[onewhippedpuppy]

I don’t like soccer! I greatly respect and appreciate the athletic ability required to play the game, and what those guys can do on the field is amazing. But damn there’s some things that annoy the crap out of me.

Flopping, every person who goes down rolls around on the ground like they’ve been shot to draw a penalty, then pops back up and goes right back into the game. If you go down and stay down for more than a few seconds you should have to leave the game for your “injury”. Bonus penalty time if you roll around clenching your injury but aren’t actually hurt. Call it the sissy card.

The time, WTF. When is halftime, when is a hydration break, how much extra time will be added at the end, only the referee knows! It’s entirely subjective and would make it soooo easy to cheat. Why not pause the clock like every other timed game on Earth does?

Red cards, you’re telling me that a dude can get kicked out of two games for cleating someone who isn’t even injured? Then the team has to play the game down a man? And it’s entirely up to the referee? Another one that seems super easy for one ref to influence a game.

Ties, what sort of major sport ends in a tie in the playoffs?

Ok that’s my rant, now that the USA lost I’ll probably skip the rest unless I’m really bored.