CRACKED FAQ: The World Cup

The last comment being so old no one should respond... However for those who are critical simply because they are easily offended:WTF! grow up! quit crying! It is Cracked. Get it?

How dare you say we footballers have wierd names?

Isn't american football a game that has like 4 seconds play by over dressed guuys followed by a few minutes stoppage and you guys are gonna bitch about Soccer I sound retarded don't I speaking about a sport I never even really watched (MESSAGE!!!)? I loved this site but I have to say I'm pretty unimpressed by this, I don't mind your opinion but even when your being sarcastic you were at least informed, You let yourselves and pretty much anyone from outside of the states down.

I love how upset people get at comedic articles... I love football (soccer), its the greatest sport in the world, but this shit was funny. Keep up the good work.

More people watch the draws for the world cup final stage than your super bowl final man. Dont believe me? Google it up. And thats not even the World Cup. Funny how you American losers think that the real football sucks, when you guys pay tons of monehhh to bring players into your country and play that game. And guess what, these players become celebrities because your female population goes gaga over them. Yes, your wife too. :) I like this site. but this is just dumb. not even an argument. bad choice Justin.

It's called 'Thailand' and not 'Siam'. Retard.

"Boring football"... at least real football players -that's the name of the game american retards call soccer because they can't remind the little word american in front of football although they like to put in front of all other words- don't need a break every two fucking seconds because some pansy in his sissy armor ruined some other pansy's shit that is cladded in sissy armor too by tackling him too hard.

Dude football is the best sport in US but soccer is the best sport ANYWERE so b4 u slam soccer think out this soccer is pretty much what started football. and in fact that u THINK you know any thing about soccer come back to the world YOU DONT. kk

Yeah, good dig on the diving that goes on now. America has been good at building up professional sports industries, but even "soccer clubs" in Europe can pay similar salaries and build high-tech stadiums. How much did they pay a washed-up David Beckham to come to America again? At least it's not as boring as watching baseball or waiting for huddles and 7-second running plays. Why do you think they use a shot clock and 3-point line in BBall now? You claim soccer falls short due to lack of body contact, but forget to mention the many cheap shots these days. Football (soccer) is non-stop action, even if slow at times, and indoor soccer is nothing short of human pinball. But honestly, euro club soccer is more interesting than the world cup now.

This was halarious to read! I'm not saying I hate soccer but I don't like playing it either...yet I'm going to help a friend coach it...interesting **sarcasm** lol

Yes its all very well and good to mock it....but its a lot more fun than big sweaty men on steroids throwing each other into mud, whilst trying to run from one end of a field to another with a rugby ball.

Football rocks! There have been WARS fought because of football, hows that!

Love this site but have to say you really missed the ball on this one, i agree with bobs comment and i cant be assed repeating what he said, from ireland myself and have played american football(belfast bulls) basketball(while in school) and football(with my pub team)while i occasionally watch hockey in form of belfast giants.although i was better at basketball than any of the others(while still not being very good) football is the best to play. the individual skill involved in football is by far the higher than any of the american sports, when you see a player who can take a ball run 40 yards while dodging other players trying everything to get that ball away from their feet, turn, have a quick check for goalies positioning and smash it perfectly out of his reach into the top corner of the net its incredible to watch. and the bullshit about 1-0 any research done on that? very few games only have one goal in them. not taking away from any of the other sports american football is alright to watch but can you honestly say that the its any different? good and bad games for example the recent superbowl, not the most exciting match but it had its moments. american sports are generally only enjoyed in america and everywhere else theyre 3rd rate games, with tiny support compared to even local football teams, and that applys to anywhere except usa really.do us a favor look at how popular your sports are around the world before trying to take the mick outta something that has a far bigger following than any sports your country calls the best

That was funny. But I'm still a big fan of FOOTBALL in anyway. :D

Beware: Ramblings I know this is supposed to be a funny article, but a lot of it's lazy and doesn't live up to the standards of the rest of the stuff I've read. You just repeated the same two or three jokes over and over again (and they weren't even funny the first time). Have Americans never wondered why almost nobody else is interested in their sports? Is it just a coincidence? I'm from the UK so I'm obviously biased, but I have tried to watch and play some American sports and can safely say that they are all without exception rubbish. Let's examine the four mainstream sports in the US: Basketball is the best of a bad bunch, but is still crap because scoring is so regular that is just becomes routine and tedious. Also, generally you have to be freakishly tall to have any chance of playing in the NBA which limits the amount of talent to choose from drastically, therefore making the game crapper. Plus, everyone I've known who liked or was good at basketball was a nob. Baseball is rounders for men in leggings who are too feeble to catch a ball in their bare hands, and please tell me why it is called the 'world series'? I know that if any of you lot have even heard of cricket you undoubtedly just dismiss it as some kind of peripheral minority sport played by English toffs and inbred Australian convicts but, in the Indian subcontinent (home to over a billion people) cricket is the number one sport. Even the biggest sports stars in America can't even imagine the kind of attention famous international cricketers get (see Sachin Tendulkar). Ice hockey-you can't see what's going on half the time and the only time it is remotely interesting is when there is a punch up, and even then they still have several thousand individual bits of protective kit, including helmets sometimes. How stupid are hockey players? Punching in the head who is wearing a helmet? And you can't say they're all Canadians. Finally, American pussyball is the worst sport ever created by man. Nothing ever happens. The players spend more time standing around waiting for ads to run than actually playing-just look at the superbowl-90% of the people that watch that only watch it in faint hope that some over the hill, freaky pop singing bint will flash one of her tits again. There are players who only come on the field to kick the ball once or twice a game (and get paid millions for it) and this somehow justifies the game being called football? They wear more padding than people who fight wars for a living...etc,etc. Conclusion: Utter shite. Americans don't like football because they don't understand it (mostly because of this kind of twisted media portrayal) and because they can't play it very well. Also, one of your main points was that it is a bad thing that you don't need several tons of equipment to play football, which is completely retarded argument. It is one of the greatest things about football that all you need is a ball and an open space. That's why it's so popular. It's also based on skill and awareness and balance and creativity rather than being more pumped full of steroids than your opponent. Almost everyone who doesn't like football (who isn't a girl or a poof) doesn't like it because they were never good at it when they where kids, so they felt jealous of the other kids who where having so much fun, which led to feelings of guilt and resentment. If you took the time to understand the game and it's cultural significance you wouldn't come across as such bigoted, xenophobic tosser. Rant over.

lol, Americans! Spend all their time playing sports that require no skill or brain power, laughing at players names from countries that they haven't even been taught about. I say stick to your own sports and your own 'world series' or whatever you call it, where theres like 3 or 4 teams cus no other countries want to play stupid sports.

Deny that fans/players/officials get stabbed and killed frequently in soccer. Its so damn boring people have to find something interesting to do. Baseball is boring too, and we drink, but heckling generally does not lead to killing like it does in soccer.

the thing about this is that people say its only a comedy article but i lived in the states to know that the americans usually believe in this stuff they say about other countries in the pretext of humor. we no longer buy it!

Unbelievable. But it seems that people are all interested in it. I always see some argument at pubspa.com

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