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Tougher Sport XC, soccer

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CaptTurner
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So NS I want your opinion I have been having a debate with a friend to which sport is harder: Soccer or Cross country
Nov 4 2009 6:52PM
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treebeard
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depends which position you are in soccer. outside mids basically run a marathon every game
Nov 4 2009 6:52PM
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Hack.The.Pow.
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what do you mean by tougher? this is very subjective
Nov 4 2009 7:00PM
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fujarome
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having done both, i'd say xc. it seems like its simple enough, just a foot race. But once you get going, its the most go awful thing ever.
Nov 4 2009 7:00PM
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DrZoidberg
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Don't take offense, but xc doesn't really require skill as much as it needs dedication, at least as I see it. If you want to be a good runner, you'll run and run until you get fit. Soccer needs team work and all sorts of ball handling skills. You can't just run 5 miles a day and improve your soccer skills, but you can for xc. Mids run a lot though, I wish the ones I played with would cause they're never back when we need them.
Nov 4 2009 7:08PM
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Squid.
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Having done both I can say soccer is more fun by far and requires more skill/ coordination.

However, XC is SOO hard, absolute torture, and not fun. Therefore I would say XC is more tough
Nov 4 2009 7:11PM
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TURTLEMAN1
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def soccer way more contact
Nov 4 2009 7:45PM
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dwhite
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I love this debate. I feel that to truly understand the sport of xc you have to try it out. I played soccer and wasn't that good, so i switched to xc. XC is one of the most grueling things i have ever done...There is a lot of running in soccer, but it is nothing like running as fast as you can for 3.1 miles. There is much more to the sport than on the surface, but once you truly experience it....there is little like it.
Nov 4 2009 7:45PM
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jamodeo
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i think soccer is harder because most soccer players could be XC runners on some level but i dont think as many XC runners could play soccer
Nov 4 2009 7:48PM
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anxju
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soccer no doubt. all you need in XC is endurance

what you need for soccer is speed, quickness, endurance, coordination, and talent
Nov 4 2009 7:50PM
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jamers
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XC is fucking nuts, but the two are really different sports.
xc your done in 25 minutes max, but practice everyday sucks vagine
try running straight up and down a hill for an hour or so
Nov 4 2009 7:52PM
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Steeze_Minister
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exactly what i was going to say
Nov 4 2009 7:53PM
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Funnel
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XC is quite the bitch. While it takes more all around skill for soccer, it takes a fuckload of endurance for XC, and not everyone has that type of endurance, just like not everyone will have the skill for ball handling in soccer. Depending on the person, one sport is harder than the other.
Nov 4 2009 7:58PM
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AgentOrange11
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i play soccer which i feel requires more skill than xc but i understand how hard xc practices are but in my school, xc is for all the kids who dont play a fall sport and want to stay in some sort of shape for spring sports so it is a joke to most of them
Nov 4 2009 8:06PM
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AbeFroman
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This is false
Nov 4 2009 8:14PM
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mr_grom
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I think that is a good way to put it, but either way, xc is a bitch and soccer isn't as much of a bitch. I play soccer and love it, but I have mad respect for xc and football players surprisingly, but I think I respect football players just because their sport is much more popular in america than soccer ever will be. I really wish football players had more respect let alone some respect for soccer players. Back to the topic, though, I think xc is easier to be good at, but is much harder to do.
Nov 4 2009 8:15PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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My HS XC team had a shirt that said   "Our sport, is your sports punishment"

'Nuff said
Nov 4 2009 8:16PM
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LO_GO
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XC was so hard i ran that shit freshmen and soph year exspecially at a mile high..... i didnt run this year ha
Nov 4 2009 8:23PM
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Sierra_P3
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soccer is harder because you have to run and dribble pass shot etc for xc all u do is run
Nov 4 2009 8:24PM
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1337
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haha we had the same one once

XC doesn't as much skill and talent, but you need a MUCH larger mindset to run it.
Soccer requires speed and agility, XC requires endurance

each has different talents and abilities you need to do each, but from my experience doing each i would say XC is tougher
Nov 4 2009 8:31PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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Hot dog eating.
Nov 4 2009 8:32PM
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SteevyC
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its two different types of tough. Xc is a mental battle along with a physical one, while soccer is a brutal team sport, like you cant really say, they both are very hard
Nov 4 2009 8:34PM
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Doug.
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XC
Nov 4 2009 8:38PM
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An10a_Eng
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soccer because then you have to prove your not gay in addition to running
Nov 4 2009 8:40PM
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AbeFroman
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dude thats sooo original ive never heard it before!!! props on coming up with it
Nov 4 2009 8:42PM
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t-roy
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XC requires more mental discipline and pain. soccer requires balance, skill, teamwork, etc. Both require endurance obviously.
Nov 4 2009 8:48PM
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mr_grom
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Haha even as a soccer player i find this hilarious, but god do I hate that stereotype.
Nov 4 2009 8:59PM
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babujib
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your sport is my sports warm up.

'nuff said.
Nov 4 2009 9:15PM
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nightscraper
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having played both, i would say it depends on the position of soccer. but i dont think soccer players have to work as hard to win as xc runners do because they have a team
Nov 4 2009 10:21PM
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the-big-lepowski
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XC    Victory will taste sweet- once you spit out all the mud
Nov 4 2009 10:33PM
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T-Holt
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I would say that soccer takes more coordination, and is more difficult in many aspects.  But in terms of toughness, I would hands down say XC.  It's so grueling, and there are so many times when you want to give up and walk, but you can't.  The mental aspect to xc is such a huge part, because your team isn't relying on you in the same way as in soccer.  Your team still relies on you, but the pressure to do well comes more from within than from outside pressure.
So soccer is more technically difficult, like coordination and such.  But xc is more tough.  Also, in order to be a good xc runner, you need to know how to pace yourself which is fairly difficult.

I used to run xc, and played soccer a little when I was younger, so I know much more about xc than soccer.
Nov 4 2009 10:54PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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You wouldn't have to worry about that stereotype if you didn't play one of the gayest sports on Earth.
Nov 4 2009 10:56PM
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3ski6guy0
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i think soccer is harder. it takes more practice and skill where as running just takes practice. anyone can run if they do it everyday
Nov 4 2009 11:35PM
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artfullydodged
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i think running has a lot to do with natural talent, everyone can only get so good before they peak
Nov 4 2009 11:42PM
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charmander
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cross country is much harder physically, soccer is trickier, but it's fun, so it's easier to keep going.
Nov 4 2009 11:50PM
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Download-My-Apps
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No one on this planet can run a marathon in 90mins...


and its like comparing apples and oranges. I did both and they both are difficult, cross country had much more pain involved I can tell you that. Soccer you have to be a more overall athlete were as cross country is specialized, although it takes alot more than just endurance.
Nov 5 2009 1:25AM
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paige.
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I did both soccer and xcountry for years.
Soccer requires more skills and coordination, but in the sense of being tough as in painful xc takes it. Even in a hard soccer game there are plenty of moments where things slow down and you are just walking/jogging. XC you are pushing yourself nonstop and are in pain for large parts of the race. Plus staying focused for XC is way harder. You have to jockey for position, pace yourself right and know where to kick at the end. Sure it is tough to develop a good game sense for soccer, but once you are actually playing the game you are mostly relying on instinct.
Nov 5 2009 1:36AM
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CaptTurner
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Nov 5 2009 1:16PM
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KL.
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.... that did it
Nov 5 2009 2:20PM
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Dustin.
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Ya but you don't pass out or throw up when the game is over.  XC is much harder, soccer isn't that bad if your in shape.
Nov 5 2009 2:44PM
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Tasche
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Not really on topic with the thread but in high school the XC team made shirts that said "Cross Country, if it was easy they would call it football."  I played football and no one really too offense to it but we challenged them, we would do one of their practices if they did one of ours. 

So we went and ran for fucking ever with them and most kids puked because their coach was keeping the pace at the rear.  Hard as shit and I hated every second of it.  Even some of the XC kids puked because they wanted to embarrass us so bad. 

The next week about half of them came out to the football field and we played Oklahoma and shit and hitting drills and punt returns.  None of them made it the whole practice and they got fucked up pretty bad.  Pretty hilarious but gotta give it up to those kids they were actually pretty good at hitting for never playing and being skinny fuckers.

They never wore the shirts again.
Nov 5 2009 3:17PM
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noparking
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Soccer if by far a tougher sport.
Nov 5 2009 5:15PM
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Tucks
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Its all about what you put into it. There are kids on my cross country team that do it just to stay in shape where as the ones really dedicated put everything into the sport and are physically beat at the end of the day. I can't say that about the soccer team. Although are soccer team gives it there all I don't believe it takes as much out of you. But for all you that disagree I encourage you to go out and run a 5k in under 17 minutes or even 20 minutes. Like anything most people can do any sport but to be good at it is totally different
Nov 5 2009 6:47PM
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Cone-argh
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soccer is fun. XC is the most horrible sport in the world, only because it is harder than anything you will ever do. I ran varsity xc, and before that I played soccer for 10 years, and I never ever would choose to do another xc race/practice over a soccer practice/game.
Nov 5 2009 7:04PM
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PacificRimJob
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i did both in high school.

they both kicked my ass. Especially being I played wing defender... and we would have to run up in attack and then get back on defense REAL fast on counterattacks. So we wern't just running a lot, we were SPRINTING a lot.
Nov 5 2009 7:09PM
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thebeesknees
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how does contact alone make it tougher.  xc is pure agony no matter how you train
Nov 5 2009 7:38PM
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thebeesknees
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wow.  your an ignorant fuck.
Nov 5 2009 7:42PM
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Mr.Panda
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This is someone that does neither of these, soccer just seems like it would be harder if you are something like a mid-fielder because of all the direction changes.
Nov 5 2009 7:45PM
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DeSena
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Soccer... blate, if you take an athletic soccer player and an athletic soccer player, the soccer player should be able to out sprint the cross country runner as well as run a fairly close long distance run, obviously not as good of a time as the X country runner but still good, then add in having foot skills, contact, burst of speed throughout the whole game on top of being smart and having a good sense of the game which a whole nother part of a game that X-country runners dont even have to deal with, or at least not to the extreme as a soccer player ... dumb question
Nov 5 2009 7:52PM
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eNeRGy
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CROSS COUNTRY ALL THE WAY
our sport is your sports punihment, and we actually like it
an you dont just compete with the other teams, you compete wit fuckin everyone, teammates an all
Nov 5 2009 8:06PM
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CaptTurner
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Nov 6 2009 9:38AM
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