[Noah930]

Flopping: My nephew is a scout in the NFL. I jokingly asked him how long one of these fútbol guys would last in a football game. Maybe one play. It's funny how in football a player tries so hard not to show an injury, but the opposite is so true of soccer.

There should be (more of) a penalty for flopping. It shouldn't just be considered "part of the game." Roll around on the ground enough to stop play, you get to sit on the sideline for a minute. There is a rule (yellow card), but it rarely ever gets called.

Hydration break is nonsense. You don't have that anywhere other than maybe youth soccer in America. The game is supposed to be comprised of 2 halves, not 4 quarters. Such an American concept, and it breaks the flow of the game.

Center ref has absolute and total jurisdiction over enforcement of all rules. Well, except all this VAR nonsense. I actually don't like how many times VAR intervenes seemingly without the center ref requesting its assistance. And if you think this concept of stoppage time is wacky, how about how even if extra time expires, if a team has a scoring opportunity, we'll just play on until they don't.

No ties in the elimination matches. That's just in group (round robin) play. In elimination matches you play an overtime, and if it's still tied after OT, then we get a shootout to determine a victor.

Finally, a nerdy little thing, but the foul is called offside (singular) not offsides. And only scoring body parts count against it. So a head, leg, chest would count if it's beyond the 2nd to last defender, but a hand or arm shouldn't (because you can't score with those).