I understand what your saying Xero (I played soccer when I was a kid), but during the Argentina/Bosnia-Hergovina match half of the backfielders stopped to tie their shoes while play was commencing. It's really irritating to see players doing nothing while the game is actually being played.
I enjoy soccer when there is actually action going on, the problem is that the vast majority of a game consists of everyone strolling, leisurely, into position and avoiding any sort of actual effort. If they played balls out (like they do when engineering a push) the entire game I'd respect it/them...but, unfortunately, the vast majority of the game consists of dicking around, back passes that gain no advantage other than maintaining control, defenders who would rather bracket than challenge, etc.
I'm too lazy to look it up right now, but has anyone done a study to determine how much actual action goes on during an average soccer game? (it's something like 8 1/2 minutes for baseball IIRC)