Soccer rules question

I honestly think it's a pretty stupid rule. Pros are good enough not to be affected but it causes some trash goals at the lower levels.

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I honestly think it's a pretty stupid rule. Pros are good enough not to be affected but it causes some trash goals at the lower levels.

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I like the rule (wish they would expand it to include headers) because you can easily waste a ton of time if the keeper can pick up every pass back.

I may have been too strong there. I can see the positives obviously. Maybe I'm just bitter that I played with some horrible keepers.

Honestly though, I played with some great ones too. One of then will play in the MLS. Another one would have if his dad wasn't a bum. Most raw talent I've ever seen.

It's not a stupid rule.

If your were up by 1 with 10 minutes left teams used this as a delaying tactic. Kick the ball back to the GK and he goes to pick it up, but waits, waits, waits for a player on the opposite team to get close, then he picked tge ball up, then he passes the ball back to a defender who passes the ball back to the GK who waits, waits, waits, then gets a free kick.

Now, the GK can't waste as much time or else the forward can tackle the ball away and score, also after picking a ball up the GK has 6 seconds to kick the ball, which usually turns into 10 seconds.

So every back pass, when ahead late, probably took 15 extra seconds than it does today.

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im pretty sure it was the 94 world cup that was the catalyst for the change. People were tired of time being wasted in the world cup with passes back to the keeper.

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No, I think it was the '90 World Cup. They also changed the scoring for wins from 2 points to 3 around that time. The World Cup field was expanded from 24 to 32 starting in 1998.