Comments on: The World Cup! Does Anyone Care? http://lemueljopio.com/2006/06/25/the-world-cup-does-anyone-care/ Did You Expect Any Less? Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark http://lemueljopio.com/2006/06/25/the-world-cup-does-anyone-care/#comment-17 Mark Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:01:28 +0000 http://vancouverwholesale.com/lemueljopio/?p=13#comment-17 You would think that the sport that has the most participation in Canada would encourage more people to watch. Soccer is a wonderful game when played at it's best. The World Cup is the biggest stage that there is and we are being treated to some beautiful displays of athletisism. There is one thing that soccer players worldwide will always have that the majority of professional sporting athletes in North America will ever have. Passion. Other than college football, what other sporting event can fill a 100,000 seat stadium? What other sport unites friends and foes to cheer on there respective country? In one country, they called a ceasefire amidst there long standing civil war in order to let all people watch their team in the world cup. That is passion. That is pride. In North America, we are so engrossed in the action/reaction that is going on in the sport we are watching, we forget about the fundamentals of the game and how beautiful they can be. We want to see the 15 car pile up at the Daytona 500 as much as we want to see the cars whiz by at 200 plus miles per hour. We want to see the running back go for a 100 yard touchdown run as he jukes and jives through the defenders just as much as we want to see the quarterback hit so hard he leaves his feet. We want to see the hockey player split the defence and deke out the goalie as much as we want to see two enforcers beat the holy hell out of each other at center ice. What we don't want to see is the pit crew who made a fast tire change to allow the driver to stay in first place of the race. We forget that if it wasn't for the great blocking of the offensive line, that touchdown never would have happened. We never see that fact that the hockey player practiced his skills for hours to be able to score the goal he did. A soccer player may run up and down the field for 90 minutes and never touch the ball. But he does it because he knows this is what he is supposed to do. He doesn't whine and cry that he didn't get enough chances to score. Why? He has pride and passion for the game and his country. He knows that by doing his job, his team will succeed. All of these things we don't want to see are what make soccer what it is. Soccer is truly a team game. Every other sport has so many individuals on a team that scream "Look at ME! I am great! Pass ME the ball/puck!" Everyone forgets about the little things. Until people in North America are willing to watch those little things that make EVERY sport great, then I'm afraid soccer will continue to take a back seat. That's my comment. As usual, the pleasure has been all yours. You would think that the sport that has the most participation in Canada would encourage more people to watch. Soccer is a wonderful game when played at it’s best. The World Cup is the biggest stage that there is and we are being treated to some beautiful displays of athletisism.

There is one thing that soccer players worldwide will always have that the majority of professional sporting athletes in North America will ever have.

Passion.

Other than college football, what other sporting event can fill a 100,000 seat stadium? What other sport unites friends and foes to cheer on there respective country? In one country, they called a ceasefire amidst there long standing civil war in order to let all people watch their team in the world cup.

That is passion. That is pride.

In North America, we are so engrossed in the action/reaction that is going on in the sport we are watching, we forget about the fundamentals of the game and how beautiful they can be.

We want to see the 15 car pile up at the Daytona 500 as much as we want to see the cars whiz by at 200 plus miles per hour.

We want to see the running back go for a 100 yard touchdown run as he jukes and jives through the defenders just as much as we want to see the quarterback hit so hard he leaves his feet.

We want to see the hockey player split the defence and deke out the goalie as much as we want to see two enforcers beat the holy hell out of each other at center ice.

What we don’t want to see is the pit crew who made a fast tire change to allow the driver to stay in first place of the race.

We forget that if it wasn’t for the great blocking of the offensive line, that touchdown never would have happened.

We never see that fact that the hockey player practiced his skills for hours to be able to score the goal he did.

A soccer player may run up and down the field for 90 minutes and never touch the ball. But he does it because he knows this is what he is supposed to do. He doesn’t whine and cry that he didn’t get enough chances to score. Why? He has pride and passion for the game and his country. He knows that by doing his job, his team will succeed.

All of these things we don’t want to see are what make soccer what it is. Soccer is truly a team game. Every other sport has so many individuals on a team that scream “Look at ME! I am great! Pass ME the ball/puck!” Everyone forgets about the little things. Until people in North America are willing to watch those little things that make EVERY sport great, then I’m afraid soccer will continue to take a back seat.

That’s my comment. As usual, the pleasure has been all yours.

]]> By: The Imaginary Diva http://lemueljopio.com/2006/06/25/the-world-cup-does-anyone-care/#comment-16 The Imaginary Diva Tue, 04 Jul 2006 19:44:11 +0000 http://vancouverwholesale.com/lemueljopio/?p=13#comment-16 Not busy at work Lem I gather. Not busy at work Lem I gather.

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