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When you start allowing rolling subs you completely change the nature of the contest and probably wreck smaller nations’/teams’ chances of doing well because big established countries or rich clubs can just field more decent players.

So true. I remember playing in a league in Austin where one such powerhouse team was in the mix. Rolling subs were allowed and they beat the crap out of everybody else in the league because they always had fresh players out on the pitch. Smaller teams like ours rarely stood a chance against them.

I remember playing in a league in Austin where one such powerhouse team was in the mix. Rolling subs were allowed and they beat the crap out of everybody else in the league because they always had fresh players out on the pitch. Smaller teams like ours rarely stood a chance against them.

I was working under the assumption that each side had an equal number of players on its team. I guess if Luxembourg has 30 players and the US has 200 players on the sideline, this would be a problem.

Is there really no limit to how many players can be on a World Cup team?

And just to be clear, I was suggesting allowing subs only in deep overtime, not all game long.