Quote Originally Posted by bigragu
Yeah that is the downside of soccer, the players are all a bit gay and will fall over when a gentle breeze starts, but that is still less gay than wearing a full suit of armour. Seriously American Footballers are better protected than the US soldiers in Iraq. I mean, having to wear a helmet and face guard just to throw a little ball around. Now THAT is gay!

For a real manly sport watch rugby, like American Football without the f
I would say the same things...I would be on the field and get a cheap shot from some dude and I would just snap..I would take the pads off and challenge dude to step up and be a man but they would always b*tch out..most of them are pussys without all that padding on...which explains why most don't get into boxing or rugby for that matter.....When I played semi-pro football we had a rugby team the next field over....I wen't over there after practice one day and they asked if I wanted in...I said "sure" like a dumba**...we I watched how they were playing and when I got the ball I ran like hell...and waited....when the guys got close I pitched the ball back and let my guard down...big mistake!!....they friggin took my head off....I got up and kept playing and then the scrum came...(is that what it's called?) anyway..one dude is ramming his head into mine while raking his friggin cleats down my shin!!!!!!! we it didn't take me long to figure out the way to play rugby was to be like an animal...in the next scrum I raked my cleats down one guys shin and then STOMPED on another guys ankle.....at the end of it all they wanted me to join...but I said "no way" "this sport makes me want to punch people in the friggin face constantly".....I don't think I could control my temper long enough to make it through a rugby game....that's my rugby story....
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You definitely get a CC for that ragu. I play both American Football and Rugby (Defensive End and second row respectively) and there is no question Rugby is the harder sport. Whenever someone on my Football team tells me Football is more of a mans sport or for tougher guys. I go through three things. 1) does your sport have legal forms of stamping? 2) Do you get the crap smacked out of you whilst wearing no padding and 3) You ever lost a kidney in a game? (happened to a kid on my team in a babaric game in Italy).


Now to address everyone saying the U.S.A would be great at soccer if they cared and would be in a World cup final like that.

You guys are seriously underestimating the sport. Look at your team. Look at Brazil, look at England, Look at Argentina. Hell look at the african teams that are outplaying your asses on no money whatsoever. The arguement about your guys not having experience because they dont have the experience as players "go where the money goes" is false. Brian Mcbride, Claudio Reyna, Tim Howard, Marcus Hanneman among other all play in the English Premiership, considered the or one of the best leagues in the world without a doubt.

The U.S have a long way to go to catch up to the rest of the world.

Oh and by the way, you didnt do better than us last world cup, we both got knocked out in the quarters. Cept we only got knocked out by the eventual champs who didnt lose a single game (and havent lost in the World Cup since 1998, in fact they havent drawn since 1998 ).