[Hegewisch Dupa]

Soccer will remain a joke as long as it allows the possibility that the whole two-year process of determining a World Champion can boil down to the equivalent of a free-throw contest. If soccer doesn't take itself seriously, Americans won't either.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

——Soccer will remain a joke as long as it allows the possibility that the whole two-year process of determining a World Champion can boil down to the equivalent of a free-throw contest.——

I played in HS and college, and I never liked this tie-breaking method.

At one time, in HS, goalies were not allowed to use their hands in double-OT, or be penalized if they did. At least this way, you had to earn a penalty shot, and midfield play became very important.

[dfwgator]

Soccer will remain a joke as long as it allows the possibility that the whole two-year process of determining a World Champion can boil down to the equivalent of a free-throw contest.

On that, we agree.

I don't understand why they can't do it like hockey and just keep going until somebody scores.......IMHO they had it right with "The Golden Goal", but for some strange reason, they got rid of it.

I would just waive the substitution restrictions in Extra Time, and allow free substituting. That certainly would be an improvement.