2022 World Cup

[Spider-Dan]

1) It should just be sudden death, next goal wins.

The human lifespan is not long enough to make this a viable rule for soccer.

[Dave Gray]

To clarify:

I understand going to shootouts if nobody scores in OT.

But if someone does score in OT, the game should end right there.....allowing more scoring in OT to then go to shootouts is dumb.

[CF DolFan]

That isn't a bad alternative. Unfortunately it is much easier to defend in soccer than to score and as time goes on scoring would get much more difficult. At some point in time you have to stop the game and declare a winner.

I'd like to see NFL mindsets change if kicking FGs were what determined the winner of a tie game. A lot more teams going for 2.

[Pappy13]

To clarify:

I understand going to shootouts if nobody scores in OT.

But if someone does score in OT, the game should end right there.....allowing more scoring in OT to then go to shootouts is dumb.

You'd change your mind about that if the wind is blowing about 25 miles in 1 direction, in that case you'd say "both teams should get a chance to go with the wind". I actually saw a game once that went to extra time and the team going with the wind scored first and then the team going with the wind in the 2nd period of extra time scored twice to win the game. It's not as dumb as you think it is.