I think I understand your deeply rooted hatred for soccer, were you the fat kid on the soccer team?
I played on a soccer team in elementary to middle school and we had a couple fat kids on our soccer team, they totally hated it.
No I never played "competitive" soccer on any level. I did play football a few years between jr high school and high school, wasn't very good at that either and didn't see a lot of playing time. Still love it though.
Don't know why people want to turn it in to something it's not. Been through this before. I hate it because it's boring, and over hyped by the rest of the world. I watch a lot a baseball, which is also fairly boring, but you won't see me going nuts about how it's the greatest game in the world when it obviously is not.
Also soccer is just full of flopping fuck faces. It gets ridiculous to watch.
You're also not seeing 70 people die after a baseball game because the fans went full retarded. That's not to say people haven't ever died at baseball, basketball, or football games. However soccer fans take that shit to the next level.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svwGRJA28lY"]Full Retard - YouTube[/ame]