re: 3 things preventing soccer from gaining mainstream U.S. popularity

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I think it would actually frustrate people more if the clock indicated the actual end of the half. In NFHS and NCAA play, the clock counts down and when the clock hits zero, that's the end of it all. If the ball is in flight when the buzzer goes off, but has yet to pass the goal line, too bad. Wouldn't that be worse?

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I completely understand why the game ends at a ref's discretion, but I think often there is too little time added on because the stoppages in play seem much longer. If there was an accurate reference then at least we could know how much time there should be played.