Koldkut
If we WANTED American football to be like rugby, we would play rugby.

Whatever you call it - football, American football, norteamerican futbol, take your pick - it still beats soccer hands down. Watching a game where no one scores is mind-numbingly boring...

Deeter...apology accepted in the same spirit as given.

Soccer: inexcuseable expenditure of energy
Carp on the fly: sit, wait, drink beer

Soccer: yellow cards given to players
Carp on the fly: golden yellow fish given to anybody with a hook & line

Soccer: likely instances of serious bodily harm
Carp on the fly: sunburn from falling asleep

Soccer: you have to take off your shirt immediately after you score the winning goal and slide on the field
Carp on the fly: You can take off your shirt any da*n time you want to

My biggest fist on a pole was a carp, and they are a blast. Using smashed bread on a catfish hook, my four year old and I landed a monster at the local lake. Creating fishing memories for these hefty beast can be very inexpensive since they are commonly stocked to control weeds.

My son fishes for them but with bait, not flies, and hopefully will be taking me along on the next trip. He says it a lot of fun and like hooking into a submarine.

Soccer sux big time, and the very idea of calling it Football is an insult to all americans. I would rather sit naked in a fire ant bed covered with molasses than to watch soccer.

I have to say that although there are times when soccer matches are boring to watch, anyone who watched the English and U.S. fight to a 1-1 draw will say that that game was entertaining. The score doesn't reflect the intensity and the amount of chances to score in the game.

And Kirk, I will agree with your predictions as well. Pretty solid choices. Maybe Brazil in the Final though.

P.S. I would still much rather be fishing than watching soccer.

Everytime I catch a carp, I yell.."He casts he scores!!!!!"
I'd call it a draw.

And I refuse to dignify Koldkut's comments with a response. Even an attempt at comparing Soccer to "American" Football is a crying shame.

Passionate fans my friend, that's all. Only two sports I have ever played are Hockey and Soccer, they both play the same, the movement around the field/rink is the same, the scores are about the same......Americans for the most part don't embrace things on a global level, esspecially sports, we might be better off if more people did.

That was just my response to Sayfu, I'm not nutz about soccer, I've played it and understand it. I'd rather watch soccer than NFL, MLB, or NBA(worst of the bunch with intentional fouling to change the outcome of the game).

I just got home from work and watched the replay. The US was screwed. I think. I know nothing of soccer but yea. Whatever it was that happened we got screwed. Bad call.

Count,

It was sort of a tongue-in-cheek comment but according to the talking heads on ESPN it is a worse call then the one that blew the perfect game a couple weeks back.

Are you a Celts of Lakers fan?

And flyfishing for carp?...If you like a challenge, carp can be near the top of the list. They do eat meat, and luv crawfish. Woolly buggers are a popular fly, and has been suggested they imitate a crawfish.
The challenge is the stalk of visible fish. Carp are extremely sensitive to water vibration, and a clumsy wader has little chance. Then a good stalker recognizes a potential taker..Singles and doubles that are cruising are looking for food. Schools of carp are more than likely just travelling. A good cast in front of a cruiser, and a take, and then an incredible fight is quite a rush. You don't get that kinda gamesmanship sittin on a dock of a bay, but to each his own. We have a big, flyfishing carp tourney every Spring near me, and it gets more attendance every year.

buck, Celtic fan but as usual, they ran out of 4-leaf clover.

Sayfu, thanks for your perspective, blue. What level officiating?

count, I've done lots of HS baseball games, but the most fun was softball...400 games one Summer. Slow pitch softball in the Seattle area...softball junkies that every weekend during the Summer would play in a tournament..4 or 5 different divisions, and state, regional, and national tourneys. I got to travel the country doing tourneys. The game was fast, lots of diving catches that made calls tough...you had to be on your toes at all times...rules were baseball rules. If there is one 20-20 hindsight I frequently have it is I wish after college I had gone to Ump school in Florida to be a major league umpire. I would have eaten hotdogs in the minors for years for the opportunity to move up. Now, I am a couch potato and make the calls.

Just reading about carp fishing is more fun than watching soccer.

Amen, Kirk.

The only anglers I know who look down their nose at fly fishing for carp are the ones who, it becomes apparent after talking to them a little more, have never done it. When you have a 15lb. carp on a long rod taking you into your backing, your pre-formed opinion based on a lack of experience tends to change pretty quickly.

And for a good perspective on the World Cup:

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2010/06/01/133-the-world-cup/