Comments on: Has soccer taken hold as a “hip” sport to like?

By: super rookie

super rookie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:46:11 +0000

I just went from 6 to 12midnight!

(Go Thunder)

By: ramon

ramon — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:10:53 +0000

And I agree with Rocket’s haiku. But I do like to share my love of FC Barcelona with the beautiful women that are FC BCN fans.

By: ramon

ramon — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:07:14 +0000

Did I just say all that?

I meant to cast no aspersions on My Morning Jacket or their facial hair. I picture them more as the roadside whiffle-baller types.

By: Tuna Can

Tuna Can — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:06:00 +0000

The shoe pictured is what I remember Rand wearing on the course the year they supposedly “..put it all together out there..” and claimed to have the lowest score of the golf tourney. Yeah right!!! To this day it’s still in question as they just happened to be playing as a lone twosome on the course… The whole thing smells as fishy as a ..

Looking forward to Saturday boys…

By: Stu

Stu — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:59:18 +0000

Ramon: for the record, it’s My Morning Jacket, and their new album is what the kids call “a zesty thrill ride.”

By: ramon

ramon — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:51:54 +0000

Not to harp on the old the glorious days of the NASL and MN Kicks, but the hipster/fringe angle was the marketing plan - at least in Minny. While the Vikes and Kicks both promoted the tailgating fun, the party outside the Vikes games resembled a Charlie Daniels audience, while the party outside the Kicks games were more like a Wilco or My Morning Glory crowd. Minus the Hackey Sacks.

The question is, why were soccer and the Kicks the second-best draw in town for that (really one) glorious year and then nada? And, in conjunction with that period and leading up to it, adult mens’ soccer leagues (and not hack leagues - players from these teams were good enough to be chosen to fill out the Kick’s roster every home game) were plentiful and numerous.

Fad? Maybe, except soccer is still one of the most popular after-school sports for kids.

IMHO, I think soccer is just too non-American. Which, of course, makes it un-American. It’s about Old Glory and apple pie. You can market to the all the skatepunks and Vans wearers (or whatever’s hip these days - Addidas?) you want, but they’re gonna get their thrills from the half-pipe. You can market to all the Phish and Wilco folks you want, but they’re not that into organized team sports. (The last organized team I played on consisted mainly of Deadheads. We would’ve taken the league championship but the Dead were playing a couple weeks in WI and IL and we couldn’t field a team).

Radiohead fans would get winded just watching the Thunder. Maybe Landon Donovan should hook up with Sheryl Crow or something. That might help. Oh, and allow fistfights. On the field too.

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:26:20 +0000

Sassbottom

Hole #8 was certainly entertaining…

And I wear retro New Balances when I golf. That has to be just as lame as Rand’s Adidas

My dad always has an extra pair of golf shoes in his car though, so when I tee it up with him, I’m a little more acceptable.

By: Sassbottom

Sassbottom — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:21:16 +0000

For the record, it should be noted that RandBall wears the Adidas kicks pictured above when he plays golf. It’s the lamest thing ever.

AND SPEAKING OF GOLF …

Check out the hole-by-hole preview of the Bastards Invitational Golf Tournament — featuring RandBall and Linnemann — on kirschtopia.tumblr.com

By: Stu

Stu — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:13:19 +0000

Compound haiku? Good heavens, Rocket, now you’re just showing off.

That said, “Piazza New York Catcher” by Belle & Sebastian is a great song.

By: Michael Rand

Michael Rand — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:58:57 +0000

I second the +1