aj_arete Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 in soccer. It was in ESPN and I'm posting this to annoy Billiken Rich. I'm sorry, if this was already posted. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=325518&cc=5901 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 You can't annoy me with Billiken nostalgia. I'd just again point out that St. Louis is the only place that considers St. Louis the soccer captital of the USA. From the article: "It was a different time, a time in which one team dominated our nation's beautiful game, a time in which St. Louis was the soccer capital of the nation, and it's the only thing that makes me wish I were thirty-five years older." This goof considers soccer "our nation's beautiful game" and by implication considers St. Louis not to be the soccer capital of the nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSlu Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 >You can't annoy me with Billiken nostalgia. I'd just again >point out that St. Louis is the only place that considers >St. Louis the soccer captital of the USA. > >From the article: > >"It was a different time, a time in which one team dominated >our nation's beautiful game, a time in which St. Louis was >the soccer capital of the nation, and it's the only thing >that makes me wish I were thirty-five years older." > >This goof considers soccer "our nation's beautiful game" >and by implication considers St. Louis not to be the soccer >capital of the nation. The only "goof" is you *****. GS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 Always you with the profanity. It is clear proof that you lack the wit have an interesting and lively discussion. Go back to your room little man. I'm sure cartoon network is playing something you can really identify with right now....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesycow Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 "This goof considers soccer "our nation's beautiful game" and by implication considers St. Louis not to be the soccer capital of the nation." You do know that soccer is commonly referred to as "the beautiful game," right? And no one in their right mind considers St. Louis to be the soccer capital of the nation, but it is definitely a hotbed, and produces more talent per capita than it probably should be expected to for its size. what point are you trying to make, again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 The soccer lovers on the board believe we are the soccer captial of the nation. Also no one in their right mind would call soccer "our nation's beautiful game" Our nation is much more known for baseball and real football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLUBALLS Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 I only refer to St. Louis as teh soccer capital of the nation in the past tense. Too much parity these days to take on that title. But we do produce a sizable amount of top-notch players. Note that Steve Ralston, Taylor Twellman, and Pat Noonan, all from St. Louis, will be playing for the US Natl team at the upcoming friendly. And while we are on soccer and St. Louis, looks like April 22 is the release date for the movie "The Game of Their Lives", a pic about he 1950 US World Cup team that defeated England 1-0 in the WC. Up to then England had never participated in the World Cup as they saw no need to play the rest of the world since they invented the modern game. Big upset to say the least. Plenty of St. Louisians on the US team at the time as we were the soccer captial of the US at the time. Film was directed by same guy who did Hoosiers and Rudy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesycow Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 "our nation's beautiful game" probably refers the the american incarnation of soccer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 And as such its three lies for the price of one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 I am going to have to see that movie despite the fact that it's be the guy who did "Rudy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSlu Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 >And as such its three lies for the price of one. Wow...you can count to three? Is that how many times your Mommy let's you out of your room a day? Or is that the frequency of your medication BB? GS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 I had a snappy comeback involving your mother but I'll let that pass, especially since she may not be old enough to vote yet....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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