(European) Soccer Explained for Americans
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- A general overview of how the main differences between soccer and American sports, with a focus on the European leagues. Covering the leagues, strategy, and player contracts.
0:00 - introduction
1:23 - common american objections
4:24 - strategy
8:07 - leagues
11:29 - champions/europa league
13:06 - popular teams
14:21 - contracts
16:19 - continued learning
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"European Football explained to Americans"
Europeans: Interesting lets watch that
Lmao 🤣
brazilian watching here, dont really know why 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@denisonunglaub 🤣🤣Nigerian here. Footballing nations watching a "how to" on football. Strange world.
@PeNg Alpha same
Europeans reading the title of the video: "Ohh, I didn't know that was possible. Let's double check to make sure he doesn't completely loose them."
"The other team can't score when your team have the ball"
Arsenal: "Hold my beer"
The problem with Arsenal is they always try to walk it in...
@@TheOnDeckCircle look for River Plate (Argentina), and I mention it only because you didn't say anything about South American football.
@@TheOnDeckCircle We got better skills now, we scores own goals (ಥ﹏ಥ)
@@TheOnDeckCircle did you see that ludicrous display last night?
@@jamesduffy7549 what was Wenger thinking bringing on Walcott so early?
Gotta love how the video is meant to educate Americans on European Football, and yet the comment section is filled with European football fans (like me) hi to the the few Americans who actually learned something and kudos to you for a well put together video mate :)
Hi, huge soccer fan my whole life, my first and favorite sport, followed by American football and basketball.
Loved football my whole life, both European and NFL. It's been 10 years now that we have European league coverage on Saturday and Sunday mornings. I do love the Premiere League and La Liga,( Arsenal and Real Madrid follower)
I didn't learn anything from the video, but it is very well done. I will bookmark it and share if anyone asks about football.
I legit don't see how keep away can be exciting. I was sad to see not much about strategy in the vid. American football requires some sort of playbook for all 4 phases of the game for both offense and defense. Not really trolling, just trying to understand the appeal.
@@fakereality96 there is tactics in soccer, not as much in football tho, just look up barcelona tiki taka and netherlands total football as examples.
@@Ace-uc5cj Hhhmmmm I'll give it an honest look-see. Thanks!!!
As an American trying to get into soccer after the World Cup has just ended, this is exactly what I was looking for. It's very confusing with the different clubs playing outside of their own respective leagues. I'm starting to wrap my head around this now!
@@totallybored5526 The "World Series" is just a name and the international players of that caliber tend to make it to the MLB anyways.
Teams moving to another city is upsetting but it doesn't happen very often.
The playoffs in any American sport are really what make that time of year exciting. The regular season is simply a long period of time that determines playoff eligibility and matchups (bracket). Makes it way more exciting as a team that barely makes the playoff still has a chance to beat the team with the best record. You could compare this (while not as impressive but happens more often probably) to a no name club working their way up the leagues only they have a way better chance.
Using the World Cup as a comparison:
You could imagine that the regular season is qualifying matches and the playoffs are the round of 16 and onward. Obviously it's only a national scale and it happens every year instead of every 4
@@totallybored5526 Football (s0ccer) is easier to understand but I think that puts a ceiling on it for me. Personally for me the complex rules and higher scoring of American Football really make it more exciting. There's so much more game plan, coaching, and variables that make the game so exciting. Not saying futbol is not exciting but American Football has so much more depth
@@DylanRotich I think the complete opposite. Football much more complex and depth compared to American, with more tension due to it being a low scoring game. I expect that your lack of tactical understanding is what probably makes it less exciting for you. It takes a while to understand….
@@CMJames That definitely has to do with it. I think if I really got into soccer more and began to have a deeper understanding of the rules I'd appreciate it more. I agree there's definitely more to soccer that I'm not seeing yet, however I still don't think it comes close in complexity to American Football.
One of the similarities I picked up on was clock management. I noticed in the WC teams that were ahead would take their time getting the ball. I think I even saw somebody launch it into the stands (not sure how thats not illegal). All of this to try and waste what's left of the game time. In American football it's pretty similar. You have to run the bull instead of throw because the clock will continue to run if you're tackled within the boundaries. This forces the other team to use up their timeouts.
What are other complexities of soccer I need to learn/look out for?
Try not to think as leagues, but as national championships.
They have a champion and they give spots on international competitions, just like swimming.
I imagine that the irony is that most people watching this already know "soccer" well enough
yes this is human nature ...i dont care about basketball or baseball just like americans do with "soccer" ... i rather watch this like 3-4 times than baseball videos ... the irony is that they think football is boring like wtf dude have you done your homework about who is the most beautifull and passionate sport in the world?
@@b.d.a.8719 Don't think increasing subs by 7 would work...although it's 5 right now(covid)...smaller teams would get squashed even more as they wouldn't have the same bench strength. Also limited substitution increases tactical changes.
@@b.d.a.8719 these are professional athletes; how can’t they sustain 90 minutes?
Prior to 30 years ago all the players were chain smoking alcoholics and they didn’t have any issues
@@xhulio4124 I think soccer is the best sport its my favorite then American football and Basketball, baseball is boring and dying but you shouldn’t disrespect or shamed other sports because its peoples preferences
@@Ace-uc5cj i never disrespected any sport ...i said how i see them ...i understand why basketball is attractive and beautifull too ...but to be so eccentric to think the most beautiful game in the world is boring just cause YOU arent so good with it is a litlle bit out of normal for me
Why I am watching this? I'm European, i know all this.. it's not like I'm waiting for you to make a mistake.. im just watching, agreeing.. Well, anyhow, good video, love your voice.
the only mistake i saw in this video is not talking about Ronaldo but talking about messi
@@afonsoallegro86 Ronaldo? That was a Brazilian forward, a bit too heavy, who stopped playing football more than a decade ago.
Someone making a video like this HAS TO MENTION the GOAT!!! Well done, TheOnDeckCircle!
@@grotegoedheid1063 I feel like I'm gonna be r/woooshed but I think he was talking abt CR7
Edit: yh ik I'm stupid
@@Raf1507 He might be. But that's the whole problem: there are many Ronaldo's, but there's only one Messi ;-)
@@grotegoedheid1063 I see what you did there... 👍
Southamerican soccer explained for americans: every 3 passes someone recives a awful kick.
Perfect! I’m an American and have been drawn in by the World Cup, but now was wondering how to keep the adventure alive once it’s all over. Thank you!
Parma vs Bologna actually would have been a great match in the 90s! Roberto Baggio vs Thuram and Buffon in defense!
italian football was the best because it had mostly italians and the best foreigners, now england has so much money from tv they have a monopoly on a big chunck of the transfer market but only the top teams in italy france spain and germany are able to compete financially, in 90s Glasgow Rangers were the richest club in the United Kingdom because they had their stadium already built but now they are a minnow against a great white shark in comparison to manchester united these days
dont forget signori for bologna
Italian football isn't and has never really been for beginners. It's too defensive. Even when they had Ronaldo, Weah and Bergkamp.
@@confusedcockney4439 thats just a myth and is simply wrong
@@soulsmischief2626 was just gonna say, what about Bepe?
10:20 it doesn't happen often, but Leicester City FC went from the 3rd division in 2008-09 to winning the Premier League in 2015-16 and it was epic
Let's see if this is true or rubbish, Let's see if this is true or rubbish
Let's gooooo
They only won because of a sex tape in Thailand which resulted in 3 players getting sacked by the club. One of the players was the son of the manager; Nigel Pearson, who was guaranteed a few more years in the job as he had secured them promotion to the Premier League and were the third team in PL history to escape relegation after being bottom at Christmas. He was sacked due to the sex tape aswell.
Claudio Ranieri joined and won the title in his first year in charge. Many journalists and player Riyad Mahrez gave the credit to Pearson for having built the team but would he actually have won it if he was in charge? I guess we'll never know...
2016
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Yes. It was the best underdog story in football ever on this level. Similar to Greece wining Euro 2004
"Quadruple but thats pretty rare"
Hansi Flick: "Hold my Beer"
Barcelona who have two : "Hold my Cava."
In the English Premiership, we have had players who have covered up to 13.2Km (which is a little bit over 8.2 Miles) during a 90 min game. Now as an athlete, you would expect an intermediate to cover that distance in half a game ie 45 minutes, but remember that in soccer your movement is going to be a mix of sprints, small runs, jumping for headers, running with the ball, tracking backwards, and tackling, so to be doing an average of 5.4 miles per hour over the full 90 mins shows the stamina that elite footballers have to have these days. Soccer requires the most stamina of any current team sport
Aussie Rules players require far more stamina than soccer players. You should check out What is AFL.
@@petertrezise4545 Your comment shows how little, if any understanding you have of European Football.
As someone who's watched Football his entire life, this video is amazing. I need one as good to understand American Football, Baseball and Hockey
Do you really? When Americans say Hockey, they mean Ice Hockey, not the Hockey that's way more popular in Asia, Australia, South America etc. Baseball is a dumbed-down version of Cricket, another game that's very popular around the world and worth understanding.
I'm not sure if it's possible to understand American Football. It seems like a stoppage occasionally broken by plays, a bit like Nascar, where many laps are done under caution. No wonder it hasn't caught on anywhere else in the world. There's a women's version where they play in skimpy gear, another only in America perversion.
Mate I actually switched off from football it seems to bore me now ( English) ...I started watching hockey ( New York islanders fan I watched them when I went to New York at the Barclays centre ) as I work nights and can catch the games live!! I like hockey as because you felony have to wait all week for another game, fast paced and lots of rough stuff and fighting .....I love real contact sports like rugby league I am surprised it hasn’t caught on in America ...you would love it!!
Ice hockey is probably the easiest North American sport for football fans to understand, it’s like football on skates.
@@deaddoll1361 Baseball is not dumbed down cricket lol also no one watches the women's league it's a common joke just to call it the lingerie league
The NFL is great it gets a lot of flak from a lot Europeans for some reason. I recommend just start watching games it will be super confusing at first but it is easier to catch on than you think. Just pick a team at random and start following them.
If you want exciting football watch Atalanta, they either concede 3 goals or they score 3 goals
Or Tottenham. 😩
As a Tottenham fan, you just wait for the inevitable 80th minute equalizer
@@n17whlronnie92 Tottenham is more like "score from the counter in the first half, sit back the rest of the game until you eventually concede".
@@MaSsiVeGaming1 that’s like Mourinho’s Tottenham
or southampton
It's kinda sad that our football (South american) doesn't get much coverage. The Libertadores is always thrilling to see.
Im European and I watch the Libertadores and Brazillian Serie A when I can and when the time zone isnt too fucked up
We exist! (My fav south american team is Athletico Paranaense lol)
At least you got some of the best players worldwide historically. However it would be fan if few teams like boca, river pleit,Corinthians, flamengo (I'm not sure which Brazilian is consider greatest) could join the UCL!
the video makes a big mistake in not mentioning southamerican football. He said all good players are in Europe, and that's not true. Southamerican football is fantastic, based on ability rather than strength. To be honest some of the best players have been southamerican. All World Cup winning nations are either Sothamerican or European
@@alexmarques4432 I thought he did, didn`t he mentioned players rolling on the ground.
Eddie Howe Bournemouth basically done a road to glory taking a league 2 team to the premier league and keeping them there for 5 years
Didn’t exactly have a shoestring budget. Nonetheless, Bournemouth and Eddie Howe’s story are absolutely tailor made for a riveting and inspiring American Sports Movie a la Hoosiers or Miracle. The inevitable LCFC 15/16 will come first, but I’m so very looking forward to the Eddie Howe story. Screenwriters: sort this out please!
I’m a european and just realized that most americans don’t even know what champions league is....sad...
haha ive been playing and following (soccer) for a while, I'm only now trying to figure out everything about European football. I think i'm understanding most of it. I've been watching the EUFA games lately
@@owen8807 keep it up, it’s a beautiful sport! He’s in the world in my opinion
@@olafharoldsonnii4713 yes, who do you think will win the eufa so far?
@@owen8807 Man City
@@olafharoldsonnii4713 haha im a chelsea fan, i cant wait for next game!
someone send this to the glazers
Still think they'd struggle ngl
Twenty minutes is not enough to teach them what offside means
This cracked me up
What is a Football? I need a hamburger.
@@clipscompilations4442 British football=soccer
This point is not at all for newbies, but I would still like to make it: the difference in playstyles in the different main countries
English football is very physical and it has become quite "risky", as in teams attack in 10v10 situations exposing them selves to counters
Spanish can be the most spectacular for the untrained eye, since you have lots of goals, mostly due to overall bad defences. This is the reason why Atletico put such good shows the last few years. Simeone taught them how to defend as a team
And finally my favorite, Italian football, which is less a sport and more a constant class in tactics. It is more physical than spanish football, but you notice that big teams, very rarely win with a huge goal difference. This is because italian defenders are beasts, even in smaller teams. Positioning and tactical thinking is everything in Italy, which can make it look super boring, but if you know what youre looking at, is the most satisfying
Great info...I don't think football pave is like baseball..only depends on what league .epl is quite fast pace
But Spanish football won the most Champion League titles out of any other countries. So their "attacking" style is actually very exciting and effective.
Where can we watch Italian matches free?
I liked the section on American objections- i never quite realised Americans drew a comparison with Hockey and Basketball because of how the pitch markings look similar.
I think the video is good but the big thing is the appeal. Why do people enjoy football? The answer is actually easiest to understand when you sit in person at a live match, you can feel the excitement, the tension, you know from intuition when your team are playing well or poorly both from what you can see and how the supporters around you react: The anticipation when a player breaks through a defensive line; the groans when a pass goes poorly; the mocking jeers when an opponent makes a mistake; the cheers when one of your attackers outplays their opponent with finesse; the anger when the referee makes a decision that goes against your team; the fury when you feel a penalty has been unfairly given because an opponent fell too easily in the box; the shock when your team concedes a goal; the utter bedlam when your team scores and the satisfying euphoria of your team grind out a win after 90 minutes of slogging it out. You can watch a match on TV, but in person its a whole different experience. There is the common saying of the twelth man, which is the supporters as a collective. Fans are as much part of the experience as the players on the pitch.
Hockey actually helped me learn soccer
By comparing the structures of the plays and stuff
The scale is still obviously way larger, but it made it look like tactics being used and not random jogging lol
so refreshing to finally hear an american say 'it's not soccer games, it's football matches'
Soccer matches* :)
@@Ace-uc5cj depends on where you are😃
@@Juttjuttjuttjutt4 ik, im just joking around
@John Doe exactly
@John Doe factual indeed
When a small team beats a big team in the FA Cup, this is known in England as a giant killing.
"CUPSET!"
FA Cup magic
@@artygunnar Nice
@@genlibrus3c "The Magic of the FA Cup" :'D
East tokyo United flashbacks
As a video game, you can definitely add football manager.
That gives you a lot of more insight into what you spoke about in your video like tactics, transfer windows, contracts, competitions etc.
It helps understanding that a good player can be good for different reasons.
Nice video!
“They get mad if you call it soccer”
Yep.
@John Doe its not that something is wrong with the word, its about the fact that while the whole world calls the game where you kick a ball around - football, the U.s. decided to also name a game where you carry an egg around in your hands - football just to confuse everyone i guess... Why the hell would someone call handegg - football, and football - soccer???? the stupidity in that is what makes football fans a bit mad :)
@@totallyaddictive9093 It's not the whole world buddy. Having different names for the same thing is also extremely common with things like food and clothes so why is it so weird to have a sport called something different. Both names are equally old and we already have a sport here called football (because it was originally much closer to your football) so it's natural to use the term soccer.
@@user-rp4nd5wv2l so if i understood correctly, you played football with a ball with your feet. Then someone suggested: hey lets change the ball into an egg and instead of kicking it lets carry it around and instead of coming up with a new name for the game lets just leave it as football, although there already was a game called football where you kick a ball with your feet...
@@totallyaddictive9093 There wasn't a game already called football... Gridiron, rugby, and Football/soccer came from a similar place
@@totallyaddictive9093 I hate how non Americans shut reduce American football to tossing an egg around. The amount of tactics and intricacies that’s go into the sport are far beyond what you give it credit for. It’s all out war. Btw kicking is involved, it happens on every possession
Response to Various Comments: I am aware I spelled the Premier League with an extra E, I was just making sure you were all paying attention ;), thanks to the 147 people who have commented about it; I'm glad someone made it that far into the video.
The map is messed up, I didn't draw it, or realize it was messed up when I published.
I didn't discuss South American leagues because they get a lot less media coverage in the US, and that combined with the language barrier makes them tougher to follow for the American just learning about the game.
I apologize I didn't include your favorite team on the list of popular teams; I went with who I hear about most in the US media.
For more on why I use the word soccer: th-cam.com/video/bfuglkcRg_w/w-d-xo.html
Shout out to everyone who protested the Super League. Well done.
Maybe You can make a thing like this one about Libertadores 2018 Final, or at least watch something. Was a big deal (at least for they argentines) . by the way, great video, I really enjoyed it
So glad this came up in my feed. I'd love watching a video you make of various big games.
Champions League semi finals this coming week and then later the final.
If you really want to get into it, play football manager 21. You even have to train the players to speak common languages.
Just stumpled upon your video and found it interesting to hear an american's perspective on football. Anyways, a great video explaining why we (europeans) love pro/reg system in stead of the franchise leauges is over at Secret Base's TH-cam site. It perfectly explains why the one goal was so important for Manchester City.
th-cam.com/video/hAB-6c_m9Gg/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=SecretBase
Another mistake you made was that England AND Wales are both countries that are part of the Premier League (Wales is a separate country, but also part of the UK. Just remember that England and Wales are members countries of the UK just like the UK used to be a member country of the EU).
My team Cardiff City was actually in the Premier League 2 seasons ago, but they and I are both in Wales.
Also, Swansea, another Welsh team has played in the Premier League within the last 10 years.
Additionally other Welsh teams (other than the two I've stated above) like Wrexham (recently bought by Ryan Reynolds, yeah Deadpool) and Newport are also involved in the FA Cup, League Cup and all of leagues between EFL Championship and what you call the "whatevs" leagues.
Cardiff City actually won the FA cup back 1927 and got to the final in 2008.
Swansea also won the League Cup around 2012.
To confuse you even more; Queens Park (a Scottish team) also played in the FA Cup final in both 1884 and 1885. But this was because they were invited to take part.
However, a few years later they stopped doing so as the Scottish League system developed and became seperate to the English and Welsh league system.
Basically over 100 years ago there weren't as many teams as they are now so teams from Wales, England and Scotland played in some of the same competitions.
The Scottish teams eventually stopped doing so, but the Welsh teams continued.
One thing, Jurgen’s tactical profile is more based around domination of space as opposed to possession which, at times, as a byproduct, results in domination of possession.
Yeah, but thats not something you tell a total beginner xD
Jurgen is Bielsa's disciple. But so is Pep.
They all come from space pressing in Newells AGUNATE NEWELS CARAJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Peps system itself is about controlling the space. Positioning is the most essential part of his system. Possession is also very important but secondary.
I think he was trying to make an equivalence in how they play “positive” football rather then possession football
And gegenpress
Thanks so much. I'm a 28-yr-old girl looking for new interests. Football is a way of life in my country. It's about time I learnt it. Love this video. Thanks so much. Love your sense of humor 😅
Watching Ted Lasso actually got me to watch a few matches, and now I’m upset when I have to work or for some other reason miss a live match on my streaming apps and then have to wait for them to be released on replay. But I thank you for the knowledge and insight that you gave me in this video. Futbol is life!!
Relegation and Promotion! This is what makes Football fair! A closed league is what our American owners of football clubs wanted and they felt the backlash all the way in the states!
Football is not fair. We need salary caps for that.
This is why American football will always suck.They should involve the USL and make it a two league system, it would only help the leagues get better.
About 4 years ago, I heard a German man, who spent 10 years in America, interviewed about American football.
He said that MLS and American Youth Soccer were its own worse enemies. The lack of relegation/promotion was one thing. The other is that youth soccer cost money, a lot of money. And there were no programs for the inner-city youth. There was no promotion of any kind towards any financially disadvantaged youth at all.
The German said that American athletic talent wasn't the issue , but American football was more geared to make money, rather than grow the sport.
He went on to say that if done right, and with the proper promotion of the game, the US would dominate world football with the athletes the USA have.
Lmao the superleague was proposed by Juventus and real Madrid owners, and they surely aren't americans
@@benaz_ american business men who were promoting for years the concept to the European big clubs. They would have owned the broadcasting rights.
@@RS-zp1we So Lionel Messi should earn the same as some donkey at Burnley or Sheffield United?
I found that in learning soccer, one thing that really helped me was to make friends with people who know and understand the game. My buddy is Portuguese and he invited me to watch games with him, and he'd explain strategy and what was happening, like why are these guys running to where, how the teams were attacking and defending each other. Once I had a bit of a baseline there, I found that going to watch my local MLS club definitely helped in developping an attachment to the game; watching soccer's a lot more fun when you have skin in the game. From then on, a desire to watch the best of the best play the game was sort of a natural evolution to it.
Football is like jazz, orchestra music, or chess. If you had no context you'd not understand when something great is happening.
But when you understand it.... man can you enjoy those dandy leitmotifs, chess plays, and actuall football plays....
@@juanjoseph I could not have said it better. I am thankful for everyone who helped me understand why they call soccer "The Beautiful Game".
@@pachidermo Also playing soccer yourself helps big time. I mean its the most easiest game of the world. You just need a ball and thats it. you can play everywhere
I just go to the park and ask people if I can play with them and never said anyone no and then we play a three against three and have a beer afterwards.
If you learnt anything, the first thing you would learn is the name is football not soccer so you obviously learnt nothing
@Athrex The name is Association Football as opposed to its sister sport of Rugby Football. Soccer is an abbreviation of Association Football and what even the British would have called in in the 1920s. That's why ever English speaking country outside of Britain use Soccer because it was the correct term when the sport was imported. Now most English speakers know it as Soccer. The only reason there is so much force behind calling it Football is because most other languages were too lazy to come up with a new name.
This is some of the best original content I've seen in a while, thanks for the video.
Fantastic overview and a great introduction for newcomers to Football. I'm English, so football is "my game" and I can confirm you covered it extremely well. I've liked and subbed because your other content will be very interesting to me. We brits are aware of baseball, basketball and American football and I'm now delving through your walkthroughs of those sports so I can better understand the rules and the psychology of those sports too ! Thanks for this great content
Great job. Just a side note that in the German Bundesliga they do promotion and relegation slightly differently. The bottom two clubs from the Bundesliga and the top two clubs from Bundesliga 2 swap places but the team that finishes 16th in the top division plays the 3rd place team in the second division home and away to decide who stays up or goes down.
I actually like that idea.
@@mrronnylives yes it sounds nice but believe me I’m from Germany and after some years it just sucks
In the Netherlands it's even slightly more different. There we have number 17 and 18 from the eredivisie that relegate and number 1 and 2 that promote from the second, but then we have like number 3 through 7 plus all of the teams that have won a period in the second division first duke it out with eachother and the winner there plays the number 16 from de eredivisie. Meaning the team that came in last could potentially promote if they won a period title.
I love watching clubs on the brink of relegation those games are the best towards the end of the season.
Don't they even have a play-off turnament in england? With like the top 6 teams of the championship can still promote?
Just a correction: the real "treble" is not any 3 trophies, it's Championship + Champions League + National cup
So Man City’s Domestic Treble wasn’t a treble? 🤣 Same with Celtic and their Treble of Trebles.
@@jodyflint6843 that's why you had to say "domestic" dude. When you say treble, it's that and only Barça, Inter and Bayern succeded in doing so. "Treble of trebles" and stuff like that is just bullshit for the fans. EDIT:I MESSED UP OK THERE ARE ALSO 486363 OTHER TEAMS WHICH WON THE TREBLE BUT THAT WASN'T THE FREAKING POINT
@@lolloa22 then what you’re describing is a “Continental Treble”, the word treble always needs a quantifying word.
@@lolloa22 and United. How could you forget that haha
@@lolloa22 man utd won the treble in 1999
I am an American who has traveled and lived in several countries where football is played, and I have played it myself. I had not understood the strategies, off side, and how the game is organized in different countries. I have watched more football since the beginning of the World Cup 2022 than ever. This video has helped me to understand and appreciate the game a lot more. Thank you. Your presentation is fun to watch.
This description everything about this infomentary is wonderful! The cadence/tone
12:30 anyone else notice how England and Scotland are now in the Arctic Ocean whilst Wales is in it's usual place with Ireland?
I think it's a brexit joke
@@jameslynch8851 SNP ain't laughing 😂
continental drift.....
@@carljones7380 They are now!
@@goodyking6732 I'm happy for Scotland to go it alone
As a Brit and Aston villa fan I have to say I really enjoyed this. I didnt learn anything, but it was fun. thx.
UTV
UTV
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I enjoyed seeing how basic he made it so they could understand
Villa? 🤣 Go Spurs!
This video was terrific… exactly what I was looking for and very very well done. Thank you so much.
Really enjoyed it, bro.... You had the attention of the audience this whole time and it didn’t seem boring.
I'm English and have watched football all my life so it's reasonable to assume that I know the game inside out,you have done a great job for an American explaining this to any none football person who wants to understand the game better,so well done.
America didn't invent the word soccer.We use it because the good names and titles are taken.I'm going to try and erase anything I may have heard. I married into a family of futbol nutjobs and they can't believe I don't like their sport.They yell and scream for what????80 + minutes of grab ass and no score,I hate that game.Even golf scores and bowling.Punch me in the face.
Here after American business men, among others, tired to create a European Franchise Super league.
This video was interesting, especially to hear an American perspective on Football.
@@TheLeader-jl5iz Learn you have more information at your finger tips than at any time period in history.
Just stop those trying to change Football , into American sports.
it’s existed for well over 100 years, with relegation & promotion.
In the U.K.it’s ingrained in our culture, clubs represent an area, they do community outreach work, develop players from the area, really help out the local people.
Their not Franchises they fundamentally belong to the area, the owners are only custodian of the club for the time they own it.
In WW1 the government asked footballers to enlist in Pals Battalions, to increase enlistment of men from the local areas of clubs.
At the Somme the Leeds Pals kicked football’s towards the German frontline machine guns, Leeds as an area lost players & a lot of its young men that day.
My entire family support Leeds, my brother comes back from the U.S. to attend matches, my grandparents went to games, it why there was such a backlash against the Super League, it Leeds 16 years to get back into premiership after 2 relegations.
he idea of all that being ripped up & clubs playing in a closed super league instead of teams earning the right to play top level European football is against everything the game is about.
@@jaybot303functionerror4 did you really type an essay for a rant?
@@TheLeader-jl5iz I have no idea what state you live in but Soccer is certainly not our biggest youth sport lol
At the very least what EU football (Soccer) fans can do is elaborate on things like strategy, gameplay and such. Strategy and gameplay drive a lot of what occurs during and American football game. I'll admit it's fun to troll folks from time to time with the whole "Soccer vs. Football" thing, but at the same time I hope to find nuggets of knowledge of this game, yet there really doesn't seem to be too much when it comes to what fans should be looking for. Just my two cents.
@@TheLeader-jl5iz Please don't call soccer "European football". Soccer (Association Football) is played in much of the world, and is not the only football code to originate in Europe. Gaelic Football, Rugby Football Union, and Rugby Football League are also European in origin.
This was a really great video! Thank you for putting such immense effort to a sport I dearly love
Another Englishman here lol. I think your ability to hold the attention of someone who has played football for decades and is already very well versed in everything covered in the video, without using any fancy graphics, is down to your engaging tone and delivery. You see, too many people (frequently Americans, I'm sorry to say) think that you should hold people's attention by speaking loudly and rapidly and generally appearing like you've just done a few lines of the devil's dandruff. That might work on some people in the US, but here in Europe (and elsewhere, I imagine) that's a big turn-off. So, thanks for a nice, entertaining video delivered in a casual, friendly, informative manner.
The difference in contracts is that clubs are employers, not the league itself. This gives the players much more autonomy in where they work
that's something I never understood about american sports, how can you sign a contract to the league????? they have control over you and the club?????
@@artygunnar It was even worse until the 70's. Free agency didn't exist. When your contract was up, the team/league still had your rights. They could keep you from going to certain places if they didn't want you going to a rival even though you didn't have a contract.
@@bbmikej you gotta be fucking kidding me, that's horrible
@@artygunnar Until the mid 70's, Major League Baseball had something called the "reserve clause" that stated a team held rights to a player after the contract expired. The only real way a player could do anything about it was to not play until their demands were met, but this didn't really work.
@@bbmikej that sounds absolutely horrible and aweful
3:22 "Also Rugby > NFL"
Yes sir. Respect has been achieved.
I respectfully disagree, NFL is better in my opinion but its our own preference and opinion, I respect rugby tho (compared to eurosnobs with American sports)
@@Ace-uc5cj agree to disagree. Preference for sure.
I’ve nothing against American sports; I have everything against American broadcasting; everything’s so corporate, ads all the time.
The sports themselves? A fan actually
@@WHTactics oh yeah for sure, the ads and tv timeouts are heck of annoying which is what I love about european sports, there isn't as much commercials and ads if not none.
@@Ace-uc5cj isnt calling us eurpsnobs xenophobic your only makig your fellow americans look bad by throwing insults
@@munipincipality8230 how is it xenophobic? euro someone who is a eurosnob is someone who is super obsessive of european things and is against of things that aren't european and sometimes makes mocks it and looks down on them. Xenophobic is basically racism or disliking things that are foreign which some eurosnobs are, some eurosnobs are xenophobic, I'm not xenophobic. I'm not making fellow americans look bad, some of you europeans and non americans are.
Thank you for explaining it for us Americans, I gotten into footbal/soccer recently and genuinely interested. I didn’t know the strategies and positions so thank you. 😁
Thanks. This will be helpfull for a lot of people. Rewatching big matches also gives a taste of the atmosphere in the stadium. A packed roaring house is something to behold!!
Don't forget how exciting it is to take a team in FIFA from league two to the champions league
I prefer taking a team from Vanarama South/North in Football Manager to the Premier League :)
Basically Leicester city irl😂
2:00 that's a funny thing to you to say because i'm a brazillian that loves soccer but also like american football and i actually heard from another brazillian something like "american football is so slow, why do they have to wait 40 seconds between each play!?"
I never thought of it like that, that's a very good point. I enjoy rugby because I feel like it's a version of american football where they don't stop between the plays.
This makes American football more like a board game, or a turn based game than other sports.
@@TheOnDeckCircle mske a video on rugby, i don't get iy
I think that basically if you understand a game, you find it less and less boring.
@@nonnomir that goes for like every game ever
I really like the easy viewing, and improvised feel this video has. You dont feel like a TH-camr who is forcing a fake smile, and total made up personality. Just simple and to the point.
I am so thankful for this explanation! I am American and i am getting into football (soccer) and this helped me understand so well! I'll watch some more videos to learn how it works in specific detail, but this really helped me learn the basics! Thank you!
One of the main things about "European" football is the emotions. The sport itself is thrilling, fun, uncertain, anything can happen. But the connection and sense of belonging we get from our clubs is unmatched. I'm Norwegian, and some team in the western parts of England is like family to me. The joy it brings me is breathtaking. Sometimes you actually live for that one game a week.
Which team?
@@Wubbs64 Liverpool my man
@@Wubbs64 literally any team
I hate to break it to you but what you're describing is true for every sport. There are numerous examples of teams and leagues in the United States that easily match and arguably surpass what European Association Football has to offer in terms of emotions. The more emotional and passion driving games and rivalries are in college sports, which usually don't get much traction outside of the US.
@@BulletRain100 nah man, im american but you cannot surpass european football in that regard
I never comment on videos. But this was amazing man. This helped so muched you hit every question I had
I'm just getting into soccer as my friend is really into one of the premiere League teams and I want to engage in their interest without overwhelming them with questions to start. This helped me SOOOOOO much! I cannot thank you enough for this breakdown!!
Btw it’s the Premier League not Premiere… the author spelled it wrong in the video
Thanks for the video let’s me understand this World Cup more. Much appreciation from Florida!
10:30 ... It can does happen. Germinal Ekeren in Belgium went from the SEVENTH tier of Belgian football in 1977 to the top tier in 1989. They even qualified for the UEFA cup in 1991.
Hi Beggar42, Between 1961 and 1969 Northampton Town, in the UK ,were promoted from division 4 all the way to the then 1st division and back down all the way to the then 4th division. It was almost in successive seasons and I don't think any other club has come near to that achievement.
@@anthonydoyle7370 RNK Split went from 4th to top level of croatian football in few years a decade ago, and even played EL qualifiers in 2012 and 2014 l think, eliminating Hapoel Beersheva an Chernomorets but losing to Fulham and Torino. Then they went into bankrupt and now they are in 3rd league.
@@anteveic327 rb leipzig were bought by energy drink manufacturers red bull and went from the 3rd division to challenging at the top of the bundesliga in germany.
@@daniel-cc7bn and ECL semifinalist too 👍
Hope we sign Nagelsman 😀
@@daniel-cc7bn 5th divison actually
As a North American baseball fan I would love one of these videos done on cricket!
as someone whos been watching this sport for 22 years, its a very good video, and the presentation is very fun and interesting! great work :D
Great video man, this helped a lot. You’re doing amazing things.
Here in Portugal, there was an old (great) coach who used to say: "In football, a good attack allows you to win many games, but a great defense allows You to win competitions and trophies."
Call him out, got an idea who it is, just want to see if I'm right
Mourinho?
I swear ferguson said that
Isso não foi o Ferguson amigo? Abraço
@@aqsalfau Sir Alex said "Attack wins you games, defence wins you tittles"
As an Englishman , I found your take on our nation's sport refreshing and really interesting !
Absolutely, but the way he pronounced "Premier" boiled my blood a little.
Football originated from England but now it belongs to the world, just like your language.
@John Doe why do you say the same thing on every fking video?
I’m happy I found this video. Never understood soccer until now. This guy’s sense of humor is legit!!
This was informative and amusing. Thank you for this!
Pep's to-do list caught me off guard 😂
When I saw “Atalanta” instead of “AC Milan” as expected, I had to go back, pause, squint my eyes... I laughed so much. Awesome joke
ac milan haven t done anything in the cl (wich is the biggest competiton ) in over a decade m8 ...
Yeah Milan are not yet at their best again but from a historical perspective (into the not sooo distant past) Atalanta are dwarfs beside them. Should've been icluded in my opinion.
@@Smngtr sure but 11 months ago I would bet money that atalanta would beat the shit out of ac milan every time
@@sweetswan391 as a milan fan myself I would bet that money today aswell hahah
@@Smngtr unfortunately , but milan has a lot of young players, hopefully they manage to keep them and make them stronger
I've played football in the UK since I was seven but I still learned new stuff from this video, like the contracts. Great vid!
Great video man! Enjoyed learning some new things!
I think an important note is your current domestic season qualifies you for NEXT seasons Champions League .
Its worth pointing out that some teams HAVE scaled the football pyramid in the UK. Its rare, but its not totally theoretical. Wigan got all the way to the premier league and won the FA Cup. They were the fastest team to ever go from founding to the top league. Leicester went from the 3rd tier of english football to winning the premier league 7 years later.
And even if they can't win, regularly lower league teams have derailed the ambitions of larger clubs. Giant killings are a staple of the English game and are celebrated by neutrals.
you not only helped me understand soccer but baseball’s trade rules too. Good job!
“i hate watching soccer, they have to bring the stretcher out at least six times a game” said by someone that likes to watch ads for 4 hours while watching a misnamed sport
"Who am I to tell God what to do?"😛🌳❄
Now, that was a funny line.
Who knew Robbie Fowler would show up in this video.
Dude I just had to subscribe coz of this video. I know enough about football not soccer already but you really layed everything out well and were pretty clear and funny too. Thank the TH-cam algorithm.
Footballers also pass the ball back and forth a lot in an attempt to draw opposing players away from their typical position to open up gaps or create space to attack. Great video
This video is really dope..very clear no irrelevant info ...thumbs up
Will just say, if the cups were ranked on prestige the FA Cup should be above the league Cup unless you're Jürgen Klopp.
Funny... but not actually true. He fields lots of youth players in the League Cup. He takes the FA Cup slightly more seriously.
historically yes. but at this point no one takes the FA cup seriously until you get to at least the quarters. Even then if it comes down to a critically important league or UCL game vs FA cup the later will be sacrificed every time.
I'm English, so I know all this of course, but this was still really interesting to get an 'outsiders' view and how it compares to sports on your side of the pond. Nice one.
This was really helpful. Thank you.
Holy crap I just learned a lot and it all made sense. Super interesting and now I have a much greater appreciation for the sport and the league. Thank you.
Not every player contract has a release clause. In Spain, it is required to have a release clause. If the player is really good, they just add an insane release clause that no one in their right mind would pay, let alone afford without selling all their players.
There might be other leagues that requires release clause's in players contract but I'm not sure.
In England it's not required and there are very few if any players that have them. Some teams straight up refuse to sign a player if they demand a release clause in their contract (like Liverpool did with Emre Can when he wanted a release clause in his contract when he was negotiating an extension).
It's this way in England because they take rivalries very seriously. For example, the last thing Manchester United would want is to have a release clause in one of their best players contract and then have Liverpool just swoop in, pay it, and they just have to sit there and watch as they loose their best player to their biggest rival.
Smaller teams also want to have control over the price of their players if they develop into good players that will interest bigger teams. That way, instead of having to honour a 3 or 4 year old clause that was appropriate for the player when he was young or shit, they can demand a fee they'll see as appropriate for his talent and thereby have the funds to spend on a replacement of similar quality or several players in hopes that one or more develope into great players.
And even if the two clubs agree on a transfer fee for a player, the player can still refuse to move. If the player refuse to move or the player can't agree on a new contract with the new team, then the team trying to sell is shit out of luck. They must either keep a player they don't want and pay him his salery, or buy out his contract. Usually that means paying his remaining salery in one go as well as a fee for terminating the contract.
Or they'll just go on as if nothing ever happened, this is usually how it goes.
Not all players in La Liga have a release clause.
This is also in La liga bud, exact same thing
Spot on!
Lot's of top teams in the EPL and 2nd tier CL have clauses, it is common actually
In England there is no fee, but all players outside the star player at the very biggest teams have a price tag that clubs are willing to sell for. Example, is Jack Grealish is Aston Villa star player but a fee of about 100 million dollars he will be able to leave.
This is a really good job of framing the issue. If I knew nothing or very little about football this video would give me a good grounding to go forward from. Nice sounding voice too.
Very grateful for this video, thank you sir 🙏!
This video was really helpful. Ive always really like soccer and the concept of leagues not having playoffs and different leagues playing each other was always confusing to me as someone who only knows NFL and NBA format. Now that I understand it it’s mind blowing!
you sir, earned a sub for this legends commentary 😂 “the clock goes up instead of down, get over yourself” 😭😭
Damn this actually reminds me of how I learned and started to appreciate soccer/football 6-7 years ago. It took a time for me to appreciate and enjoy the insane skill it takes to consistently make long passes or beat a 2-on-1 press. Now I watch football whenever I get the chance and basketball isn’t on. It’s my second favorite sport.
Amazing job,. Man! Daamn, Even I learned something and I've been living in Europe all my life. Also I have watched tons of games and played plenty of fifa. I never thought you'd explain it sooo freakin' well! Well done, truly! Hats off to you, sir!
Great video, as someone outside the US, it all seems very accurate. I'm amazed you don't have more followers and this video doesn't have more views, I got here because of another youtuber commenting on it.
Very informative video, will 100% send people here to learn more.
very but very interesting to heard a real and HONEST American analisys about how do you feel and understand football, and BTW very good explanation for the newly comers.
As an Argentine, I noticed that football became very popular for Americans since the 2022 World Cup, seeing that in South America it was always the most popular sport, it is good to see how football is growing more and more
You’ve actually got a pretty good grasp of the game, I’m impressed
1:11 Oh no, please don't remind us of the vuvuzela. South Africa 2010 was noisy enough haha.
Yeah, when he said that I died a little bit.
He might be referring to the horns played after the goal score.
WwAAAAAaaaaHHHhh... continuous one monotonous note WwAAAAaaaAaAaaahHHHhhh
“Which one of these guys is Pele” 😂😂👏🏼👏🏼
What a great and entertaining video to explain the game. I was expecting something like the ad for a channel showing football which had the idea of an American guy coming over to be the new Manager of Tottenham Hotspurs but not know the first thing about the game
The interesting thing about Football (european)/ soccer is how different teams play differently to find spaces in their opponent's defence. Like Jose Mourinho sits back because it means when their opponent attacks, there will be more space for them to exploit, or how possession based football can change sides quick enough, or invent spaces or channels (half spaces) to exploit to score.
Some managers also passes the ball around from the back so when the other team is bored/ annoyed and rushes to take the ball, they can exploit the space left behind the rushed players and score.
I‘m not American but this explanation is great. Makes you wonder more about the game. Good job!
Showing that the "five mile run" covers 5 miles on the "miles run during sports" bar graph was very helpful. Thank you for the inclusion.
Seriously though, as an American raised on soccer/football and a longtime fan of the international and European game , you made a very relatable reference for the uninitiated American sports fan. I encourage every American interested in foreign leagues to also support their local MLS club if they have one. As you said, the quality of the on-field product is not on par with top European leagues, but the passion of the supporters and the live spectator experience is second to none vs other American sports leagues.
Thanks for this video. It was very well done, subbed.
just started watching/learning football after going to a Philly Union game. this video is very well done. fell like i was ahead of the curve because i did watch All or Nothing Manchester City, but the humor used made wanna learn more.