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To: kevkrom

You left off "penalty kick wins it at the end!!!!!". Happens all the time.

Also, soccer is a game where you primarily use half of your body. Just can't get excited over it.


142 posted on 08/08/2005 12:08:33 PM PDT by TruthFactor (A mind is a terrible thing to waste with a PC Education.)
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To: TruthFactor
You left off "penalty kick wins it at the end!!!!!". Happens all the time.

Only in single-elimination tournament matches. League or group play allows draws to stay as draws, though introducing a reformed points system that awards 3 points for a win (instead of 2) and only 1 for a draw about a decade ago has led to a lot less settling for draws.

Now, overtime silliness can be better described as the NHL's 4-on-4 followed by shootout nonsense. Or NCAAF's trading possessions from the 25-yard-line BS. What is so devastating about letting a (non-single-elimination) game end in a tie at the end of regulation?

153 posted on 08/08/2005 12:15:07 PM PDT by kevkrom (WARNING: If you're not sure whether or not it's sarcasm, it probably is.)
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To: TruthFactor
soccer is a game where you primarily use half of your body.

True. Legs and lungs alone do not a complete athlete make.

166 posted on 08/08/2005 12:37:22 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Strength and power--top-half strength and power--are not needed in soccer.)
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