Most people on campus have never seen the University of Memphis men's soccer play. Most students didn't we had a decent team. But then again who cares about soccer in America. Half of those who care really only give a crap because David Beckham is handsome (interpreting what girls think here) and the other half are Mexican. Well that's stretching it. But it is absolutely true.
Anyways the men's soccer team played number 10 ranked Creighton and let's just say Memphis laid an egg the first half. The final score was 3-1 but the score does not reflect the game. The first half was all Creighton while the second half was predominately dominated by Memphis. The importance here is yet again Memphis chokes in front of a decent size crowd and a ranked opponent. Give credit to Richie Grant for scheduling such hard teams but sometime along the line you've got to beat a ranked opponent. I haven't seen it happen for a while. Within the first 20-25 minutes the score was 3-0. It was that lopsided. Though I must say there was this one hilarious scene near the end of the game. A Memphis midfielder had the ball deep in his own half when a Creighton player came and tried to nail him in the balls. Everyone in the crowd screamed what the hell! Keep in mind this was within 10 yards of the Memphis bench. Richie Grant was furious. No one could understand Richie screaming and bitching in his Irish accent except at the end of the whole scenario. The inept referee gave the player a yellow card and was immediately taken out of the game by his coach. And as he walked of the field, Richie Grant in his Irish accent yelled "he's (Creighton coach) duing what you (ref) should ave done, take him oyt of the game!". Oh the whole crowd was laughing. There was another instance when another Creighton player got fouled and got up into the ref's face. Once in the ref's face, the player started to cuss the ref out but in the middle of it all his voice cracked. Oh boy, and he was a senior. Haha!
I mention all this because I tried out for the soccer team and I got some postive results. He told me to come back in the spring to tryout for a week this time. I was one of the only ones to get asked back. As a result, whenver Memphis is in town playing soccer, I try to watch the game to see what college ball really is. I noticed that college soccer is overrated and college soccer players are arrogant and unskillful. It is no wonder why professional soccer never get a firm hold in America.
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Sad, isn't it. People play for the glory and the scholarship money, not even for the love of the game. In other countries that love is ingrained into people that they almost need the sport to live. Forget that in America, we're worried about the money.
I love soccer.
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