[Steve_Seattle]

"The continuous play with no commercial interruptions is one of the things that makes it enjoyable for me to watch."

That does somewhat compensate for other factors. Such as, per current Major League Soccer stats:

2.72 = average goals per game (total, both teams).
1.36 = average goals per game (per individual team).
33% = percentage of games ending in a tie.

In American football, this would be equivalent to a preponderance of 10-7 or 14-7 or 7-0 games, with a lot of 10-10 and 7-7 ties. A 42-28 game would be almost unheard of.

[Steve_Seattle]

One addendum: If you translate soccer scoring stats to baseball, the typical baseball game would be 2-1, and 7-6 or 6-5 games or even 4-3 games would be very rare. A 10-8 game would be once every 40 years.

[1rudeboy]

In American football, this would be equivalent to a preponderance of 10-7 or 14-7 or 7-0 games, with a lot of 10-10 and 7-7 ties. A 42-28 game would be almost unheard of.

Which is close to the way it used to be, until the league figured out that higher-scoring games sell more Viagra, pickup trucks, and beer. So it changed the rules to make it easier to score.