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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My unpopular opinions:
1. On a free kick, players who purposefully stand within 10 yards to stall the game until the ref moves them back should be cautioned.  It is poor sportsmanship and players who do it know better.
2. Throw ins should be kick ins and treated like an indirect kick, but with no offside.
3. PKs should never determine a tourney winner.  Play until one team wins with a golden goal.
4. Offside should not wait to be called. I've seen too many near collisions between an offside forward and a keeper coming together.  Even hockey did away with a race to reach an iced puck, knowing too much potential for injury was there.
5. Long distance running/conditioning should not be part of a practice.  Just play or scrimmage longer or with more intensity and the fitness will come.  Or, have kids run at home on their own time. Lazy coaches use conditioning because they are lazy and don't want to teach technical fundamentals.  Sprinting, quickness, and ball skills trump a timed 2-mile run.  In a game, you get tired, you get subbed out.  All club staff should be able to meet the fitness requirements of the ages coached through U16.
6. Yellow cards should come with 5 minutes in the penalty box. A red card should come with an ejection and a PK, no matter where the foul occurred.  
7. If in a wall, a player, especially a young one, should be able to protect his/her face and head without risking a handball offense.
8. Heading results in too many injuries in youth ages. Coaches should discourage high balls into the 6 because balls on the ground to the 12 or 18 are better scoring opportunities anyways.
9. If men's D1 football can put 100% of players on scholarship, then 100% of women's soccer players should be full-ride eligible.  14 scholarships per team with a roster of 30-35 isn't enough money.  Even if it isn't a "revenue" sport, it doesn't seem fair.
10. The USWNT is good, and I like watching them play.
11. The politics surrounding the USWNT is not good.
12. National team players should stand respectfully for the anthem or be removed from the team.  One nation, one team, not One nation, 18 political statements.
13. Taking a knee in solidarity with BLM is woke virtue signaling and should not be a thing on a soccer field. 
14. The parent that yells the most probably knows the least.
15. All players over 15 should ref at least 3-5 games per year for the younger players.
16. School-year made more sense than birth year for recruiting.
17. I like ECNL for girls. [/quote]

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. [/quote]

LOL![/quote]

On free kicks, you are incorrect.  Giving the other team enough space that the offensive player can shoot a ball or make a pass without allowing the other team to settle in gives that offensive team an advantage that they aren't necessarily guaranteed.

At times you will see one player stick around the ball until the ref asks them to step back.  Nothing wrong with this as the defensive player steps back and offensive player then has to wait.[/quote]

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