North Carolina Tar Heels

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England

[CAT]

Well Greece was lousy today against Germany!

[CAT]

England has got to be careful--any team they play will be going for Rooney. As he has that game suspension hanging they will try to antagonize him--not hard to do!

[Jungle Rat]

You talking baseball?

[T Dot O Dot]

soccer should be sudden death

once the 1st goal is scored..... done. game over.

[CAT]

You talking baseball?

Darling--I wouldn't deign to lower myself to talk baseball!!!

[Jungle Rat]

Boobies?

[Gator by God's Grace]

Germany through to the semi-finals pretty much guarantees that England will beat Italy and meet the Krauts...

[aTm]

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[10ac]

WTF?

[T Dot O Dot]

haha

the announcers are better than the game itself, even in real soccer

naturally, as they have to carry much more airspace with the rare scores

[aTm]

It can be that way for the novice viewer who only looks for scoring plays but its not like theres nothing going on. Scores are also not that rare, especially considering time. Do you think touchdowns are rare in football, also? There's probably as many goals per hour in soccer as touchdowns per hour in football.

[CAT]

If a touchdown was 1 point--most Football game would be equal in scoring to soccer games per hour---some less.

[AlabamAlum]

In the English Premier League (one of the best leagues in the world), there was an average of 2.77 goals scored per game. In the NFL this past season, there were an average of 4.9 TDs per game scored. Including halftime, soccer lasts 105 minutes, a little over an hour and a half. An NFL game typically takes somewhere on the order of 3 hours. So soccer has an average of about 1.58 goals per hour, while the NFL has 1.63 TDs per hour. Not much difference there, except that TDs are worth 7 points. Just multiply a soccer score by 7 in your head if you just want to see big numbers. Of course, teams can score from field goals or safeties too, but are you really ever that excited about a field goal unless it’s a game winner?

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[AlabamAlum]

Of course, the above is figured in the best way possible to benefit the argument that scoring is comparable. There is no doubt that the NFL has stoppages that soccer doesn't. Counting those stoppages in the scores per hour calculations is a bit dubious. And discounting field goals with a wave of a hand and a quick sigh is the same.

In the end, soccer scores more than the non-soccer fan thinks, but football does score a good bit more overall. Scoring isn't the be-all/end-all, though, and scoring won't make the non-fan like it more. Liking soccer comes from understanding the strategy. Once you know the rules and have an understanding of why you pass to certain areas and positioning, and the other nuances, the non fan can develop an appreciation. At least that's what did it for me.

[T Dot O Dot]

big rumours that could involve 3 former tarheels

Toronto has brought in Barnes multiple times which is a headscratcher being that WE (yes, I i am including myself) brought in Harrison a couple times even though 99.9% of all mocks have him gone by the 8th pick

looks like we might trade up for 5th with Sacramento in order to get Barnes & will probably move Ed Davis in order to do so

Sacramento will take ED & pick Henson with the 8th pick... who they feel will work well with Cousins going forward

anyway, just a rumour posted by a ballboy on the Raptors RealGM board, dude isnt a major poster, but he pops in time to time and has broken 2-3 trades ahead of time in his tenure, so he has some credibility

[CAT]

I HATE HATE HATE penalty kickoffs!!!!--I mean I REALLY hate them!!!!

[CAT]

And also hate stupid English commentators who, when the score is 0-0 keep saying how well the Italians are playing and how badly the English are playing---duh--if the score is 0-0 both are playing either very well or very bad!.................deep breaths..............

[aTm]

Ian Darke, for once, didn't seem to believe that a realistic script could not be written about the game, and indeed seemed to expect, as I'm sure every Englishman did, to be eliminated in a penalty shootout.

[crashcourse]

I watched 5 minutes of it in the first half. the way both teams were running the field I thought it would be multiple goals scored.
shows what I know. nascar race was much more exciitng--woohoo clint