Maybe its just the ADHD side of me coming out, but I don't like watching low scoring football games either.
I suppose my big problem is I just don't feel any personal connection with any soccer teams. I did watch and cheer during the olympics, but heck I was cheering for the USA regardless the sport then.

I get why you think it is a slow game...but in reality:

Soccer has two non-stop 45 min halves with 15-20 halftime in between. There are no commercial breaks, at the most 4-5 mins is added on to each half, and counting all that up it really isn't that long at all.

90 min game, 10 min extended time at the most, then add 20 min if it is a long halftime. 120 mins. 2 hours is the longest you can expect a game to go unless you have overtime and a shootout. (And those are extremely FUN to watch.)

Football lasts up to 4 hours sometimes, Jazz against Rockets game 6 was 2hrs and 29mins, Cards vs. Phillies went 2hrs and 50mins long, and NHL in 2003 had an average game length of 2hrs and 19mins.

It's one of the shortest, and I would dare say on average THE shortest professional sport to watch on TV. So, I would argue that it isn't too long a game to cheer for a 1-0 game.

I see what you guys are saying, I just think it would be funner if it were a little smaller field (not indoor, just enough to press the action a little more) allowing more speed to the game.

Again I think my biggest thing is no personal connection to the game. My good friend didn't like soccer either, but went to a couple REAL games and now loves it. I liked watching my nephew play soccer in high school, but I grew up collecting football and baseball cards ...not soccer. Just no connection for me.

Back to the speed of the game ... other examples golf, like to play Hate to watch, Baseball again i like to play, hate to watch.
maybe I played to many first person shooter games and have now fried my brain..<br><br>Post edited by: spidy, at: 2007/07/20 12:30

spidy wrote:

...maybe I played to many first person shooter games and have now fried my brain..:ohmy:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;

Haha, seriously. Our microwave generation really doesn't have the attention span humans used to.

spidy wrote:

I think the game is just to slow. I love playing soccer but can't stand watching it. Face it, it is just to long to cheer for a game that ends up 1-0.

My suggestion is shorten the field some to force more action and higher scoring games!

Soccer is not slow. There may not be a ton of scoring, but it's a game that can turn at any moment. After a team scores you always hear talk about an insurance goal so a quick score can't tie the game. Then you hear fans hopeing for a third score so two quick scores can't tie the game.

The lower scoring adds to the excitement and tension of the game.

Personally, I grew up a Dodger fan and I love a 1-0 ballgame because the game hangs on every pitch.

And I loved watching BYU hang 40+ points (60+ if you're SDSU) on all comers during the early 80s (from the stands...).

On a side note, This is now the longest thread in the soccer forum!!!<br><br>Post edited by: B-Rex, at: 2007/07/23 06:54

Does anyone else find the recent slew of friendlies between international clubs and MLS clubs to be both interesting and annoying?

The MLS All-Stars are now 4-0 against top-flight international clubs having beat defending Scottish Premiership champs Celtic 2-0 (they've beat Chelsea, Fulham, and CD Chivas). Chicago led by Blanco was able to force a 1-1 draw with Celtic.

Everton, who placed sixth in the English Premier League (no small feat when you have Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United cemented in the top 4), went down 2-0 to RSL, the worst team in MLS. Columbus also managed to play Everton to a draw.

Then of course there's Chelsea, who was only able to get one goal against the Becks and Los Galacticos de los Angeles--the same Galaxy team that got waxed by Tigres UNAL.

It's cool to see the MLS get some big wins over respectable competition, but in the end, no one cares! Why? Because all these teams are in the pre-season while the MLS sides are in mid-season form. If the international side wins, it's because they were supposed to given their talent-loaded rosters. Even a First Division team would be expected to beat a &quot;Sunday morning pub&quot; team. If the MLS side wins, it's because the international team was (1) rusty from the off season, (2) taking it easy to avoid injuries, or (3) not taking the game seriously. It's pretty much lose-lose for the MLS team. And the worst part about it is that the teams and their fans can get a false sense of security if they take the result too seriously.

Oh well, I guess the Superliga starts this week, so we can see how the MLS stacks up against the best clubs in Mexico.