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View Poll Results: Are you watching the World Cup?
Yes, every game I can 46 28.93%
Yes, but not every game 45 28.30%
Yes, but only my country's games 9 5.66%
Yes, but only a little bit here and there 20 12.58%
Not at all 39 24.53%
Voters: 159. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-24-2014, 06:16 AM
 
Location: SE UK
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I'm an American married to a Scot so we always watch the World Cup. And we cheer for whoever is playing England.

Some of my family in the US say it's a boring game, not high enough scores. And they watch games like baseball!
You have to, considering Scotland can't even 'qualify'!
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Old 06-24-2014, 07:42 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
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You have to, considering Scotland can't even 'qualify'!
Neither did Turkey, Bulgaria, or Sweden, even though they all made the semifinals within the past 20 years, and England did not..
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Old 06-24-2014, 07:51 AM
 
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^You forgot about Ukraine.

On topic: yes but not every match (due to the Summer Games Done Quick marathon). My pick is Germany although my country is not in the WC.
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Old 06-24-2014, 09:39 AM
 
Location: Czech Republic
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I'm an American married to a Scot so we always watch the World Cup. And we cheer for whoever is playing England.

Some of my family in the US say it's a boring game, not high enough scores. And they watch games like baseball!
my husband thinks since football isn't like basketball that both teams can easily score and can score many, many times , a goal in football is like having an orgasm.The excitement it gives you when your team makes a goal is just really really big.

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Old 06-24-2014, 10:17 AM
 
Location: Gorgeous Scotland
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my husband thinks since football isn't like basketball that both teams can easily score and can score many, many times , a goal in football is like having an orgasm.The excitement it gives you when your team makes a goal is just really really big.
Aye!
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Old 06-24-2014, 10:28 AM
 
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
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Good article. It is often said that the US is the ONLY place in the world where it is not the most popular sport, but that's patently false. There are plenty of other places where another sport dominates, even if association football (soccer) is easily the world's most popular sport in spite of this.
Finland and India, for example... two countries whose football teams a lot of people don't even remember that they exist. At least USA qualifies very often in the World Cup.
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Old 06-24-2014, 10:54 AM
 
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im not saying that soccer is a bad sport but I think there are better sports out there like baseball or hockey
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Old 06-24-2014, 11:36 AM
 
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
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im not saying that soccer is a bad sport but I think there are better sports out there like baseball or hockey
Depends on the personal taste of each one.
Baseball is a sport which I never understood.
The sports which I personally like more are basketball and volleyball.
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Old 06-25-2014, 12:41 AM
 
Location: Denver/Atlanta
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Only the US games.
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Old 06-25-2014, 03:17 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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Finland and India, for example... two countries whose football teams a lot of people don't even remember that they exist. At least USA qualifies very often in the World Cup.
Crickets massive in India, so we see them in the Cricket World Cup and England regularly plays them in International Test Matches, One day Cricket and 20/20 Cricket.

Ice Hockey is the most popular sport in Finland, with Football not even coming close.

I can honestly say that I quite like Ice Hockey and always enjoy watching it in the Winter Olympics, I would happily see more Ice Hockey on British TV. Ice Hockey being fast and exciting to watch.
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