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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I would probably watch more soccer if they did a few things:
1. Make the games shorter (60 minute total.)
2. Make the field smaller (might need to eliminate a player or two on each side.)
3. Implement some sort of rules to generate more offense. Something similar to basketball in terms of moving the ball over half more quickly and not allowing passes back over half.
I know an important part of soccer right now is positioning and strategy but I'd be more inclined to watch if there was a lot more emphasis on strong offense and attacking the scoring zone.
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The game is shorter than hockey or football. It is 90 minutes running clock plus two to 3 minutes of injury time so you are sub 100 minutes plus halftime. Definately shorter total running time than the 2.5hrs a short hockey game takes or the 3 hrs a football game takes.
Also if you watched the pool games in the world cup it was exciting soccer. The knockout has gone back to playing for draws and shootouts but in the pools the agressive attacking teams were the victors and the posession teams like spain and italy lost out.