Fair enough - I don't agree with some of the alleged practices of players, i.e. diving and stuff, but in reading the past few pages of this thread, you've said alot of things that could be taken negatively towards the sports ("No one cares about the World Cup in America" and "soccer players are such babies"). You may have your opinions, I'll disagree with them, and that's fine and all, but it does come off as negative because some of us that are excited about the sport and want to see the sport grow in America. I grew up hearing these comments when I was younger and played the game was genuinely excited MLS games, EPL, and International matches. I always had to try to fight these comments off. You've been watching some matches, so I assume you like the sport itself and like me think it's absolutely exciting when two teams are truly playing the game. But yeah - that's why I came off as defensive.
Soccer is plenty popular in the US - is it as big of a deal as the NFL or the MLB? No way. But that's fine. In all honestly, I think what fans of the sport here in America want is for the sport to grow to a competitive level against the rest of the world rather than to just be the biggest thing in the country.
Anyhow, back to the discussion at hand
What does FIFA mean by drawing lots? No way they just "randomly" select a winner if it comes down to a legit tie. I've never seen that happen
