World Soccer XXX: We Have Men Too!

[Jimjamesak]

Video on the proposal to change how soccer games are timed and run.

[Kepler]

Video on the proposal to change how soccer games are timed and run.

Paradoxically almost that entire video was a waste of my time.

One power point slide with bullet points would have taken 5 seconds to read and been the informational equivalent.

[Spartanforlife4]

Video on the proposal to change how soccer games are timed and run.

2/3 efficiency is still pretty good. Especially since it’s almost all real time. American football is at 20% for efficiency by game clock and 6% real time. Baseball with no clock is just under 10%.

NBA technically has a full 48 minutes of action, and really more given free throws, but that’s still only around 38% for real time efficiency. NHL is just a tad under 50%. Take away the period breaks and that number jumps up to 63%, nearly matching soccer.

It sounds like they would shorten the actual halves if they did this so it would still take around the same amount of real time to finish a game, but I’m just not sure that’s needed. One of the nice things about soccer, and frankly maybe one of the reasons F1 is growing, is that you can sit down and know that in two hours max you can move on to something else.

[Jimjamesak]

2/3 efficiency is still pretty good. Especially since it’s almost all real time. American football is at 20% for efficiency by game clock and 6% real time. Baseball with no clock is just under 10%.

NBA technically has a full 48 minutes of action, and really more given free throws, but that’s still only around 38% for real time efficiency. NHL is just a tad under 50%. Take away the period breaks and that number jumps up to 63%, nearly matching soccer.

It sounds like they would shorten the actual halves if they did this so it would still take around the same amount of real time to finish a game, but I’m just not sure that’s needed. One of the nice things about soccer, and frankly maybe one of the reasons F1 is growing, is that you can sit down and know that in two hours max you can move on to something else.

I think the big thing that the people proposing this want is that the actual “game time” on the actual game with the ball in play the whole time. In that sense the NHL and NBA are at 100% (though the NFL is likely way lower).

I just find it funny that a concept that was derided as “too American” years ago by Europeans is now being seriously discussed by Europeans.

I find the concept, stopping the clock at every stoppage, more palatable than the current uses in HS and NCAA soccer where the clock is only stopped at arbitrary moments, though I would add the rugby caveat that the game doesn’t end until the ball is out of play.

[Jimjamesak]

UEFA: ”An arrogant and contemptuous plan devised by a handful of billionaires who cannot embrace the concept that, on the football pitch, as in life, you might lose to someone smaller than yourself”

Also UEFA: We’re creating our Super League.

[Spartanforlife4]

I think the big thing that the people proposing this want is that the actual “game time” on the actual game with the ball in play the whole time. In that sense the NHL and NBA are at 100% (though the NFL is likely way lower).

I just find it funny that a concept that was derided as “too American” years ago by Europeans is now being seriously discussed by Europeans.

I find the concept, stopping the clock at every stoppage, more palatable than the current uses in HS and NCAA soccer where the clock is only stopped at arbitrary moments, though I would add the rugby caveat that the game doesn’t end until the ball is out of play.

Yeah, that’s where the 20% number for the NFL comes from. It’s only 11 of 60 minutes that there’s actual action.

Outside of the obvious stalling you see in the last 10 minutes of games, I never really thought of it as much of an issue. Unless playing 60 minutes of stop clock somehow speeds the game up to 80 or 85 minutes, I don’t see why it matters if 60 minutes of action takes place in 90 minutes with a rolling clock or a stopped clock.

[Jimjamesak]

If you have ESPN+ they have a US Open Cup goalcast on showing highlights from all the games ala Redzone.

[French Rage]

If you have ESPN+ they have a US Open Cup goalcast on showing highlights from all the games ala Redzone.

Quakes beat Sounders 10-9 on penalty shots. I'm guessing this wasn't the highest importance for Seattle after last week.

[Jimjamesak]

Quakes beat Sounders 10-9 on penalty shots. I'm guessing this wasn't the highest importance for Seattle after last week.

Yeah, I think there was one regular starter in the whole gameday roster.

On one hand, it sucks they were eliminated and it's worrying that they've lost another game.

On the other hand, we likely won't see Leo Chu play again so that's good.

[Jimjamesak]

Press: “The Seattle Sounders are in last place in the Western Conference!”
Seattle: “We have three games in hand.”
Press: “Can Seattle make the playoffs?”
Seattle: “WE HAVE THREE GAMES IN HAND!”

[ticapnews]

Paradoxically almost that entire video was a waste of my time.

One power point slide with bullet points would have taken 5 seconds to read and been the informational equivalent.

But would have been lousy for analytics and ad revenue.

[Jimjamesak]

Clint Dempsey to join Fox’s World Cup coverage team

[Jimjamesak]

MLS Players Association has released the player salaries for 2022.

Time to see who’s overpaying again! (It’s Chicago paying Xherdan Shaqiri $8.1 million)

[Jimjamesak]

US Soccer reaches agreements on CBAs for both the MNT and WNT.

Looks like the WNT had to give up their guaranteed contracts and most of their benefits in favor of a “play to pay” system like the MNT (which also means the WNT will likely see some heavy roster turnover) and equal bonuses.

The main problem, and this has always been my issue, is that way too much money is going to the players (90% of the prize money!) and not enough money going to development.

[Russell Jaslow]

US Soccer reaches agreements on CBAs for both the MNT and WNT.

Looks like the WNT had to give up their guaranteed contracts and most of their benefits in favor of a “play to pay” system like the MNT (which also means the WNT will likely see some heavy roster turnover) and equal bonuses.

The main problem, and this has always been my issue, is that way too much money is going to the players (90% of the prize money!) and not enough money going to development.

The percent going to the players decreases after two years.

I think the change of number of contracts (there will still be some) is going to go a long ways towards keeping the WNT fresh and competitive.