[doug from upland]

Besides often not having enough points scored, the really screwed up thing about soccer is the timekeeping. In this age of technology, why can’t they have the official time for all to see? When there is delayed action on the field, the ref stops his watch and it is there up on the board for all to see. Then they actually play 90 minutes and everyone is going to know exactly when it ends.

[canuck_conservative]

In this age of technology, why can’t they have the official time for all to see?

Excellent point, there's no excuse for everyone not knowing how much time is left.

And soccer has got to do something about deliberate diving and acting. Some guy goes down like he's just been shot, is writhing on the ground in "pain" until he sees no one is paying attention, then suddenly he springs back to his feet in perfect health. Disgusting.

No other major sport tolerates that childishness - you try that crap in football or hockey, you'll get crushed on the next play; you try it in baseball and you'll get drilled your next at-bat. But in soccer it's everywhere, and not called a lot of the time, so it continues.