/dev/null Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/socc...ex.html?cnn=yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taterhill Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 why do they have flares at a game???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britbillsfan Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 why do they have flares at a game???? 303647[/snapback] So they can throw them at opposing fans or players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Why can't Americans love soccer the way Europeans do? By the way, seeing a soccer player in pain lying on a field garners no sympathy from me since these guys practrice faking injuries to draw penalties. How many times (I know you don't watch soccer) have you seen a soccer player fall down and act like he broke his leg in 15 places? PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 If the MLS had more crazy fans like this, the league would be more popular... On a related topic... whycome Rochester got screwed out of an MLS team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTS Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 why do they have flares at a game???? 303647[/snapback] It's a soccer tradition in Italy, Spain and Portugal. You light your flares that bare your team's main color as a show of support. But with an incident like this, who knows if the leagues might reconsider allowing it. BTW... there might be another soccer-maylee today. Liverpool FC plays Juventus in a UEFA Championship League game today on ESPN2 at 2:30pm. It's the first time the teams play at Juve since 39 Juve fans were killed in the Heysel Stadium disaster 20 years ago when Liverpool's fans trampled them to death. They are reported having 1,100 special forces officers at the game because of claims of revenage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChuckDickerson Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 How many times (I know you don't watch soccer) have you seen a soccer player fall down and act like he broke his leg in 15 places? PTR 303671[/snapback] Counting today, zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTS Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 If the MLS had more crazy fans like this, the league would be more popular... On a related topic... whycome Rochester got screwed out of an MLS team? 303672[/snapback] They'll get it. However, the Rhinos owner doesn't want to play the entrance fee. He's waiting the league out. Why can't Americans love soccer the way Europeans do? By the way, seeing a soccer player in pain lying on a field garners no sympathy from me since these guys practrice faking injuries to draw penalties. How many times (I know you don't watch soccer) have you seen a soccer player fall down and act like he broke his leg in 15 places? PTR 303671[/snapback] I'm a huge soccer fan but every time I watch a player dive I want to punch the screen. That's why I like this new guy Eddie Johnson on the US National Team. He's awesome, he runs throw tackles and doesn't go down even when he does get hacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblehead Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 They'll get it. However, the Rhinos owner doesn't want to play the entrance fee. He's waiting the league out.303682[/snapback] I want to agree with you, but it's hard. I think Don Garber uses the Rochester situation as leverage in order to get larger cities with weathier owners to buy into the league (Checketts in Salt Lake, Vergara with that Chivas thing, now Toronto) Question: why do I know this? Soccer, well, it kinda blows. Ok, it's doesn't, not at the world-class level, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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