Monday, March 23, 2009

Soccer: Unamerican

You wait all offseason for the new year to begin. You play a hard fought game. It comes down to the final minutes, and....

a tie.

D.C. United 2 LA Galaxy 2


This is a horrible joke that is offensive to our senses as Americans.
If soccer wants to be a major American sport, the first thing they must do is to declare a winner in at least 95% of the contests.

A tie is not fine every once and and awhile, even if there is some fluke.

In soccer, it is a regular occurrence.

There should be a provision to break the tie in any major contest.

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I understand it in little league sports where there must be time limits. It is probably better to end in a tie than to decide the game on something silly. But I would probably still vote for something silly.
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Next. Soccer must get rid of the offside rule and create more offense. It is difficult to watch a good game and not see great play rewarded with a score. Shots on goal don't cut it.


Lastly, they might want to take some people off the field so the skilled players have more room and opportunity to shine and score.
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All that said, I probably still would never become a soccer fan, but at least we would have made it an American sport.

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