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ssj3vegeta
03/28/21 8:03:35 PM
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hyperpowder
03/28/21 8:05:08 PM
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Damn, for a sec I thought this was actual football and I got really excited. Football in the Olympics would be amazing.

But it's just dumb ol soccer

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fuming
03/28/21 8:06:33 PM
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Good for honduras, Americans don't give a shit about soccer so probably better if another country gets in over us anyway.
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CruelBuffalo
03/28/21 8:06:40 PM
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They shoulda put in JT as goalie.

Well at least the Quakes wont lose Jackson and JT during the MLS season
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Cucumber21
03/28/21 8:07:17 PM
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hyperpowder posted...
Damn, for a sec I thought this was actual football and I got really excited. Football in the Olympics would be amazing.

But it's just dumb ol soccer

My thoughts exactly. I thought football was picking up in other parts of the world, but how would the US ever lose?
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Shotgunnova
03/28/21 8:07:20 PM
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hyperpowder posted...
Damn, for a sec I thought this was actual football and I got really excited.


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CruelBuffalo
03/28/21 8:09:31 PM
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@Antifar why we so bad
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Antifar
03/28/21 8:11:22 PM
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The Olympics is a U-23 competition that's not prioritized by most countries. Our best U-23 players play for European clubs and weren't released for qualifying; this squad hailed exclusively from MLS (which is still in its offseason) as a result.

This does, though, mark the third time in a row we've failed to qualify.

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V-E-G-Y-
03/28/21 8:16:40 PM
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hyperpowder posted...
Damn, for a sec I thought this was actual football and I got really excited. Football in the Olympics would be amazing.

But it's just dumb ol soccer

It is actual football
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ZeroX91
03/28/21 8:17:45 PM
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hyperpowder posted...
Damn, for a sec I thought this was actual football and I got really excited. Football in the Olympics would be amazing.

But it's just dumb ol soccer


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I Like Toast
03/28/21 8:20:03 PM
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Cucumber21 posted...
but how would the US ever lose?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFAF_World_Championship

we don't and that's with like our z team of division 3 college players

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SocialistGamer
03/28/21 8:21:37 PM
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V-E-G-Y- posted...
It is actual football
Forgive us dumb Americans for screwing these names up V_V

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electricbugs2
03/28/21 8:25:01 PM
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I Like Toast posted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFAF_World_Championship

we don't and that's with like our z team of division 3 college players
You lose at the junior level, but yeah for the men you havent lost since 03.

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KiwiTerraRizing
03/28/21 8:32:54 PM
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Feel bad for the three dudes who care

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Damn_Underscore
03/28/21 8:34:43 PM
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V-E-G-Y- posted...
It is actual football

you mean kickball

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TheDurinator
03/28/21 8:34:55 PM
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LOL soccer
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Antifar
03/28/21 8:37:57 PM
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There are more soccer fans in the US than people in Honduras; these jokes that no one in the US cares have been outdated for quite some time.

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electricbugs2
03/28/21 8:44:22 PM
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Canadas mens team still with a chance to qualify. Shit all over Bermuda and our next two opponents are the Cayman Islands and Aruba. Ez mode.

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SwordMaster13X
03/28/21 8:49:33 PM
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I dont think people care if USA qualifies for the olympics, its more about the World Cup

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karmageddon28
03/28/21 8:53:27 PM
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Nobody gives a single fuck about soccer.
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Flockaveli
03/28/21 8:53:30 PM
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Football MATCH *cringe*

It's soccer.

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Phantom36
03/28/21 8:55:08 PM
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The best athletes in the US simply do not play this sport. They choose American football/gridiron, baseball and basketball first, then hockey, and soccer may not even be 5th.

Every time US Men's soccer loses the world makes fun of them but can't comprehend or grasp this concept.

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Kisai
03/28/21 8:56:11 PM
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hyperpowder posted...
Damn, for a sec I thought this was actual football and I got really excited. Football in the Olympics would be amazing.

actual football

actual football

American Football isn't some "true version" of football.

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Solid Snake07
03/28/21 9:00:19 PM
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And we'll still win like twice as many medals as any other country

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What_
03/28/21 9:00:22 PM
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Yeah we suck worse than we used to for some reason
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ssj3vegeta
03/28/21 9:01:31 PM
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electricbugs2 posted...
Canadas mens team still with a chance to qualify. Shit all over Bermuda and our next two opponents are the Cayman Islands and Aruba. Ez mode.

dey are about to lose to mexico doe
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Math Murderer
03/28/21 9:06:03 PM
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hyperpowder posted...
Football in the Olympics would be amazing.
Unfortunately this won't be happening anytime soon, if ever. If I'm not mistaken to be included as an Olympic sport there must be regularly held World Championship tournaments with at least 16 participating countries. For American Football you'll only get the top four countries (US, Canada, Mexico, Japan), two to eight European countries (depending on where the WC is held) and maybe one or two other countries.

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Damn_Underscore
03/28/21 9:06:13 PM
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People are saying "soccer sucks" without giving a reason why, so here you go.

Soccer is (normally) played on a gigantic field - one that is TOO big. Most of the game is spent running around without there being many actual scoring chances. That's why not too many goals are scored each game even though the nets are huge (unlike in hockey).

And in every professional league tournament including the World Cup (and I imagine the Olympics as well), tie games are decided by penalty kicks. It would be like deciding a playoff hockey game with a shootout. Objectively awful.

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ssj3vegeta
03/28/21 9:06:57 PM
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Math Murderer posted...

Unfortunately this won't be happening anytime soon, if ever. If I'm not mistaken to be included as an Olympic sport there must be regularly held World Championship tournaments with at least 16 participating countries. For American Football you'll only get the top four countries (US, Canada, Mexico, Japan), two to eight European countries (depending on where the WC is held) and maybe one or two other countries.

holy fuck its Math Murderer himself

glad you're still at it after dis whole covid thing tbh
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Flockaveli
03/28/21 9:07:29 PM
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All the flopping is what kills it for me. Bunch of grown ass men playing like babies.

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Kingbuffet
03/28/21 9:08:04 PM
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Americans are terrible at soccer lmao

Third world country
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Antifar
03/28/21 9:10:27 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
People are saying "soccer sucks" without giving a reason why, so here you go.

Soccer is (normally) played on a gigantic field - one that is TOO big. Most of the game is spent running around without there being many actual scoring chances. That's why not too many goals are scored each game even though the nets are huge (unlike in hockey).
You post this so often in topics about soccer, but I don't remember how you respond when people point out the existence of Futsal and indoor soccer.


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spikethedevil
03/28/21 9:12:23 PM
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Flockaveli posted...
All the flopping is what kills it for me. Bunch of grown ass men playing like babies.

Fair point but your football is a much slower version of Rugby with a shit ton of padding.

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ssj3vegeta
03/28/21 9:15:14 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
Soccer is (normally) played on a gigantic field - one that is TOO big. Most of the game is spent running around without there being many actual scoring chances. That's why not too many goals are scored each game even though the nets are huge (unlike in hockey).

indoor football exists

Damn_Underscore posted...
And in every professional league tournament including the World Cup (and I imagine the Olympics as well), tie games are decided by penalty kicks. It would be like deciding a playoff hockey game with a shootout. Objectively awful.

so what else should dey do? flip a coin? if neither can win, den just give dem both da trophy or que lmao

Flockaveli posted...
All the flopping is what kills it for me. Bunch of grown ass men playing like babies.

da flopping is bad but its a good tactic, a shitty one i would never use but its within da rules since people have died due to injuries and shit so you never know.
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Damn_Underscore
03/28/21 9:17:15 PM
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Antifar posted...
You post this so often in topics about soccer, but I don't remember how you respond when people point out the existence of Futsal and indoor soccer.

What is your point?

I know that indoor soccer exists, and I have been to a game of it. Guess what, it doesn't have the problem I pointed out of having too big of a field (it is literally played inside a hockey rink usually) and is actually exciting. The reason I mentioned hockey twice is because it is very much like soccer but with WAY more scoring chances. Although the one thing I don't like about hockey is that it has too many stoppages IMO (which is not a problem in soccer).

But none of that really matters because those variations are niche and have no real popularity like regular soccer does.

Also mostly those posts are ignored. If people responded with that I would tell them exactly this...

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skermac
03/28/21 9:19:00 PM
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hyperpowder posted...
Damn, for a sec I thought this was actual football and I got really excited. Football in the Olympics would be amazing.

But it's just dumb ol soccer

foo would only be good in the olympic if it was all amateurs

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Damn_Underscore
03/28/21 9:19:07 PM
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ssj3vegeta posted...
so what else should dey do? flip a coin? if neither can win, den just give dem both da trophy or que lmao

Sudden death overtime until someone wins obviously.

At the VERY LEAST this should be done in tournament final matches.


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Solid Snake07
03/28/21 9:19:10 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Fair point but your football is a much slower version of Rugby with a shit ton of padding.


I see the similarities but honestly they're very different games.

American football is more about explosive action during plays and strategic battles between coaches. Rugby is more of a grueling stamina battle

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ssj3vegeta
03/28/21 9:21:15 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...


Sudden death overtime until someone wins obviously.

At the VERY LEAST this should be done in tournament final matches.


what if no one wins? what if dere's two very good defenses going up against each other? dere used to be a golden goal rule where first one who scores after extra time wins but it was considered shit lol
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Damn_Underscore
03/28/21 9:26:37 PM
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That is not an actual issue. Theoretically MLB and NBA games, NHL and NFL playoff games could go on forever but they never do.

Plus if there ever was a game that had to be postponed because it went on too long that would be a good thing. It would be big news. See NHL playoff games that go on for multiple overtime periods.

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ssj3vegeta
03/28/21 9:30:23 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
Theoretically MLB and NBA games, NHL and NFL playoff games could go on forever but they never do.

its much MUCH more difficult to score in football den any of dose sports lol, dats why everyone goes wild when a goal happens

Damn_Underscore posted...
Plus if there ever was a game that had to be postponed because it went on too long that would be a good thing.

lmao no, dat would be stupid as fuck. Imagine waiting months to watch your favorite team play da WC final and you had to buy more expensive tickets to watch da final play again.

I'm so glad football doesn't have dose 7 game finals like basketball seem to have all da time lol, it ruins da sport
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winged_weltall
03/28/21 9:33:46 PM
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As someone who really enjoys soccer, Olympic soccers doesn't interest me *shrug*.

World Cup is where it's at, and the US will definitely qualify there.
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electricbugs2
03/28/21 9:34:25 PM
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winged_weltall posted...
As someone who really enjoys soccer, Olympic soccers doesn't interest me *shrug*.

World Cup is where it's at, and the US will definitely qualify there.
Because they so easily qualified last time right?

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I Like Toast
03/28/21 9:37:05 PM
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SwordMaster13X posted...
I dont think people care if USA qualifies for the olympics, its more about the World Cup

we don't really care about either, we just like laughing at all the people we beat with our medicore athletes since the best athletes are going to go into football, basketball, or baseball.

same with hockey, love trashing canada's best with our worst.

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electricbugs2
03/28/21 9:38:25 PM
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I Like Toast posted...
we don't really care about either, we just like laughing at all the people we beat with our medicore athletes since the best athletes are going to go into football, basketball, or baseball.

same with hockey, love trashing canada's best with our worst.
Except the latter hasnt happened lmao.

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Damn_Underscore
03/28/21 9:39:44 PM
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Well if it's too hard to score in soccer for it to have sudden death overtime that's an immediate problem with the sport...

In hockey playoff OT games that are longer than a regulation game are very rare and I don't think there has ever been a game postponed because of this. Even if there was, fans could use their same tickets to get back in when the game starts again. But either way that's no excuse to end playoff soccer games with a mini game essentially.

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Math Murderer
03/28/21 9:41:54 PM
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ssj3vegeta posted...
what if no one wins? what if dere's two very good defenses going up against each other? dere used to be a golden goal rule where first one who scores after extra time wins but it was considered shit lol
Some kind of rule change after the second extra time that increases the likelihood of a goal, for instance:

  • Any time a player is fouled and there's a free kick the fouled team can choose where the free kick is performed.
  • No defenders in the own goal or penalty area allowed.
  • Goalkeeper may touch the ball with hands and arms only in the goal area, or only in the penalty area but not in the goal area.

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spikethedevil
03/28/21 9:43:28 PM
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Solid Snake07 posted...
I see the similarities but honestly they're very different games.

American football is more about explosive action during plays and strategic battles between coaches. Rugby is more of a grueling stamina battle

American Football also has commercial brakes after every play.

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spikethedevil
03/28/21 9:44:42 PM
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Math Murderer posted...
Some kind of rule change after the second extra time that increases the likelihood of a goal, for instance:

* Any time a player is fouled and there's a free kick the fouled team can choose where the free kick is performed.
* No defenders in the own goal or penalty area allowed.
* Goalkeeper may touch the ball with hands and arms only in the goal area, or only in the penalty area but not in the goal area.


There is only one extra time, after that its a penalty shootout.

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