Comments on: USA! USA! http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/ Korea... in Blog Format Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:11:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: bopshop http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/#comment-40074 bopshop Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:45:41 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=3078#comment-40074 baduk, I like soccer, I enjoy watching a good game, be it Brazil vs. France or 9 year-olds playing for their YMCA teams. My point was the World Cup, which I think leveages nationalist energy to mint millions. Don't tell me that the millions of Koreans who gather to watch the national team actually love soccer... to say that the billion or so people who watch the world cup are doing so just out of love of the game is just goofy. Same thing goes for this year's innaugural baseball tournament. The intense interest in places from Mexico to Korea to Cuba and Puerto Rico was not an endorsement for the sport. Americans, who truly love baseball, barely noticed the tournament. The World Cup is great spectacle, but it's engine is fired by the pride of nations. baduk,

I like soccer, I enjoy watching a good game, be it Brazil vs. France or 9 year-olds playing for their YMCA teams.

My point was the World Cup, which I think leveages nationalist energy to mint millions. Don’t tell me that the millions of Koreans who gather to watch the national team actually love soccer…

to say that the billion or so people who watch the world cup are doing so just out of love of the game is just goofy.

Same thing goes for this year’s innaugural baseball tournament. The intense interest in places from Mexico to Korea to Cuba and Puerto Rico was not an endorsement for the sport. Americans, who truly love baseball, barely noticed the tournament.

The World Cup is great spectacle, but it’s engine is fired by the pride of nations.

]]> By: kwere http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/#comment-39901 kwere Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:26:02 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=3078#comment-39901 Check out the New York Times to see how much interest the World Cup has to the US. Today's main sports stories: HEAT 95, MAVERICKS 92; YANKEES 9, PHILLIES 7; METS 9, REDS 2. There is one story somewhere in there about the Argentine team. Having said that, there is saturation reporting here about the World Cup - why do we have to read about in your, otherwise interesting, blog? Check out the New York Times to see how much interest the World Cup has to the US.
Today’s main sports stories: HEAT 95, MAVERICKS 92; YANKEES 9, PHILLIES 7; METS 9, REDS 2. There is one story somewhere in there about the Argentine team.
Having said that, there is saturation reporting here about the World Cup - why do we have to read about in your, otherwise interesting, blog?

]]> By: Janus http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/#comment-39898 Janus Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:10:41 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=3078#comment-39898 I for one couldn't give a hoot about soccer. Count me in as one who watches it for purely nationalistic reasons. USA! USA! I for one couldn’t give a hoot about soccer. Count me in as one who watches it for purely nationalistic reasons.

USA! USA!

]]> By: baduk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/#comment-39877 baduk Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:52:20 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=3078#comment-39877 Zonath, Thank you for the correction. I was mistaken. Go Team USA! Zonath,

Thank you for the correction. I was mistaken.

Go Team USA!

]]> By: random guy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/#comment-39871 random guy Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:56:51 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=3078#comment-39871 oh lord. the nerd factor has hit 8.9 in this thread. oh lord.

the nerd factor has hit 8.9 in this thread.

]]> By: davelee http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/#comment-39866 davelee Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:23:24 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=3078#comment-39866 koreans cant play hockey when they're busy pressing hotkeys (some fun wordplay with starcraft ^^) koreans cant play hockey when they’re busy pressing hotkeys (some fun wordplay with starcraft ^^)

]]> By: Thirsty http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/#comment-39865 Thirsty Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:22:51 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=3078#comment-39865 "The players were bad, but who could blame them? " Damn right you can blame them, they showed a lack of spirit and skill. Something they proved they do have when they played Italy. mcnut, the K-league games get between 3,000 and 20,000 on a regular basis, dependant of course on the form of a paritcular team as with any league around the world. Increasing support for the K-league teams is a problem though, especially when you consider how many fans will happily go and stand outside City Hall at 4am to watch the national team. “The players were bad, but who could blame them? ”

Damn right you can blame them, they showed a lack of spirit and skill.
Something they proved they do have when they played Italy.

mcnut, the K-league games get between 3,000 and 20,000 on a regular basis, dependant of course on the form of a paritcular team as with any league around the world.

Increasing support for the K-league teams is a problem though, especially when you consider how many fans will happily go and stand outside City Hall at 4am to watch the national team.

]]> By: Landros http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/#comment-39856 Landros Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:39:08 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=3078#comment-39856 Most Entertaining lol. Oh and I saw that Portugal/Mexico clip before the game. I was thinking it was funny that it worked out that the two teams play. Pass. Pass, Pass, and the other commentator: Pass, PASS, PASS! The real match was better than the simpsons. "these two nations battleing it out ~ which one is the best country in the world" Or something to that effect. The clip caught the sentiment in the states. and um hey why isn't Canada in the cup? Why doesn't Korea have a hockey team? Most Entertaining lol. Oh and I saw that Portugal/Mexico clip before the game. I was thinking it was funny that it worked out that the two teams play.

Pass. Pass, Pass,

and the other commentator:

Pass, PASS, PASS!

The real match was better than the simpsons.

“these two nations battleing it out ~ which one is the best country in the world” Or something to that effect.

The clip caught the sentiment in the states. and um hey why isn’t Canada in the cup? Why doesn’t Korea have a hockey team?

]]> By: mcnut http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/#comment-39854 mcnut Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:35:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=3078#comment-39854 boshop K-league games dont even draw 500 people most times there are probably millions more real soccer fans in the US compared to korea Japan to! ever catch a j-league game on tv packed!!!! i posted somewhere similar responses on namads site about this Highschool and college soccer is pretty big in the US after that there was never an outlet for US players except overseas most were not that good to play overseas since the inception of the MLS and a school called IMG in florida which is a high school for athletes to play their respective sport and attend school (donvan, beasley, onweyu, and convery) all went thru IMG you can now see the US at times plays very competitive on the world stage at other times they play like crap! my prediction US 3 ghana 1 Italy 2 Chech Rep 1 lets pray!!! boshop

K-league games dont even draw 500 people most times
there are probably millions more real soccer fans in the US compared to korea

Japan to! ever catch a j-league game on tv
packed!!!!

i posted somewhere similar responses on namads site about this

Highschool and college soccer is pretty big in the US after that there was never an outlet for US players except overseas
most were not that good to play overseas

since the inception of the MLS and a school called IMG in florida which is a high school for athletes to play their respective sport and attend school
(donvan, beasley, onweyu, and convery) all went thru IMG

you can now see the US at times plays very competitive on the world stage

at other times they play like crap!

my prediction

US 3 ghana 1

Italy 2 Chech Rep 1

lets pray!!!

]]> By: Zonath http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/21/usa-usa/#comment-39850 Zonath Wed, 21 Jun 2006 23:06:43 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=3078#comment-39850 Actually, the fairplay award in the 2002 World Cup went to Belgium. South Korea won the award for 'most entertaining team'. http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/2002.html (scroll to the bottom) Actually, the fairplay award in the 2002 World Cup went to Belgium. South Korea won the award for ‘most entertaining team’.

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/...../2002.html
(scroll to the bottom)

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