tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post5120527405291898128..comments2024-01-14T23:07:20.775-06:00Comments on dcat: Soccer and Socialism: The Real Connectiondcathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post-78231352730684870532010-08-05T17:04:17.332-05:002010-08-05T17:04:17.332-05:00yes, i mysef was in the philippines earlir this ye...yes, i mysef was in the philippines earlir this year, and basketball is really popular there. It perplexes me, since most filipinos are barely over 5ft5, same goes for the chinese i would imagine. i wonder if they even see the irony.<br /> yes, i would say you are ranked right about where you should be. england somehow managed to climb up to 7th in the rankings, despite a poor world cup. maybe we should be around 15th aswell. <br /> the thing about the mls is, it is where the best players in the world go, after they are washed up, such as beckham and henry,due to the money aspect.Beckham knew he would not have a chance of playing in the world cup, if he was playing in the american soccer league, as it was too low-class. That is why he went to Milan. However, getting players like that, washed up or not, shows your league is improving. Also, your reputation has been increased, due to your passionate performance in the world cup. Definitely one or two world class players, and a more that capable team.<br /> I myself support a lowly team called Hartlepool united, and the football season starts on Saturday, so I am looking forward to that. However, in my short amount of time on this earth, I have learned that my club team is exactly like my international team-- useless, embarrassingly unskilled, and extremely aware of it.<br /><br />dannybritAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post-70766934201369272682010-07-28T23:15:51.199-05:002010-07-28T23:15:51.199-05:00Ahhh, Danny, it's good to have your particular...Ahhh, Danny, it's good to have your particular brand of insanity back!<br /> I think the reality with soccer in the United States is that it is popular and increasingly so, and as a result we are improving if only incrementally. I think it's pretty safe to say that as overrated as we were going into the World Cup in 2006, we are rated right about where we deserve to be now -- top 15 in the world with the possibility of climbing higher but certainly no guarantees. Our professional league is getting better but will never be what the EPL is, though at the same time more and more of our players are not only playing but are playing well in the EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, etc. <br /> China is, in football as in everything else, a potential sleeping giant, but it might take some time to reach that potential -- indeed I fully expect that country to increase its basketball presence before its football presence, as the Chinese have really taken to basketball.<br /><br />dcatdcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14383626.post-49283259428660253932010-07-28T09:27:36.889-05:002010-07-28T09:27:36.889-05:00as a lover of football(soccer), i am glad to hear ...as a lover of football(soccer), i am glad to hear it is blossoming over there in the US. however, the trouble is, as with china, if a nation with over 300,000,000 people start taking the sport seriosly, the chances are, they will end up dominating the sport. so you can understand why nations such as france, england, germany, spain etc, would fear the us, if they ever began to take football serious, really serious.<br /> the usa has a rich history, in football however, it has the same success as france does in recent militery history, haha.<br /> ......p.s, i still think zimbabwe should be invaded by uk, haha.dannybritnoreply@blogger.com