Adding to my points about how Americans don't like the faking and the falling down that happens way too much in Soccer, I've got to add that referee's have wayyyy too much power. I was watching the Australia-Germany game a few days ago and the AUS star gets a red card on a tackle where he had actually drawn his legs back up in order to avoid contact. Yet, some other time a much more aggressive foul didn't even result in a foul forget about a card. The fact that a referee has unreviewable power to force a team to play a man down at any time is stupid and I don't think Americans like that as if violates a sense of fair play. Aus wasn't going to beat Germany, but playing a man down helped give GER two more goals.
And the red card with all it's inherent power is used too much. ON that same day, Sunday maybe, all three games had a red card. I guess it's one thing to kick a guy out for a flagrant foul, but for his team to play down the rest of the game is too much of a punishment, especially with the subjectivity of what action results in a Red Card.
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