noteworthy wrote:
] After watching all three of my children play soccer for 12
] years, I can say that one of the best things about hockey
] is that it's not soccer.

as a good friend of mine once said, "Soccer is a sport where rich kids run around in silk shorts."

flynn23 wrote:
] noteworthy wrote:
] ] After watching all three of my children play soccer for
] 12
] ] years, I can say that one of the best things about hockey
]
] ] is that it's not soccer.
]
] as a good friend of mine once said, "Soccer is a sport where
] rich kids run around in silk shorts."

You are so clearly American. No self respecting Englishman would dream of saying that. Here soccer or football as we call it is the sport of the people. Nothing can bring this country to a halt like the World Cup or a European Championship.
ps Football has a trully global World Cup inlike your American football, baseball or basketball.

adam wrote:
] flynn23 wrote:
] ] noteworthy wrote:
] ] ] After watching all three of my children play soccer for
]
] ] 12
] ] ] years, I can say that one of the best things about
] hockey
] ]
] ] ] is that it's not soccer.
] ]
] ] as a good friend of mine once said, "Soccer is a sport where
]
] ] rich kids run around in silk shorts."
]
] You are so clearly American. No self respecting Englishman
] would dream of saying that. Here soccer or football as we
] call it is the sport of the people. Nothing can bring this
] country to a halt like the World Cup or a European
] Championship.
] ps Football has a trully global World Cup inlike your American
] football, baseball or basketball.

No disrespect to the world game of football (GO NEWCASTLE!), but this is more a comment about the culture that surrounds youth soccer in the US than anything else. Considering that hockey is hurling on ice, and that hurling is rooted in soccer, there's not much difference. And yes, as an Englishman, you can say that, because you have polo to rag on.