Hi guys! Its me monkeyman from England! Just decided I would find out whats happening with soccer in the US! Whats it like? I found out its a lot different than back here. Lots of crazy rules! ;-) Anyway im hoping to get into it all. See what u guys got to offer!
nope much different here in nj i get man united games only thing is refs here call a foul on almost anything.
Who do you think has the best rules then? Do a lot of people into soccer there watch the english game? How well know are man utd over there?
the only difference in rules at this time (as far as game play goes) is the 10 minute golden goal overtime with have. We no longer have a shootout to decide draws.
It is the same rules. Who told you our league plays with different rules? Who ever it was, he was pulling your leg. Next time you see him stick your fingers in his eyes . That is what I do when people try to pull my leg. The english game is all over the place over here. Also you get replays of those games, Everybody knows Manchester United. There under 14 youth team is playing now in the Dallas Cup in Texas. They played Saturday their first game, and beat a local Texas team 5-0. Hey did you see Manchester United vs Real Madrid? Good game but your team lost it happens some times. Regards
The rules are totaly different here. For instance you get 4 trys at scoring a home run before you must turn the ball over to the other team. If you score a goal then you bring the ball back to the center circle where the teams have a tipoff. Also offsides is a little different where if a player passes the blue line before the ball then it is offsides. Goals count for 4 points and if you hit it off the keeper and in its worth 5.
thanks serg, but i think you forgot.... 1. we also have unlimited subs here...a player can leave then come back on when he's well rested... 2. aside from red and yellow cards, we also have blue cards....where if someone makes a really great play, in the absolute discretion of the ref, then that team gets to play with an extra player (12 men) for 10 minutes.... 3. if a player gets injured on the field, the rest of the players have run a lap around the field until that player either gets up, or is taken off by a stretcher.... 4. at the 75th minute, the home team gets 1 minute to invoke the super goal rule, where each goal counts double (or 8 points) for the rest of the game...... unless it goes off the goalie, in which case you get a triple multiplier and are entitled to 24 points..... 5. you get 3 tries for a pk. 6. every team must field a former metrostar player...
In Major League Soccer, players can use their hands. But besides that it's pretty much the same thing as what goes on at Old Trafford every other Saturday.
don't be scared away by the lame posts...it's cool you're interested in the game over here, we play the same FIFA rules as you guys do...as for ManU, etc, unfortunately there are some soccer fans in this country who havent quite accepted our first division league yet really follow the premier league, serie A, etc...ManU, love'em or hate'em is very well known, i've taken to Newcastle while my roomate insists on playing ManU's silly song from his computer haha...hope that helps, ?cheers?...later
Up date on Manchester United's under 14 team in the Dallas cup. They lost 0-2 gainst a team from KC. So they are 1-1 goals for 5 goals against 2 Still can move out of prelimary round with a win in their next game.
More rules include: 1--Every player can use their hands three times per half. 2--Midfield generals are allowed to yell at the ref the whole game. 3--For the 2004 season, trampolines will be placed in the middle of the 6 and 18 for height in jumps off corner kicks benefiting both the player and the goalkeeper. 4--Goalkeepers can't prevent a ball from going directly into the net (Goaltending) 5--Every 60-90 weeks until they announce 60-90 days again. 6--If you miss a PK, you get a black card. A black card means you are done for the season.
more rules we forgot about: 1. once every game...the 4th official, at his or her absolute discretion and without notice at all, will hold up a green card.... first foreign player to reach the 4th official standing gets it.... 2. if a player is taunted or tripped outside the playing area, that player can drag the offending player outside the playing area and hit that player over the head with a folding chair or climb up to the stands and drop kick the son of a b1tch...
Some intresting rules u got there! lol Whats all this stuff with discovery players? what the hell r they! Being able to sub a keeper without it counting as 1 0f the allocated 3? and the transfer thing at the end of year where u pick players from college or something? Im sure theres more i dont know
Yeah, they're all designed to make the game more accessible to fans. Well, that's easy. Each year the league sends out archaeological expeditions in conjunction with National Geographic looking for ancient ruins / dinosaur fossils / lost tombs, etc. etc. For each ancient site discovered, they get to sign a player of their own choosing provided he can a) Belch the alphabet backwards, or b) name every incorporated county in Montana. As per MLS rules, the league's keepers are all cloned from Brad Friedel, so by US law they're not actually "people". Therefore it would be illegal to count a keeper sub as a real sub, so the league changed its rules accordingly. Bora Milutinovic once used a "regular" substitution for a keeper, and is now banned from entering the United States. That one's easy - all the team presidents get together and have a medieval joust with the winner signing the college graduate of his choice. Course of study in school obviously plays a major factor. Computer science majors are the most prized as MLS wishes to play a greater role in helping drag the country out of recession; Art history majors are least coveted because they're plain useless. Yes. We'll make an announcement in 60-90 days.