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Originally Posted by Thunderball
You very clearly have never played competitive soccer at any level... especially when saying guys essentially playing on concrete with no padding for 90 mins are pussies compared to guys who play in 30-40 lbs of padding and get breaks every minute or so. Soccer takes a massive toll on the body, most of those high speed collisions and tackles would take any "red blooded male" out for a good while, and if you don't believe me, ask a doctor or physiotherapist. (Of course, there are a lot of divers and that is shameful, but tell me with a straight face that it never happens in hockey.. to me there's nothing more shameful than a guy wearing a visor collapsing to the ice grabbing his face when a stick grazes them, or fails to connect at all).
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No, I haven't played competitive soccer. Why would I invest years of practice, honing my skills for something that I don't like?
And don't try to compare the "toughness" of hockey and american football players to soccer players. That's an absolute laugh. You are not going to get much support for that idea on this side of the Atlantic.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aaemZ_wkMNA
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=jxvNxsJzyxI
Can you watch that as a soccer fan and not weep inside? You know what, it's not even the diving so much as the guy laying on the feild for 5 minutes after the brushing of elbows, rolling around like Clint Malarchuk after he took a skate to the throat. Embarassing. And worse yet, acceptable and encouraged in the soccer "football" community.
That crap happens countless times in every single game. Did you see the Chile vs Argentina game in the Semi's of the U-20's? You gonna defend that and tell me those guys are as "tough" as the Canadian World Juniors? I'd love see those guys have to go up against (just guys from recent WJC's) Dion Phaneuf, Shae Weber, Jack Johnson, Eric Johnson, etc. Yeah, I guess hockey players are pussies compared to those hardened Argentinians, my bad.