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.