Pro Soccer? Sucks. WNBA? Sucks...

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  1. Volpone

    Volpone Zombie Hunter

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    ...so why not take the two and combine them. According to the news tonight the Portland Thorns beat the Seattle Rain in a riveting 2-1 game that lasted 3 hours. As if women's soccer wasn't shitty enough, those have got to be the worst team names anyone has ever come up with.
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    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Women's soccer is superior to men's, because they some times whip their shirts off to celebrate in sports bras at the end of a win.

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  3. Cobalt

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    Women's Pro Soccer is great!

    The crowd was 16,479 for Portland's home opener.

    The Thorns have U.S. star Alex Morgan,
    and Canadian forward Christine Sinclair.

    The Seattle Reign were missing their two name players.

    Hope Solo is out with a wrist injury,
    and Megan Rapinoe is currently playing in France.
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  4. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    I suppose that's cool if you like looking at breasts that would be at home on a very mildly overweight pre-teen boy.

    Personally I don't, but whatever floats your boat.
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  5. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    compare this to an NFL game where the score is 14-7.
    only differences I can see is that the football game stops 15 seconds for a breather and it requires less coordination.
    The only team sport better than soccer is lacrosse.
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    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Hockey is arguably best among the net defense sports. And baseball, though significantly different, is also better.
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  7. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    Perhaps you would prefer the German women's team.

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  9. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Big, bloated, soulless, corporate behemoth sports of any kind?
    Sucks.

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    Due to Title IX and our college athletic system the US has one of the top Women's National Teams in the world, especially for young players. What we don't have is a professional women's league that keep our awesome women college players playing soccer after they graduate. If we can get one going, we'll dominate the sport.

    And considering Timbers only average a few thousand more fans a match, not a bad turnout.
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  12. Volpone

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    So...what, women's soccer is like some weird amalgam of welfare and the Special Olympics? :marathon:

    I miss Thirsty Thursdays and minor league baseball at PGE Park.
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  13. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    :moon:
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    The salaries of their National Team players are paid by the USSF, Canadian Soccer Association and Mexican Football Federation.
  15. Sean the Puritan

    Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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    I'm literally astonished at this bizarre change in mindset for you. :soholy:
  16. Volpone

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    If Mexican football was football the way Mexican wrestling is wrestling, I'd pay to watch that.
  17. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    Didn't Vince MacMahon try that a few years ago?
  18. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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  19. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Well, gee, I guess I could start lying to you folks to make you feel more comfortable.

    Would you like that?

    Would you like some lies?

    Hmm?
  20. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    so you always got picked last at recess, huh?
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    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Nope, not really, I used to run like the Flash, I just thought sports were boring.
    :shrug:

    If I had energy to burn off, running around out in the woods, and climbing stuff, and digging tunnels, shit like that, that was way better than having some dumb "coach", honking rules and orders at you.

    Always felt like they were a bunch of Daytons trying to make little Marines.

    If it had been a lack of physical ability, seems to me I would have LONGED for that shit, like...well, Dayton.