Huh? Doesn't Soccer permit tie games?
Bingo. The 1994 Cup here in the U.S. was settled by a coin flip, more or less. That’s a clear champion? Until soccer takes itself seriously, it has no right expecting the rest of us to.
I don’t really know but how often does soccer resort to NFL-style tiebreakers (season standings not game result)?
Well, now that I think about it, during the World Cup, the teams are divided into divisions, and teams play only the other teams in their division. So you can look at the standings and tell who’s ahead. The tiebreaker is goal differential, and you don’t have to figure out head-to-head or points within the division or within the conference, etc.
Then the top two teams in each division advance to the knockout round. Ties are not allowed in those games.
Tie games, but at the end of the season, the team with the best record is the champion. Each team plays each other twice home and away, so it's the fairest way to determine a champion. You're not rewarded for getting hot at the right time.