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Old 04-03-2008, 07:26 PM   #1
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Default I signed up to play on my buddy's soccer team

I don't know why.

I hate soccer. I don't watch it, and the last time I played it was probably 6th grade recess.

They're going to regret asking me to play, I don't even know the rules.
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Old 04-03-2008, 07:47 PM   #2
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all you have to know is which way the ball needs to be kicked.
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Old 04-03-2008, 07:56 PM   #3
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Just don't get hurt, as you know it would be a bad time to get hurt before the Relay.
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Old 04-03-2008, 08:02 PM   #4
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Just don't get hurt, as you know it would be a bad time to get hurt before the Relay.
The only injury I see possible is my team beating me with their fists after I lose them yet another game.
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actually soccer is much more dangerous than basketball, IMO.

Slide tackles, heads colliding, etc.
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Old 04-03-2008, 08:15 PM   #6
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actually soccer is much more dangerous than basketball, IMO.

Slide tackles, heads colliding, etc.
In this league you can't leave your feet. Of course, a lot of good that rule will do me after some doofus has taken out my knee. But I think the league is geared more toward the wannabe crowd, such as myself.
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never go for contested headers. I learned this the hard way.
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Old 04-03-2008, 08:51 PM   #8
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In our local paper this morning there was an update on a HS kid who broke his neck and almost died after having someone run into him when he was playing goalie. I guess he slid down to get the ball while some other player was also sliding for the ball. He took a knee to the neck and fractured it fairly high in the C Spine from what I understand.
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I've got a patient right now that snapped his Achilles tendon chasing a ball playing adult league soccer. He was a weekend warrior who was once in great shape, but had really let himself go and had no business playing competitively.
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In our local paper this morning there was an update on a HS kid who broke his neck and almost died after having someone run into him when he was playing goalie. I guess he slid down to get the ball while some other player was also sliding for the ball. He took a knee to the neck and fractured it fairly high in the C Spine from what I understand.
Is he a quad now? I'd think I would have seen him if he was and I've never heard this story.
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