as much as football. See in football you get to talk about the strategy and work it out. In soccer it's all in yelling and body language. You switch it to the other side and then they exploit the 3 midfields and carry it wide up to the D and then you pretty much have a clear cross.

I'm pretty sure my coach right now has more experience than all your coaches ever combined. So yeah, I think I'll listen to him.
 
football is hard and does take teamwork but if you think the soccer doesent take teamwork, planning, and strategy then you dont know what you are talking about or suck at soccer.
 
wow...both sports are tough both sports require skill...thats why there sports...athletes wouldnt be skilled if they didnt work hard at what they do and practice...so what im tryin to say is both sports are hard and i respect both sports and the players...yes i have played both sports on a competive level so tel me i dont know what im talkin about...alrite thats my rant
 
I like Soccer so much more just because I played it. I guess if I played football I would have a different view and more respect for the game. In football though you just need to be jacked, while soccer you have to be fit, and have much more skill it seems like and not just a game of strength.
 
both sports are games so they both take tactics. football is a play game and when the made football that was the purpose to have plays and to think. soccer is much harder a less sissy
 
i play both and they both are hard, but i think football is harder. you have to make reads, be in top shape, and reading the offense is really hard. you have to have good vision running the ball, to cut back into holes and stuff, and to get your timing down right to make the play work successfully. thats my opinion.
 
top shape...soccer u run for 90 minutes (one and a half hours) without stopping...and u still have to be smart enough to follow whats going on and read the game...thats hard stuff
 
you have to be a sick athlete to play soccer. To run non stop for 80 minutes which is how long high school soccer is you have to be in serious shape. At my school football is what all the jacked kids play or the kids that are just fat and can't run well enough to play soccer. Most football players could kick the shit out of soccer players because they're all jacked but soccer players could out run any football player. Soccer takes way more skill too any idiot can run into someone else but not everyone can bend a ball from 40 yards out into the top corner. Soccer wins.
 
I play soccer and I'm built like a football player, people get it confused all the time. I actually play with Curtis.

I can throw it 40+ yards, and kick around 65.....During a preseason game I scorred a 45 yard direct kick.....ask orange man
 
you have to be a great athlete to be good at football but it doesn't take much to liek pick it up therefore its prob easier to be good at.... i know kids who are sick adn have only played for a year but its def a better sport.... soccer=pussy sport dont play.... football u actually have to work out and be in good shape for and its MUCH funner.... soccer blows football is the best sport
 
No one on your team can bend a ball from 40 yards out into the top corner.

What you're saying about football is equal to them saying any retard can kick a ball. Please you aren't defending soccer at all in this argument, you are just as ignorant as the football players saying soccer is a pansy sport.
 
ur a fucking retard. Are you really saying that you dont have to be in shape to play soccer? I just got done with a week of five a days. I dont think we do that for fun. You need to be in way better shape to play soccer. Plus we go the gym 4 days a week.
 
i take back what i said.... though i love football adn dislike soccer i think both u need to be in great shape for its just different kinda of shape.... soccer u need endurance.... football u need to be quick and strong both sports are good and both u need to work hard but both are very different so its hard to compare.... my opinion is that footballs better we aswell have more then a practise or 2 a day and if u watch our practises compared to the varsity soccer practices ours are much harder so dont say football u dont need to be in shape for. cuz whetehr or not u have to be in sahpe they make u get in shape.
 
All the things you said about football, soccer has too, but more. You weave in and out of defenders in soccer too, using foot-eye coordination, which is harder than hand-eye. Soccer takes more intellect and skill. Every 30 seconds in football you regroup and get told by your coach exactly what do to. You have to figure that out all on your own in soccer, for 80 minutes.
 
i hope your joking, i had to go to the ER and i might be out for the ski season from an injury in soccer, but i guess i just overplayed it huh?

ass hole
 
i will just put it this way:

at our school, my soccer team has scored more goals in five games than our football team has in 2 or 3 and touchdowns are worth 6 times as many points as a goal. we have scored 48 goals in 5 games and are fucking dominating
 
its popular in america because fat people can eat food in between plays, and not feel lazy because there is really only about 5 minutes of play during the 3 hour game
 
They are both sweet. but soccer takes WAY more skill.only pimps can play soccer. and why is it that Mexicans are so damn good at soccer?
 
i play soccer and its wicked fun but i love football too i watch every weekend and play unorganized most weekends
 
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