Why I hate soccer ...

I'm NEVER watching World Cup Soccer (or any soccer for that matter!) again.  Italy and France play regulation, then two overtimes, and the cup goes to the winner of a bleepin' SHOOTOUT??? 

Maybe the NBA will adopt that:  If game seven of the Finals is tied at the end, let's have the five players from each team shoot free throws to determine the champion -- GETOUTTAHERE!!! 

A shootout is like headbutting your sister.  Speakin' of which, you may be wondering why French star Zidane suddenly landed a world class headbutt into the Italian player's chest.  You may not know it, but he was a recent attendee to Chicago Cub Michael Barrett's "Unsportsmanlike Conduct Workshop for Professionals ..."

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im italian and i love football(i hate the term soccer)and i can assure is a common opinion the penalties shootout are an unfair way to assign a trophy
u should know that like 30 years ago the final matches were supposed to be repeated in case of a draw
this is not possible anymore for many reasons all related to the economic interests connected to the game
but u should ask urself
did i like the regular game?
did i enjoy the way the teams battled for 120 minutes without pause?
congratulations btw for usa
its the only team we didnt overcome in the tournament

[Da Coach]

I thought it was just OK to watch. What is frustrating is that every time a team approaches the opponent's goal, twice as many defenders are there to stop most any chance of scoring.

I play basketball, and this is like playing three on five.

My solution? Double the width of the goal mouth -- then there'll be more goals, and have sudden death in overtime.

PS -- I'm sure I'd like soccer a lot more if I grew up with it like you did. Lemme know if you want to learn about a truly great game -- baseball!

[brian]

I love soccer. But it's funny, I really agree with you on the shootout. And I've also discussed that the goals should be larger. I think the goals are fine for most of the world, but Americans get impatient. So make the goals a foot or 2 taller and 2 yards wider. (American Soccer) I've never heard anyone else have that opinion though

[?]

Soccer sucks!I mean, how can you see this crap? the ball is kicked from side to side and there's no development.22 fools kick the ball to a giant goal.soccer SUCKS!!!!!!