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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
I find a 10-7 baseball game and a 98-105 basketball game far more painful to watch than a 1-0 soccer game. Scoring does not necessarily equal entertainment to me. I enjoy watching the build-up, the chances, the saves, and yes - even good defence.
I also love my hockey, but they are different games with different strategies.
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Completely agreed.
Basketball is pretty much the most painful sport for me to watch. There are no game-changing plays outside of the last 30 seconds. A brilliant shot is quickly negated by a brilliant shot at the other end. I'm 6'5 and I really tried to like basketball as a youngster, went to basketball camps, tried to train up, but it just wasn't at all interesting to me to play.
The thing about hockey and soccer are that there are big plays. Especially soccer. In a lower scoring, more defensive sport, when you do manage to create a goal its a huge deal. Either the play has to be absolutely sublime and brilliant to break down the defense or a calamitous mistake was made usually. Just like hockey can have some brilliant breakaway or tic-tac-toe passing, soccer also has the moments of sheer brilliance. It's a beautiful game.
That said, there are certain matches that are mostly unwatchable just like in hockey. For the most part this World Cup has been very entertaining, I'm watching it much more religiously than I'd watch the NHL playoffs if the Flames are eliminated. To me the World Cup is the most amazing sporting event in the world followed closely by the Euros.
Hockey and Soccer are definitely my two favorite spectator sports. But I did play a lot of soccer growing up.