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US Soccer Snob’s US Soccer Update – 07/18/07
Published 7/18/2007 by Soccer Biz Mark at US Soccer Snob
... A perfect follow-up to our quote of the week II. Every time Joe American sports fan feels threatened by soccer (which should be all the time this week), the ignorant haters come out of the woodwork don’t they? I know that the entities vying to bring MLS to St. Louis can’t be happy after reading this joke of a column in the St. Louis Post-Distpatch by Bryan Burwell. I mean, there is poor research and then there is just straight-up denial. How do you define denial? I’d start by writing this sentence: “Even in a soccer hotbed like St. Louis, is there anyone who believes it will ever rise above the NHL or even the WNBA, and become a core American sporting pastime?” Hasn’t soccer (not just MLS, but all levels of soccer in this country) supplanted these sports already? The NHL is a close call, but if you think about national team games of all co ...

Here Come the Haters
Published 7/18/2007 by Dave at Dave's Football Blog
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This week in soccer–Thursday Soapbox Edition
Published 7/20/2007 by LetsGoBuffalo at BfloBlog.com
... was simply stunning in it’s football bashing, even saying at one point ‘We have our own football, you see. And it is not spelled futbol’ One thing Jay, its fútbol (you forgot the accent champ) only in Spanish speaking parts of the world. You can read the rest of the article at your own discretion. Seconded to Jay Mariotti is Bryan Burwell, who’s epic piece can be found here. His best quote was ‘What’s it going to take to convince people that soccer has its place in America, and that place is somewhere below hockey, the World Series of Poker and pro wrestling and just above pro lacrosse?’ I mean this guy really can’t be serious, can he? Can you really dislike a sport that much that you know absolutely nothing about?? Just below the World Series of Poker? How can someone get paid for an arti ...

This week in soccer : "Soapbox" edition
Published 7/20/2007 by Davey at BlownCoverage.com
... n't agree would enjoy punching a majority of the mainstream journalists in this country who absolutely bash football day in and day out and have NO research on the topic or no opinion outside of 'Soccer is dumb and boring.' My number one douchbag for this list is Jay Mariotti, who I can't stand. His article\u003c/a\>\nwas simply stunning in it's football bashing, even saying at one point\n'We have our own football, you see. And it is not spelled futbol' One\nthing Jay, its fútbol (you forgot the accent champ) only in Spanish\nspeaking parts of the world. You can read the rest of the article at\nyour own discretion. Seconded to Jay Mariotti is Bryan Burwell, who's\nepic piece can be found \u003ca href\u003d\" ...

Hey Beckham - Call it Futbol!
Published 7/20/2007 by Ole at Springfield MO Soccer
... Please world, let America be indifferent to pro soccer Bryan Burwell’s effort in St Louis to tell us what he thinks of soccer. I think the attitude he expresses will be recognized as the dinosaur that he is. Remember, it’s not football in America, it’s “incredibly massive men on steroids and human-growth hormone trying to dismember each other”. ...