"Soccer"

[Gejon 2]

First of all an apology to Zathras BUT...

 

What the fuck!!

 

"2-o", the commentator says "o" as in the letter instead of zero or nil"

 

"he takes it into the end zone"

 

There was one more which actually created this thread but I cant remember what now, worse than that woman on MOTD

 

Literally just watched a 3 minute highlight and cringed the whole way through.

[acrossthepond 900]

"The Galaxy 'tied' the Dynamo today"

 

Actually just read this paragraph from a Soccernet match report:

 

Prior to Thursday's contest, Beckham's recorded his lone MLS tally on a free kick in a 2-0 SuperLiga semifinal victory over D.C. United on August 15, 2007.

 

As for Donovan, it was the 10th time since 2001 he has recorded a goal and an assist in an MLS match.

 

The Galaxy (1-1), who dropped a 4-0 decision to the Colorado Rapids in their season opener on Saturday, enjoyed a decisive 11-3 advantage in shots on Thursday.

 

cringeworthy focus on mindless statistics prevalent in all US sports, applied to football = ugh.

[Asprilla 96]

Americans are bent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(I jest).

[Jimbo 175]

It makes that Boston United sketch on Soccer AM seem all too real.

[Zathras 296]

You think it's tough to read that once and a while? Try fucking living with it as your main source of information! The commentators over here are unbearable because instead of keeping the few actual students of the game, ESPN wants to "draw in a wider audience" by using guys like Dave O'Brien and Roger Twibell who are fine for their own sports (NCAA Basketball and Golf respectively) but haven't a clue what's going on on a soccer field, and in O'Brien's case couldn't even call players' names correctly (Daniel Beckham, hence the constant calling him by 'wrong' names by US fans.)

 

There are plenty of people over here, even a large number in the media who know and love the game and would be infinitely better, but ESPN doesn't think that knowledge of the game is the important factor. Instead they want a "Cultured voice" and a "seasoned broadcaster" who's going to play it safe and not confuse their viewers. It's a bunch of hogwash.

[Zathras 296]

First of all an apology to Zathras BUT...

 

What the fuck!!

 

"2-o", the commentator says "o" as in the letter instead of zero or nil"

 

"he takes it into the end zone"

 

There was one more which actually created this thread but I cant remember what now, worse than that woman on MOTD

 

Literally just watched a 3 minute highlight and cringed the whole way through.

 

 

P.S. no apology necessary for complaining about the commentary; that's been a US fan pastime for decades now.

 

HOWEVER, I don't think you can be too centered on the difference in idiom usage such as "O" for zero (no one uses 'nil' over here--no one was educated with a Latin background --at least not THAT kind of Latin)

 

"Tie" is perfectly acceptable parlance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But yeah, there's a reason that US Soccer fans get their news from Blogs a lot more than 'real' media outlets. The good soccer journalists in this country have (semi-official) blogs where they can write how they should be able to write in the papers.