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Beckham in MLS
« on: January 11, 2007, 09:21:45 AM »
Yes that's right Beckham will be comming to MLS, my namesake, this year.  The world's most popular athlete!!!

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=399471&cc=5901

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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2007, 09:27:30 AM »
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The world's most popular athlete!!!
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RE: Beckham in MLS
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2007, 09:31:37 AM »
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RE: Beckham in MLS
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2007, 09:41:53 AM »
The world's most popular athlete is Sidney Crosby!!  At least in my world it is.  My world being Canada.

Still that's pretty big news for MLS.  Like most North Americans I don't follow soccer but I do know who David Beckham is and it isn't from watching the World Cup.  He's just that soccer player that everyone has heard of.  So there isn't a better player to join the MLS and give the league some credibility and advance the sport over here.

Though I doubt soccer will ever really catch on here like it is in the rest of the world.  Any time the World Cup is on the people I know pay attention and watch some soccer and I always hear the same complaints about how the rules don't really make sense with the clock never stopping and seemingly random extra time being awarded and the game just stopping abruptly out of nowhere.  That and championships being decided on a shoot-out.  I think it's too different from the North American big four sports.  Football, baseball, hockey and bastketball are really structured with clear starts and stops on the timer and logical commercial breaks.  The rules are tight in a near scientific way.  And though I believe American football is a little goofy with overtime (Canadian football has a different overtime method so I'm not familiar with the American rules) the other three sports have very logical fair methods of overtime.  That is somewhat reflective of North American life in general.  We follow schedules and form lineups.  Order and structure is important.  Our sports work the same way.  So a sport with "extra time" seems odd.
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RE:Beckham in MLS
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2007, 09:54:43 AM »
All I care about Beckham is that he married the hottest Spice Girl, Posh Spice.
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RE: Beckham in MLS
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2007, 12:06:29 PM »
Hey Ian Sane, you going to be a fan of Toronto FC next year, or are you a Vancouver Whitecap fan?

By the way, congrats on their championship win in the USL this last season.


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RE:Beckham in MLS
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2007, 03:48:36 PM »
haven't watched that much soccer since World Cup and a few Mexican matches a couple months ago. That's infinitely more soccer that I've watched in comparison to everyone else I ask about it.

Beckham coming Stateside? That should pique the interest of the American folk for a minute. Will the rest of MLS cower before this soccer god?
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RE:Beckham in MLS
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2007, 07:17:37 PM »
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All I care about Beckham is that he married the hottest Spice Girl, Posh Spice.
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RE: Beckham in MLS
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2007, 07:34:42 PM »
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Though I doubt soccer will ever really catch on here like it is in the rest of the world. Any time the World Cup is on the people I know pay attention and watch some soccer and I always hear the same complaints about how the rules don't really make sense with the clock never stopping and seemingly random extra time being awarded and the game just stopping abruptly out of nowhere. That and championships being decided on a shoot-out. I think it's too different from the North American big four sports. Football, baseball, hockey and bastketball are really structured with clear starts and stops on the timer and logical commercial breaks. The rules are tight in a near scientific way. And though I believe American football is a little goofy with overtime (Canadian football has a different overtime method so I'm not familiar with the American rules) the other three sports have very logical fair methods of overtime. That is somewhat reflective of North American life in general. We follow schedules and form lineups. Order and structure is important. Our sports work the same way. So a sport with "extra time" seems odd.

I think you have just described, perfectly and beautifully, why I prefer soccer to the other four sports you mentioned.
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RE:Beckham in MLS
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2007, 09:27:01 PM »
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All I care about Beckham is that he married the anorexic Spice Girl, Posh Spice.


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EDIT: In regards to the difference between soccer and other sports, I just cannot tolerate soccer matches on a regular basis. Sure, the World Cup was nice, but I found myself yelling at the TV whenever there was a questionable call - and there certainly seems to be a lot of them at critical times in your average soccer match.

I'd rather watch NFL or NHL or to a lesser extent MLB in that case, because at least the referees are in some sort of control without dominating the match. Plus there's nothing better than seeing a quarterback get sacked or fisticuffs on the icerink.
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RE:Beckham in MLS
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2007, 01:31:45 AM »
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All I care about Beckham is that he married the hottest Spice Girl, Posh Spice.
lol


You mean the only one you could look at without wondering why your throwing up?

To be honest, I don't give a rats ass about celebs, sports or otherwise. We spend way too much money on them. Nobody should be paid that much per year.  
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RE: Beckham in MLS
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2007, 02:43:06 AM »
World's most popular athlete = Muhammed Ali. Runner up = Michael Jordan. The thing is, the US doesn't care about Soccer.
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RE: Beckham in MLS
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2007, 03:07:28 AM »
Tiger is up there for world's most popular athlete.
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« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2007, 03:30:59 AM »
Posh is now hideous, once she was cute, but now she looks like vomit!
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RE: Beckham in MLS
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2007, 04:46:09 AM »
"Hey Ian Sane, you going to be a fan of Toronto FC next year, or are you a Vancouver Whitecap fan?"

In soccer my team would be Portugal and I really only watch soccer during major events like the World Cup that get TV coverage in Canada.  If I watched local soccer I would be a Whitecap fan.  The only Toronto team I'm a fan of is the Blue Jays since there are no other Canadian MLB teams.

Oh and I think the diving in soccer hurts it in North America too.  Diving gives the impression that soccer players are wimps.  Hockey is the top sport in Canada and it's full of body checks into the boards and fights.  No wimps there.  Football is the top sport in America and tackling guys to the ground is part of the objective of the game.  No wimps there.  The top North American sports are built around tough guys getting banged around.  How can you expect a game where it's common for guys to sell little taps on the shin as if they just broke their leg to compete?
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RE: Beckham in MLS
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2007, 05:33:48 AM »
I never liked Beckham, he's overhyped.

Ian: I hate the diving too, specially in regards to the Portuguese national team and the Portuguese league, it's disgusting actually and it just makes it worse to my national pride lol (I'm Portuguese btw). Anyway, if you want to watch football with less diving and more roughness, then watch the England Premier League (I think that's what it's called), there are very, very, very few dives, unless Cristiano Ronaldo is playing but then again he has this explosive energy that if he truly wanted he could be a true football "hero".  
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« Reply #16 on: January 12, 2007, 10:15:23 AM »
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Posh is now hideous, once she was cute, but now she looks like vomit!


Depends.  Like most female celebrities, she has her good days, and then she also has her icky days.  Like anyone, really.  When she looks good, she LOOKS GOOD.
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« Reply #17 on: January 12, 2007, 03:50:51 PM »
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Posh is now hideous, once she was cute, but now she looks like vomit!


Depends.  Like most female celebrities, she has her good days, and then she also has her icky days.  Like anyone, really.  When she looks good, she LOOKS GOOD.



You have got to be kidding me.

She's hideous!

She used to be normal and good-looking and whatnot, and now she's a plastic alien monster.  She's had so much botox and other facial surgery that her face looks like a strange mask.  Her body is emaciated.  Her (fake) breasts look like orange halves glued on a wooden board.

And she's orange!
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« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2007, 08:57:17 AM »
She's not orange, she's toasted.
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« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2007, 01:50:21 PM »
Beckham is making a reported $250 mil on a 5 year deal.  I wonder if he can count that high.  Beckham isnt known for his talent with "the maths".  Apparantly, english isn't his strongest point either.
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« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2007, 02:29:22 PM »
I don't like how non-americans say "maths" instead of "math."

Do you study "biologies" and "Spanishes" as well?
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« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2007, 03:43:57 PM »
Mathematics. Biology.  
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« Reply #22 on: January 14, 2007, 06:14:22 PM »
Other countries actually call math "maths"?  Heh, and i just thought he was a pretty face
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