The time keeping is just something you get used to. Also I don't understand the hate for ties. The NFL uses ties, college football used to use ties, and not all ties are created equal. If they had ties in college football and we tied Oklahoma down in Norman you don't think they would view that as a loss?
There are a lot of things I really like about soccer, but I can understand why people wouldn't like the sport. I don't don't think you'll get flamed, because you made an effort to try and like it. It just didn't happen and that's ok, not everyone is going to like every sport. I think the people who get flamed are those who give really stupid reasons for hating the sport, act like they're better men because they don't like it or go into soccer threads just to troll. I don't like nascar, golf, or baseball but I don't go into those threads looking to troll.