ALL POSTS TAGGED "American rules"
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/ 394 days agoCan soccer leagues have different rules?
Soccer is one of the simplest sports there is. Kick the ball into the goal, score one point at a time, and don't touch the ball with your hands. There are some more nuanced laws of the game, but overall the sport is fairly straightforward and simple. So the rules should be the same everywhere […]
American Soccer
/ 5924 days agoAmericanizing Soccer for the U.S. Sports Fan pt. 2
In order for Soccer to make it to the U.S. sports fan's main menu, it must play a schedule that has both sense and purpose. An American professional soccer league must begin play every year 1-2 weeks before the Major League baseball season begins and it must end its regular season 3 weeks before the start of the NFL […]
American Soccer
/ 5931 days agoAmericanizing Soccer for the U.S. Sports Fan pt. 1
In order for Soccer to find the success it seeks in the U.S., it must make changes to the traditional rules without changing the integrity of the sport. Soccer can be that viable alternative for sports fans in the U.S. if it plays with American rules and also promotes the game to fit U.S. sports fans expectations, […]