Beckham is Coming!

Originally posted by Red Night
What kind of a response would you like?

The inherent lunacy in the statements that you are making speak for themself.

Time will prove me right. I can wait.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
I heard he bent it.

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[b]Edit! "bended" it.[/b]

Ha! Quality!

(if you hadn't needed the edit)

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Time will prove me right. I can wait.

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By the year 2050, the spanish speaking population in the US is projected to exceed 100 million people.

Unlike the rolling stones, time is decidedly not on your side Mr. Van Winkle.

Originally posted by Red Night
By the year 2050, the spanish speaking population in the US is projected to exceed 100 million people.

Unlike the rolling stones, time is decidedly not on your side Mr. Van Winkle.

In the 70's they thought soccer was going to become top sport in the US by the 1980's.

Care to guess what happened?

Here is a clue...

Nothing.

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The Posh n Becks arrival was reported down under as a glitzy plastic circus that no Americans could care less about. Posh was rated as just another common wannabe glam star out of her depth in USA and a street poll showed most yanks never even knew who he was. Becks could come down here and run kids clinics where he would be appreciated and adored by our soccer youth.

Originally posted by Tirau Dan
The Posh n Becks arrival was reported down under as a glitzy plastic circus that no Americans could care less about. Posh was rated as just another common wannabe glam star out of her depth in USA and a street poll showed most yanks never even knew who he was. Becks could come down here and run kids clinics where he would be appreciated and adored by our soccer youth.

Looks like your news is just as reliable as theirs! 🙄

Originally posted by darvlay
Looks like your news is just as reliable as theirs! 🙄

media show what they want here ..same as everywhere in the west I guess..
Biggest giggle here is that govt now control the cameras in parliament chambers to stop media showing them asleep or nose picking etc. so radio and comedy tv are roasting them merrily

Originally posted by Phlabibit
In the 70's they thought soccer was going to become top sport in the US by the 1980's.

Care to guess what happened?

Here is a clue...

Nothing.

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who is the "they" you refer to? what were they smoking? in whose basement? and at what hour of the night?

Originally posted by Red Night
who is the "they" you refer to? what were they smoking? in whose basement? and at what hour of the night?

You're going to claim ignorance on the big push to make soccer US's greatest sport back in the day? You've never heard anything about this? I can't find anything you can read up, but Jim Rome still talks about it sometimes.

Someone in MLS (I believe / or some other US based soccer organization) had said that soccer was the game of the future and would be the biggest sport into the 1980's and beyond.

As you know, we are still waiting and will be waiting a LONG TIME.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
You're going to claim ignorance on the big push to make soccer US's greatest sport back in the day? You've never heard anything about this? I can't find anything you can read up, but Jim Rome still talks about it sometimes.

Someone in MLS (I believe / or some other US based soccer organization) had said that soccer was the game of the future and would ...[text shortened]... 0's and beyond.

As you know, we are still waiting and will be waiting a LONG TIME.

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MLS wasn't around in the 80's. So, I highly doubt that an MLS official made that statement.

Originally posted by Red Night
MLS wasn't around in the 80's. So, I highly doubt that an MLS official made that statement.

Like I said, them or some other organization.

Are you thinking I'm making up a story? What's up with that?

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Like I said, them or some other organization.

Are you thinking I'm making up a story? What's up with that?

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I think that you are confused or reporting some hubristic statement made by someone representing the NASL as a common belief.

No one was seriously suggesting in 1977 that Soccer would be the # 1 sport in the US by 1980.

Originally posted by Red Night
I think that you are confused or reporting some hubristic statement made by someone representing the NASL as a common belief.

No one was seriously suggesting in 1977 that Soccer would be the # 1 sport in the US by 1980.

One man said it, and every kid with a Pele poster on their wall believed it at the time.

Perhaps soccer was bigger on the east coast than where you are? Perhaps you were not playing soccer in the 70's so it got past you.

No, I'm sure it wasn't a general consensus of every US citizen, but there was indeed a craze, and it was said by many that soccer WOULD become the biggest sport in the 80's when all us kids started becoming adults.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
One man said it, and every kid with a Pele poster on their wall believed it at the time.

Perhaps soccer was bigger on the east coast than where you are? Perhaps you were not playing soccer in the 70's so it got past you.

No, I'm sure it wasn't a general consensus of every US citizen, but there was indeed a craze, and it was said by many that soccer WOULD become the biggest sport in the 80's when all us kids started becoming adults.

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Pele arrived in 1975. I remember it well. i saw him twice.

Again, no one was seriously saying that the sport would be # 1 in the US by 1980. That is just ridiculous

Originally posted by Red Night
Pele arrived in 1975. I remember it well. i saw him twice.

Again, no one was seriously saying that the sport would be # 1 in the US by 1980. That is just ridiculous

I'll see if I can get an answer from Jim Rome tomorrow about who it was, when he said, and what was said. It will be nice if they get back to me so I can shut your stupied face.

Other than that, I'll be waiting another 10 years or so to hand you your "told you so, America hates soccer."

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