You just don’t understand the game. It’s ok to like other things.

The person you’re responding to doesn’t understand soccer so doesn’t see what you see.

You don’t understand hockey (I say this because NHL was mentioned) or American football the same way so you don’t see the game that is played.

American Football is a strategy game, like checkers or chess, where the players are the pieces. It’s turn based.

Soccer is played asynchronously.