But this is also one of the magics of the soccer. It's not artificial like footbal....A soccer game in 1930 and 2011 is about the same. There aren't even technology to identify if the ball entered or not in the goal(or is a very recent thing used only in Europe and World Cup).

Also, in basketball and football you have 761438756181 points....When you reach 70% of the match you can conclude who is gonna win....When you have more points, there are less emotion involved for each point...

In soccer, 90% of the time a team can still draw or win a match in the last minutes. Also, it doesn' matter if you have the best team, or if you played a match way better than the opponent.

Americans doesn't understand soccer because they don't undersand the true meaning of a goal. A shitty team of Afrika can win a game against Brazil in soccer. But not in basketball.

and it cost seeral teams the game, just because they dont want to use technology.

Lol, this thread has turned into the age old football vs. american football debate!

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Lol yeah, the main point of this thread was explained long ago.

Now, just leave it as people like their sports as they are, I wouldnt enjoy football if scoring was so big like in basketball, makes goal more significant(I think there are few sports where people celebrate goals more than in football).

To fault football for implementing technology you would have to severly misunderstand the nature of the game. Each play is ~7 seconds of fury.  Refs have a difficult time as it is to decipher the carnage in real time.  Cameras are there for the accuracy and integrity of the game. 

Some Americans, myself especially, LOVE a defensive game of football.  There's great enjoyment seeing teams like the Packers, Steelers, or Ravens shut down opposing offenses. In fact, the shift to a more arena style football does not excite me in the slightest. AND YET I'd rather see an offense heavy game over a god forsaken tie any day!

And the Refs! The Refs! Fifa is horrible at managing the quality of their refs. Why is Fifa afraid of quality control?

I'll give credit to where credit is due. Soccer is great exercise, and a game in its purest form; no flopping, ties, incompetent refs, aswell as with a team you care a little bit about has potential to be somewhat enjoyable.

I'll never be 'into' soccer until flopping and ties are abolished. 

Indeed. That's why most soccer players act and look like complete pussies with all of the overreacting and flopping on the ground.

Honestly, I enjoy watching it, but the sport will never be popular in the States until that part of the game gets cleaned up.

I agree with you to a certain extent. I do still enjoy watching it whenever it's on TV (and especially during any major tournament), but it will never pass up football or basketball until flopping isn't commonplace. I don't mind ties as much though. (Hey, US still beat England 1-1 in my book! )

A tie is like kissing your sister.

and this is a meaningless debate because we all know the best sport is Baseball (best team Cardinals, and best player Albert Pujols). 

;>)

No there's no best sport if anything is the best its swimming because it has the capacity to save your life none of the others have that.