by not being played anymore

7/11/2010 8:06:23 PM

if you want changes that will result in higher interest among americans then you need less flops, stopped time after goals & such, more scoring, more accurate officiating

7/11/2010 8:07:19 PM

yeh. WE CAN'T STOP THE CLOCK IN SOCCER. IT, IT, IT JUST WON'T WORK. MY GOD THE HORROR FROM STOPPING A CLOCK!

7/11/2010 8:08:56 PM

If you're just going for "less boring", then I stand firmly behind the Multi-Ball Bonus idea.

7/11/2010 8:10:14 PM

allow full contact outside of the goal box. Instead of a bunch of 170lb lanky athletes flopping and faking injuries, you'd end up with a team of 220lb linebackers impaling each other while fighting for the ball. They'd also be able to set up screens and other offensive strategies to make scoring more prevalent.

7/11/2010 8:11:33 PM

"athletes"

I think you mean "the guys who run track but aren't fast enough to actually be competitive in track"

[Edited on July 11, 2010 at 9:20 PM. Reason : fixed]

7/11/2010 9:19:39 PM

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"if you want changes that will result in higher interest among americans"

Why would FIFA want to do that? Would they like to garner more interest in America? Absolutely. But not at the risk of alienating 95% of the rest of the world that adores the sport as it is...

7/11/2010 9:23:21 PM

don't worry guys, i've forwarded a link to this thread to Sepp Blatter's email address and i'm sure he'll take note of everybody's suggestions first thing monday morning.

7/11/2010 9:23:26 PM

I'm American and therefore often feel entitled like everyone else on here, but I always lol when people suggest why "soccer is not working" and how we could fix it, as if those who actually like the sport really give a shit about your problem with soccer.

But, please, continue.

7/11/2010 9:44:15 PM

the losing team must die

gives a whole new meaning to sudden death

7/11/2010 9:51:59 PM

How could you tell they were actually dead? Most of them are flopping around dead on the ground during the game anyways lolololooloolollol

7/11/2010 9:53:55 PM

true

at least its not a bunch of failed figure skaters who werent tough enough for football

7/11/2010 9:56:00 PM

Yeah, tell me about it. Hockey players are total pussies. Only NFL & NBA players are real athletes.

7/11/2010 9:57:10 PM

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"wider goals"

This seems to be one simple change that would work.
Games would be higher-scoring, but otherwise would basically be the same.

7/11/2010 10:39:55 PM

The goal is already 24 feet wide.

Maybe they should just find people who are actually talented at kicking a ball instead.

[Edited on July 11, 2010 at 10:45 PM. Reason : .]

7/11/2010 10:45:21 PM

def not hating on the cup or soccer...played soccer myself for 6 years before a hammy injury took me out and I became more focused on dancing.

but the thing I was taught, the acting and flopping to draw a penalty...I KNOW it's a big thing, I did it myself once and felt dirty after...it just drives me crazy. it drives me crazy in basketball. I fucking HATE acting.

that is all.

Sorry for Holland. I was pullin' for ya.

But David Villa is hot...so yay Spain

7/11/2010 11:28:40 PM

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"vinylbandit: more substitutions is a bizarre suggestion three is more than sufficient"

Shit, my bad...I thought they weren't playing hard in the beginning cause they were conserving energy. I didn't realize they were just generally lazy and didn't play hard until the last few minutes of the game just cause...that's how they roll and shit...

7/12/2010 3:06:28 AM

other than the americans coming out slow in every important game ever, i can't think of a game where guys don't play hard at the beginning

tentative tactics and feeling each other out != not playing hard

also, the fundamental flaw in thinking when trying to "fix" soccer or hockey is that scoring = excitement

a 127-102 basketball game is boring as shit

7/12/2010 3:10:26 AM

Goal line tech is the only thing i would change. Otherwise the game is pretty well designed.

And I'm not really much of a soccer fan.

7/12/2010 3:21:10 AM

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"def not hating on the cup or soccer...played soccer myself for 6 years before a hammy injury took me out and I became more focused on dancing."

I thought a dude wrote this at first and I was about to lol like hell.

Starting out with tentative tactics to feel out the other team is something that most sports do anyway.

Serious suggestion: Make the goals wider. More shots on goal make the game more exciting and you don't quite feel like you wasted 2 hours watching a bunch of track matches to end with a 0-0 game.

Otherwise, full contact, no penalties called unless its an illegal hit (power bomb is fine, but no horse collars or clipping), penalty box, make the clock tick down to zero when all play stops, penalize flops/injury fakes, let players fight in a controlled manner.

Basically do what hockey did to make figure skating less boring.

7/12/2010 5:19:53 AM

Make every game have this happen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtXZ_14FfQw

7/12/2010 6:05:18 AM

You guys do realize that MLS went through a period where they used a more American style clock that stopped on dead balls and counted down to 0:00 instead of up, with no stoppage time addded? Also they allowed more subs.


Guess what, no one that hated soccer before started watching all of the sudden, and people who always loved soccer didn't like the rule changes.


As a fan I don't mind that many Americans hate the sport. I mean most of the rest of the world thinks American football is stupid, so it all evens out. How many successful domestic American football leagues are there in the world compared to successful domestic soccer leagues? And how about the fact that 98% of the game is not played with your feet at all?

7/12/2010 7:01:18 AM