“The thing which would perk up soccer for me is eliminating or at least greatly reducing the offside rule. A long kick to a teammate streaking to the goal to bring the score to 10-8 would be much more interesting than yet another 1-0 match.”
Eliminating it would necessarily result in people streaking to the goal (which happens now anyway). Instead, you’d see people assigned to the exciting task of camping in front of the goal and defenders to camp with them. Yawn. That’s why basketball also has the three-second rule.
Plus, executing an offside trap is a key part of the game. It's one of those things you don't appreciate watching soccer on TV.