Seanhawk":2yzx66fw said:
Worst show on TV is extremely hyperbolic. At the end of the day, there's still a football game being shown. My wife watches the Hallmark Channel. Have any of you watched that? It's absolute $h!t.
If we're just talking sports, any soccer game is worse.
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Sorry you missed the brilliance of the Seattle Sounders MLS Cup Championship season, their barn-burner divisional round 4-3 win over FC Dallas, their underdog demolition of anointed Gods LAFC on the road in the conference championship to get to the finals, and their stirring 3-1 win in the championship game. Seattle is fortunate to have the amazing Brian Schmetzer as our coach; his teams make late-season runs, parallel to how Pete Carroll Seahawks teams get hot in November. The Sounders local broadcast team, the Q13 Fox crew, including longtime US National Team goalkeeper Kasey Keller, and the enthusiastic and inspiring Steve Zakuani, is actually pretty fun broadcast and postgame to watch.
I understand that a lot of "pointy football" fans don't "get" soccer, but once you get to know it, it's a great fan experience as well, both live and on TV. I wasn't much of a soccer fan until my mid 20's when I started coaching my three kids, and thus having to learn the game. I actually could've been a really good soccer player if my lack of skill and lack of fitness didn't hold me back.
However, my two daughters went on to become amazing players, 4A 1st team all-state, both college all-conference, mostly because I turned them over to pro coaches at ages 9 and 12. My son lights up the Mexican leagues in Las Vegas, as the "Token Gringo" on whichever team he plays for, and is a joy to watch.
If you're comparing soccer on TV to sappy Hallmark Channel movies, well, that's sad you feel that way. The MLS product, the league the Sounders are in, is actually pretty entertaining and the quality of the game has gotten pretty good over the last decade. In the USA, I think the best overall soccer fan experience is MLS. Don't know if you're based in Seattle; if yes, then take the Sounders for a spin, take in a couple games in person, if not, check out your local MLS team (even if it's, horrors, *Portland*) and give them a chance. The Seattle-Portland MLS soccer rivalry is very much on par with the Seahawks-49ers rivalry in its intensity, mutual disdain, and mutual grudging respect. A Sounders game is the cheapest way by far to get into CenturyLink in person and see an exciting football game. I like to get seats in the Hawks Nest area. Usually cheap and I enjoy the view from there.
If you've given soccer a legit chance and still feel that way, certainly your right. If you've not given it a legit shot, it's worth it, especially if you're based in the Seattle area. Remember, the Sounders are a Paul Allen team, and Paul Allen only did awesome stuff when it came to pro sports.
https://www.soundersfc.com/team/staff/paul-allen Even the Portland people loved Paul Allen as the Jail Blazers owner.
https://www.opb.org/news/article/paul-a ... ownership/
