Quote: Originally posted by wylie715 on 7/15/2008even talking about how boring soccer is, is boring.

Quote: Originally Posted By raucous on 7/03/2008
Running 45 minutes at a time? Have you watched soccer at all? Walking around for 40 minutes with some short bursts of running. The only people I saw running most of the game was the sideline judges.

Soccer is the only sport that the refs have to be in better shape than the players.

Quote: Originally Posted By raucous on 7/11/2008
No. What I am saying is I was playing my position. I would play up near the center line to keep the defense honest. Maybe when you play soccer, everyone just runs in a big bunch, follows the ball, and ignores their position. So that would put you in the 6-10 yo age group.



An average person walks 6-7 km per hour. So soccer players are more seditary than that.



That just meant that your team was not that good and the other team dominated you. They kept the ball down towards your goal for most of the game. If this is not the case then your Midfield sucked. They dribbled until they lost the ball. You of course know that if they had the ball you could have run diagonals to open up space and create channels, right?

Quote: Originally Posted By dwevans24 on 7/29/2008

Quote: Originally Posted By raucous on 7/03/2008

Running 45 minutes at a time? Have you watched soccer at all? Walking around for 40 minutes with some short bursts of running. The only people I saw running most of the game was the sideline judges.

Soccer is the only sport that the refs have to be in better shape than the players.

Steven Gerrard, who plays for Liverpool runs between 5 - 6 miles a game.

Keep up the intelligent comments.

Quote: Originally Posted By lebronfeldt on 7/17/2008I wouldn't be too much concerned with the distance ran but with the number sprints and the number of times you have to change direction