World Cup

[kato13]

Originally Posted by CDAT

I have to say as an American I do not get soccer, we watched the game at work a couple of my coworkers are into it and they told me that it is not uncommon to not have any goals tell the very end when they will change up tactics, I do not undersand if the tactics work to get goals why not use them from the start?

I don't get that if a match ends the overtime session they go to penalty kicks. To me that would be like if a tied baseball game was decided by a homerun contest or a tied basketball game being decided by everyone taking a free throw. It is a totally different execution when compared to a majority of scores within a game.

Personally I would like to see fewer players on the field in the overtime sessions. This would open up the field and allow more scoring.

I have been saying this for decades, but I see now someone at Forbes agrees me. (In addition to being mentioned in 2006 by FIFA's president apparently.)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimpagel...kick-shootout/

I realize that the NHL uses penalty shots during the regular season, so perhaps such a system would be reserved only for the playoffs (as the NHL goes to unlimited OT during those) or high profile games like the world cup.

[Raellus]

Penalty kick shoot outs only happen in tournaments after a 30-minute extra time period has expired. In the "regular season", they're never used being as ties are allowed. But, when a clear-cut winner must be named, PKs are utilized. After both sides are exhausted by 120+ minutes of running, PKs kind of make sense. They used to have a "golden goal" option (basically sudden death OT) but that was done away with some time ago (not sure why, though).

I think that a similar system would prove really popular in baseball. After an extra inning or two is played without either side defending a lead, go to a mini- homerun derby. Many fans dig the long ball, and I reckon most would prefer a HRD decider to a five-hour game where both teams run out of pitchers.

[Rainbow Six]

I think the problem with the golden goal was that knowing that one mistake could potentially put your team out of the tournament often led to situations where neither team wanted to take risks by going forward and attacking which could leave them potentially exposed at the back in the event of a counter attack. So it led to both teams adopting a very defensive approach, which kind of defeated the purpose.

[kato13]

Originally Posted by kato13

I don't get that if a match ends the overtime session they go to penalty kicks. To me that would be like if a tied baseball game was decided by a homerun contest or a tied basketball game being decided by everyone taking a free throw. It is a totally different execution when compared to a majority of scores within a game.

Personally I would like to see fewer players on the field in the overtime sessions. This would open up the field and allow more scoring.

I have been saying this for decades, but I see now someone at Forbes agrees me. (In addition to being mentioned in 2006 by FIFA's president apparently.)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimpagel...kick-shootout/

I realize that the NHL uses penalty shots during the regular season, so perhaps such a system would be reserved only for the playoffs (as the NHL goes to unlimited OT during those) or high profile games like the world cup.

Figured with FIFA in the news this thread could use a bump

The reason I found it was that the NHL is going to use a reduced player overtime instead of shootouts (yay \o/ ) and I remembered that I posted about that here.

NHL Board of Governors OKs 3-on-3 OT

[Cdnwolf]

Originally Posted by kato13

Figured with FIFA in the news this thread could use a bump

The reason I found it was that the NHL is going to use a reduced player overtime instead of shootouts (yay \o/ ) and I remembered that I posted about that here.

NHL Board of Governors OKs 3-on-3 OT

Of course there is the FIFA WOMEN'S World Cup going on... in Canada... Down to the final eight teams this weekend. Canada takes on England but the US gets to face China. Germany can win it all and make a Mens and Womens Championship season.

[Twilight2000v3MM]

Being Argentinian I have to say even tho we lost it was a good game and Germany came in hard the last 10-15 min. Well played.