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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
This is why soccer will never be taken seriously here in North America.
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Was having a talk about that with my friend's fiance over the weekend, he moved here from Australia last year and grew up playing soccer. He was saying something similar, of how he says the whole diving thing is part of soccer culture, but in North America we just didn't grow up with that mentality so when we see it we think its beyond ridiculous, we just don't get it. He attributed it to one of the big reasons its not huge over here, his 2 cents anyways.
Sorry to the Azzuri fans on here, but I think that team's embarassing with all that crap. I don't care how skilled they are, I can't cheer for a team that pulls that garbage. It's like cheering for the Canucks. I really enjoy watching soccer at the World Cup, I just need to steer clear of Italy games.