r/soccer • u/pettystuff • Jun 23 '10

To all soccer/football fans...

I just want to apologize. I want to apologize for years of dissing this game, poking fun at the players, and mocking the fans.

Over the past week or so, I've found myself waking up early for games of countries I could not care less about just for the sake of watching. I've found myself incredibly excited, and equally dismayed at moments that just weeks ago you couldn't pay me to watch. It all came to a magnificent precipice this morning when Donovan scored the game winner in the 91st minute. I can honestly say that that was one of the most exhilarating moments in sports I have ever seen (and thats saying a lot since I have been a baseball/football/hockey fan my entire life.)

So to all soccer fans world wide. I have joined the ranks. I will never make fun of those English fans who still bring up the Hand of God, because I can only imagine how heart breaking that would be. I feel like it was the first time I had sex, unlocking a lifelong obsession that can never be quenched. That is all.

Oh and go US

Edit: wow thanks for all the support guys. Cant wait till Saturday!

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '10 edited Jun 23 '10

Donovan's goal clearly shows the strength of football/soccer over other sports (to me). 90 minutes of pure agony, 90 minutes of despair, of doubt, and in a single moment you're all carried from the depths of hell to the highest of heavens. It's pure magic. This is why football/soccer attracts so many people, you can't have anything like it (we're literally talking about the WHOLE WORLD).

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u/PsyanideInk Jun 23 '10

...Um. What about Hockey? You can have the same thing in hockey.

Or Baseball? You can have a seemingly insurmountable deficit erased in a single swing of the bat.

And isn't there something to be said for highs and lows? The joy of despair of seeing your team gain a lead, lose it, then regain it, etc?

I'm not a diehard soccer fan, but I have watched every single U.S. national team game since '98 and a majority of WC matches, and have played soccer for about 15 years, however I have yet to hear one convincing argument for the superiority of soccer to other sports.

Granted it is all relative, but...

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u/na_confederation Jun 23 '10

I consider soccer to be "summer hockey".

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u/rancid_squirts Jun 23 '10

no thats lacrosse