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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
The only issue I had was when the criticism goes from "I don't like watching soccer" to "Soccer is an objectively less worthy game because of [low scoring, propensity for ties, etc,.]." Or, even more ridiculously, when the criticism takes the form of "all they do is kick the ball and run fast." At that point, it moves from an issue of preference to one of ignorance. Different team sports have different skills. If you think all you need to do to play soccer well (or even competently) is kick the ball and run fast, then it is pretty clear you have not played soccer (or at least not since you were in 4th grade).
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Some of the people with the best combination of coordination and speed that I have ever known have been soccer players. I have also observed that these people are well above-average in most other sports as well.
I have ALSO observed that soccer players like drinking, smoking and drugging (at least in HS/College) more than the average athlete.
