Soccer is Soccer here
Tuesday night, Ayako and I watched the Japanese soccer team play against Paraguay in the World Cup tournament. I don’t know much about soccer… well, actually I know nothing about the sport, and I honestly can’t say I learned anything by watching the game either.
Except that Japanese people call soccer “soccer,” unlike the rest of the world (excluding the US), which calls this game “football.”
Watching the game was fun, even though I didn’t really understand the strategy or rules (what in the world is that yellow card the referee pulls out of his pocket?). It was fun because we were at a public viewing at our local movie theater.
That’s right, I watched a sports game on a nice 57′ screen.. and that is feet, not inches.
I enjoyed the night out with Ayako, however, I must say - I really can’t believe that soccer is so popular when both teams honestly played for 2 hours straight without scoring a single point.
In the end, Japan lost in a shootout similar to hockey. Maybe next time!
June 30th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
I watched the game also, I am quite the opposite. I watch soccer more than the average American I guess. I continue to scrim with my friends when time allows. My endurance isn’t what it used to be that is for sure. Anyway, I have nice droid app that gives me all of the updates on the World Cup. It is a great distraction on the porcelain god.
This World Cup has made me mad on a few occasion based on the poor referreeing. Unlike American football you can use instant replay in the judging of the call. In soccer, what the referee sees goes. There have been may miss calls and wrongfully given goals based on this. If the Fifa would invest in this is would, in my opinion, uphold the integrity of the sport.
Anyway, I am glad you were able to watch it and it is unfortunate that Japan lost. I think they were the better team. Yuki wasn’t able to stay up late enough to finish the game, but being in the US it was nice an early in my workday.
Matt
June 30th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Soccer is the big sport here, Im sure it is excellent for cardio - but I like to see some points from all that work… thus, you will never see me play soccer, too difficult to get a point
July 13th, 2010 at 9:27 am
The best definition of soccer is:
Teams running up and down the field with something ALMOST happening.
July 13th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Haha!