The flopping in soccer is not one of it's more appealing qualities. Most often, it goes unrewarded.
As for the sport itself, folks who are intellectually lazy and have not ever watched a match are often the most vocal critics of the sport. It is far more difficult than American football. And if they happened to award 6 points for putting the ball in the net instead of 1 goal, you'd find it to often times be just as high scoring as the American variety. Like the Packers played the Rams last night--score 24-12. Essentially that is a 4-2 soccer match.