I am a casual fan of the Seattle Sounders and have watched many of their games, on TV. Still, I am nowhere near a hardcore fan. I am elated that they won the MLS cup and put Seattle in the soccer spotlight. That said, I wish to present my plan to make soccer better:
1- widen and raise the goal by 2 feet. Goalies (sorry, Keepers) have grown in size and ability over the decades. The size of the goal area should adjust for this.
2- Allow for more than 3 substitutions. Let's get fresh players out on the field (rather, pitch) to keep things moving.
3- If you are down on the ground for more than 5 seconds, you are out of the game for 5 minutes, with no substitution.
4-moving goal: If you don't wanna make the goal mouth bigger, fine, lets have the goals move back and forth, say give it 2 total yards (sorry, meters) of play. this should liven things up. you can shine lazers in front of the goalie (crap, keeper) to let he/she know where it is at any given time.
5-HandBaller: in addition to the keeper (hah, got it right that time), one other player on the pitch can be designated the handballer (yes, that's the name). this player can use their hands to punch, spike, hit, knock, but not throw nor carry the ball at any time.
6-Rolling Twitter feed: in addition to the ad boards along the sideline, lets add another row that allows for rolling twitter feeds and commentary from fans. oh my, it could get ugly, but very entertaining. My first tweet would be "Hey, Rod Spencer, told you this was a great idea"
7-MULTI BALL: We like it in pinball so we will love it in Soccer. For a five minute segment in each half, let's have em play with two balls on the field. ef it, this is really the only change needed. okay ladies and gentlemen...get ready for MULTI BALL!!!. Oh and if one team is down by 3 or more goals, one of the balls would be a gold ball worth 2 goals.
So there you go. Soccer is now fixed. let me know what you think.
