[Mr. Blonde]

I don't think scoring necessarily demonstrates a good game. I know people like to see it, but it is really more exciting to see someone almost score. Both sides get pumped up then, instead of just the offensive team.

Soccer won't catch on because the networks aren't interested in something they have to show for 45 minutes before they can have a commercial break. Soccer like everything else would become popular if it were shoved down our throats 24/7 instead of a month every four years. Look how many records Creed sold for proof.

[JRios1968]

...it is really more exciting to see someone almost score...

That is logic only a soccer fan can follow. America is not a country of "almost." America is a country of "do or do not." You either make the score or you don't. And we, as Americans, certainly don't like the futility displayed in soccer, where a zero-zero score ("nil-nil" is an aberration of the Queen's English,) is perfectly acceptable, and a display of a "great" game.

When you were single, were you glad to go home after "almost" picking up someone of the opposite gender? Didn't think so...

[frankiep]

I don't need alot of scoring to enjoy a game. As a football fan (the American type) I prefer the smashmouth brand played by defensive powerhouses, and games that end 10-7, or 14-10. As a baseball fan, I can't tell you how much I enjoy watching a great, low scoring pitchers duel. In fact, Game 7 of the 1991 World Series ended with a score of only 1-0 after 10 innings and was, in my opinion, one of the greatest baseball games ever played.