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From: ewan@uw-june (Ewan Tempero)
Newsgroups: net.sport
Subject: Football ( soccer to you plebs :-) in US
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 15:00:31 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  1 15:00:31 1985
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One complaint ( maybe that should read "another complaint" given what
I said last time :-) I have about US soccer is that they play different
rules from the rest of the world, that is, they don't use FIFA rules.
One difference I know about is the way penalties are taken ( as I recall
the US version has a 1-on-1 situation between keeper and penalty taker ).
While this particular instance may not make a major difference to the game,
the fact that there is one difference means there are probably others. This
is bound to alienate other countries against US ( I've often if this affected
US's chances for getting the '86 World Cup ). You may argue that the changes
are for the better, but if every country went ahead and made local changes
which they thought were for the better then we would soon have chaos. I
say follow the Central ruling body.....

[What I said above use to apply.....if it's changed don't flame me, just 
*inform* me]

-- 
            Ewan

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Ewan Tempero                                      "Oh no, not again"
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