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Topic: World Cup soccer match screened live in London cinema
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John Pytlak
Film God
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Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-18-2002 09:04 AM
Bob Maar said: "However unless you have grown up watching this it seems very slow moving and with scores like 2 - 0 and 1 - 0 the game lacks a degree of excitement."In baseball, many really enjoy "pitchers' duels" more than games with scores in the teens. Rochester is a real "soccer town": http://rhinossoccer.com/ http://www.mlsnet.com/
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Gerard S. Cohen
Jedi Master Film Handler
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Posts: 975
From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 06-18-2002 05:57 PM
Yes, the young'uns are taking to football (soccer) in the US now. The women's victory over China in the Olympics (even if the win was by a penalty kick) encouraged girls to take to the game enmasse.I find soccer a sport of continuous motion, like a choreographed ballet, especially when playbacks in slo-mo are shown. In the NY metro area, it is shown daily on th UHF channels, mostly narrated in Spanish or Italian. The patter is continuous, and when there is a goal, the announcer yells GGOOOOOOOOOAAAALLLL in a cry that seems never-ending. It's very easy to follow, even without understanding the finer points. For example, I can't even name the positions the players hold nor the plays, nor do I understand some of the rituals. Example: When two players tear off their jerseys, jump up and down, and embrace each other's hairy sweating torsos. Are they the captain and the goalie celebrating a victory, or competing captains showing good sportsmanship? Or swapping jerseys for souvenirs? Two women on the US olympic team did this, to the criticism of some prudes, but all the TV cameras showed it over and over as a significant ritual, which I see in every game on TV. I never tune in purposely, but when it appears while channel-hopping, it keeps me riveted for a while, even though I have no preferences as to teams. It's much more active and readily affordable than American Football, with the latter's arcane rules and terminology, and interminable interruptions and delays. As for cricket, I don't think anyone born in the USA could ever see the point of it. Must be limited to geographical genetics. Maybe the Icelandic records will someday explain.
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