NoMateChris
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Soccer has to adapt and change some rules.
The offsides calls are worse than the two line pass rule in hockey that was changed. It’s stupid and it makes the game less exciting.
All sports change their rules to make the game better, except this one.
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@tolstoybb When the whole body is now ahead by just a little bit. It will be a whole thing again
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@RJSepich if an American football player scored a cool touchdown but had a toe out of bounds, nobody would say “eh it was cool dumb rule”?
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@WahlenRyan @joewheat27 It’s there to stop the game from becoming broken. Without it, strikers would just camp by the goal and teams would spam long balls, forcing defenders to sit deep and killing midfield play.
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@joewheat27 The whole concept of offsides in soccer is ridiculous to me. It’s a free flowing game, unlike football where a line of scrimmage is established each play. Why should it be illegal for an offensive player to be ahead of the ball and defense?
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@RMCF_Theo Messi was not banned for using Human Growth Hormone because the injections were a prescribed medical treatment for a diagnosed clinical condition, not a performance enhancing attempt.
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Wait till Americans find out Messi is openly playing with growth hormones (banned in every sport)
The Touchline | 𝐓@TouchlineX
🚨🇺🇸 𝗡𝗘𝗪: American fans are FURIOUS on social media after Balogun’s red card against Bosnia. Many believe that if Balogun was sent off for that challenge, then Lionel Messi should have also received a red card against Algeria in Argentina’s first World Cup game. USA fans don’t understand the difference in criteria and feel both challenges were almost identical. American fans are now demanding answers from FIFA over what they see as inconsistent refereeing criteria.
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@OVTweetmarck Intent matters, but so does player safety. A challenge can be a red if it risks serious injury, even if unintentional. And some actions like a slap are intentional and still red without major injury risk.
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So I’m hearing an argument that intent doesn’t matter for Balogun’s red card, and all I gotta say is what the hell kind of system is that where intent doesn’t matter for such a heavy punishment
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@Chase_Senior You are the ones acting like snobs. Barely watched the game but out here acting like what you say should be word.
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It’s funny how a bunch of American’s have been into the World Cup, wanting to learn about and watch soccer, but the soccer purists point their noses up at those same people.
Grow the game, stop acting like snobs.
Eric Njiru ⚽️@EricNjiiru
“NFL host”
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@messsssssii1 A severity of that kind of contact is very different when the foot is planted on the ground and when it’s not.
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Why was Balogun given a red card but this isn’t a red card against Portugal?
Castro1021@Castro1021
Why was Balogun given a red card but this isn’t a red card?!?!
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All these Europeans are complaining that Americans are suggesting improvements to soccer.
Improving things constantly is why American GDP is $30T and you still have no AC in 2026.
In our own sports, we've fixed overtime rules in the NFL, flopping rules in the NBA, and added the pitch clock in the MLB, all in the last few years.
Adapt or die.
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@rationalhumanis @greggioia That’s how we feel about American sports when we try to watch them.
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@greggioia Strong disagree - I find soccer incredibly boring to watch unless I have a rooting interest in one team or the other. Absolutely nothing happens for most of the match.
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We have three sports leagues in the US that each make far more revenue than any soccer league anywhere in the world. We have dozens of stadiums that are far beyond the best venue in most countries. Sports as entertainment is something we unquestionably do better than anyone else in the world.
So when US sports consumers give feedback, you would think people would listen, right? It's like French people commenting on your food or Germans talking about your engineering quality.
Nope! Just more Euro-snob bullshit. The bottom line is soccer is a worse product than American football or basketball. That's why we don't watch it. We have options.
Theo Jaffee@theojaffee
Guy who never watched a game of soccer before 2 weeks ago: Bro the offside detection technology is killing the game bro
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The reason why he didn’t win the golden boot
YaGs@reallestyags
Cristiano Ronaldo once scored 46 league goals in a season for Real Madrid and he didn’t win the league golden boot.
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@dilanesper It’s because momentum is such a big part of football and having more breaks allows 1 of the teams momentum to be disrupted.
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I find soccer purists weird. Every sport, as it gets popular, makes adjustments to accommodate television coverage. Yes, the phony cover story of "hydration" is a bit silly, but healthy sports allow television networks to make more money so they can make more money!
The Associated Press@AP
FIFA’s new hydration breaks were implemented to help players stay cool in what could be the hottest World Cup in history. But these mandatory pauses have sparked criticism. apnews.com/article/fifa-w…
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@ronaldowarrior when was Nations league ever a ballon dor decider ?
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We are witnessing football discourse being rewritten in real time because the media hates this man. Nations League was the Ballon d’or decider until the 61st min when Ronaldo scored in the final and won it. Now according to Messi PR, it isn’t even a major trophy anymore lmao
B/R Football@brfootball
Cristiano Ronaldo is goalless in his last 10 Portugal games at major tournaments: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩: ❌ vs. Uruguay ❌ vs. South Korea ❌ vs. Switzerland ❌ vs. Morocco 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬: ❌ vs. Czechia ❌ vs. Türkiye ❌ vs. Georgia ❌ vs. Slovenia ❌ vs. France 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩: ❌ vs. Congo DR
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Player of the season should be the player who has individually had the biggest impact on their teams results across a season. NOT the best player in the title winning team.
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🚨WTF: Muslims in the UK are calling for a BAN of people eating in public during RAMADAN daylight hours.
They argue that seeing people eating food increases their temptation and Islam should be respected.
What's your message to them?
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@Muneeb_08 FIFA’s rules say: if MORE THAN 2 MEMBERS of a team are found to have violated anti-doping rules during a competition, the governing body may impose sanctions on the team such as points deductions or disqualification
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According to Fifa rules, if a member of the winning team is found doping, the team would be stripped of the trophy
Why didn't other Argentine players got tested and why wasn't any action taken by Fifa?
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🚨 BREAKING: Papu Gómez has been suspended for two years, after testing positive on doping in November 2022 (via @FabrizioRomano)
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He talks too much. You would think he was a better player than Yamal himself or at least a half decent coach.
🪽 🇪🇨#WinStewartOUT#ClearlakeOUT@KashyChels
Thiery Henry's analysis of Cucurella vs Yamal
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