Why Soccer Sucks

[Triple B]

 

 

 

In all seriousness, by the next world cup, all FIFA has to do:

1. Allow fouls in the penalty box to be reviewed

2. Allow offside goals to be reviewed

And also count down instead of up.

One thing I find annoying at 89 minutes I don't know if the clock will stop at 91 or 95.

 

 

It takes some getting used to, but never knowing the stoppage time until the last 30 seconds of regulation, it is what it is. One thing I find refreshing is that most of these FIFA games are playing to the stoppage time fairly exact. If they get 5 minutes, he's blowing the whistle between 4:55 and 5:10, whereas I've seen some of the Premier League and other league games go 20-45 seconds past the stoppage point, regardless of if there is action or an offensive push. These teams have 90+ minutes to score, if they can't score in 3-5 minutes after that, I don't care if they're crossing midfield on a breakaway, too late.

 

 

I want to love soccer... but comments like that prevent the sport from being credible in America. 

 

Foreigners don't want Americans to like soccer.

 

They know that OUR companies will dominate their marketing. 

 

 

The sport is plenty credible in America already and there are plenty of "OUR" companies involved in World Cup marketing now so I don't really understand why foreigners would really care one way or the other if Americans liked soccer or not ...

[charsibb]

 

From Wikipedia:

A pitch is an outdoor playing area for various sports. The term is used in British and Australian English; the comparable term in American English is playing field.

Just like no one uses the word 'flat' for 'apartment','lift' for 'elevator', 'queue' for 'line', 'chips' for 'fries', 'hot ashes' for 'trees', 'hot air' for a 'cool breeze', etc. In America no one uses the term pitch to mean a field.

i love chips

 

 

Gawd, you're old

 

[Leviathan]

It's mainly the Italian, Spanish and South American players that dive. 

Edited June 30, 2014 by Leviathan

[charsibb]

It's mainly the Italian, Spanish and South American players that dive. 

 

So... what you're saying is, it's a kind of asymmetrical warfare?

 

If you're not big enough or strong enough to win against greater talent, then you flop? OMG, they're soccer terrorists!!!

[JTrue]

It's mainly the Italian, Spanish and South American players that dive.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28082629

[Paisa el Toro]

 

It's mainly the Italian, Spanish and South American players that dive.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28082629

 

 

Why must you bring up facts when Bullspenners paint with such broad brushes?  Dives are a part of soccer culture everywhere--even Major League Soccer.

[JTrue]

There are a million reasons not to like soccer (and baseball, and football, bad basketball, and hockey...), however, if you use diving as one of the, you sound like an idiot.

[Leviathan]

 

It's mainly the Italian, Spanish and South American players that dive.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28082629

 

I said mainly, not only. 

[Bear]

Come on, diving in soccer is complete BS.

[Who'sYourData?]

Come on, diving in soccer is complete BS.

 

So is diving in basketball.