World Cup champ scores 8 goals in 7 games. Outstanding!

[jimmy40]

What a snoozefest soccer is. Can anyone imagine the Super Bowl champ scoring 4 times in the playoffs?

 

[Reality]

What a snoozefest soccer is. Can anyone imagine the Super Bowl champ scoring 4 times in the playoffs?

As long as it is the Cowboys and they win the Super Bowl, I'm okay with it

-Reality

 

[joseephuss]

What a snoozefest soccer is. Can anyone imagine the Super Bowl champ scoring 4 times in the playoffs?

I can imagine a team winning the Superbowl by playing great defense and limiting how much the other team scores. That and controlling the ball. Dallas did that in 1971 when they won the SB. They allowed only 18 points in 3 post season games and controlled the clock with the running game. They only passed for 257 yards total in all 3 games combined.

Spain did the same thing. They controlled the clock and only gave up 2 goals in the whole tournament.

You may think it is a snoozefest. I won't try to change your mind on that. It is how good soccer is played. Many times it is how good football is played as well. You will win a lot of NFL games by controlling the clock and playing great defense. You won't have to score a lot of point to do it, either.

 

[peplaw06]

I can imagine a team winning the Superbowl by playing great defense and limiting how much the other team scores. That and controlling the ball. Dallas did that in 1971 when they won the SB. They allowed only 18 points in 3 post season games and controlled the clock with the running game. They only passed for 257 yards total in all 3 games combined.

Spain did the same thing. They controlled the clock and only gave up 2 goals in the whole tournament.

You may think it is a snoozefest. I won't try to change your mind on that. It is how good soccer is played. Many times it is how good football is played as well. You will win a lot of NFL games by controlling the clock and playing great defense. You won't have to score a lot of point to do it, either.

Even in the modern era... the 2000 Ravens gave up 23 points in 4 post-season games... or less than 6 per game, not even a full touchdown w/ extra point. They did score 34 points in the Super Bowl in an offensive explosion for them however.

 

[jimmy40]

Even in the modern era... the 2000 Ravens gave up 23 points in 4 post-season games... or less than 6 per game, not even a full touchdown w/ extra point. They did score 34 points in the Super Bowl in an offensive explosion for them however.

and even they managed at least 3 scores per game

 

[baj1dallas]

Not a snoozefest at all. Spain was definitely a low scoring team but there were some other great scoring sides, most notably the two teams that played in a pretty exciting third place game. It's too bad Torres couldn't get on form he definitely could have added some goal scoring to Spain but he never really played up to his potential.

 

[Doomsday]

It wasnt a snooze fest it was a flop fest! Any time a player was touched, tapped or bumped they fell down and acted like they were shot or suffered a career ending injury. 10 seconds later they were perfectly fine and running around like nothing happened.

 

[Cythim]

I don't know how any NFL fan can complain that soccer is a snooze fest. NFL games are littered with inactivity. Just look at the Super Bowl. Consider the average play lasts an average of 10 seconds, we will be generous here and make it 15 seconds. In the Super Bowl a total of 122 plays were ran. 122 plays at 15 seconds each is a total of 1830 seconds of activity or 30.5 minutes. In 3+ hours of watching the Super Bowl you saw half an hour of play on the field.

That is WAY more exciting than 120+ minutes of near-nonstop action for the World Cup Final

 

[Doomsday]

Near nonstop action? Which World Cup were you watching, surely not the same one I was.

 

[casmith07]

Trying to win Hostile Brownie Points for soccer bashing?

 

[SaltwaterServr]

I don't know how any NFL fan can complain that soccer is a snooze fest. NFL games are littered with inactivity. Just look at the Super Bowl. Consider the average play lasts an average of 10 seconds, we will be generous here and make it 15 seconds. In the Super Bowl a total of 122 plays were ran. 122 plays at 15 seconds each is a total of 1830 seconds of activity or 30.5 minutes. In 3+ hours of watching the Super Bowl you saw half an hour of play on the field.

That is WAY more exciting than 120+ minutes of near-nonstop action for the World Cup Final

Every single time the ball is snapped in an NFL game it can lead to a score by either team, something that soccer fans cannot claim.

 

[Cythim]

Every single time the ball is snapped in an NFL game it can lead to a score by either team, something that soccer fans cannot claim.

No, because the ball is not snapped. However, they can claim that every single second the players are on the field a goal could be scored. The NFL cannot claim that.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

No, because the ball is not snapped. However, they can claim that every single second the players are on the field a goal could be scored. The NFL cannot claim that.

Yeah, right. I do watch a bit of soccer and the bolded is patently absurd.

 

[Hostile]

I don't know how any NFL fan can complain that soccer is a snooze fest. NFL games are littered with inactivity. Just look at the Super Bowl. Consider the average play lasts an average of 10 seconds, we will be generous here and make it 15 seconds. In the Super Bowl a total of 122 plays were ran. 122 plays at 15 seconds each is a total of 1830 seconds of activity or 30.5 minutes. In 3+ hours of watching the Super Bowl you saw half an hour of play on the field.

That is WAY more exciting than 120+ minutes of near-nonstop action for the World Cup Final

An NFL time out is more interesting than an entire soccer match.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

An NFL time out is more interesting than an entire soccer match.

What about a kicker fight?

 

[Hostile]

What about a kicker fight?

I don't know. Slap SLATE and let me decide.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I don't know. Slap SLATE and let me decide.

That was awfully quick, Hostile.

 

[Cythim]

Yeah, right. I do watch a bit of soccer and the bolded is patently absurd.

You started the patently absurd comments, not me. We are talking possibility, not probability and both statements hold true along the lines of what is possible. In the Super Bowl either team had the possibility of scoring on 122 attempts. During the World Cup Final either team had the possibility of scoring during any of the 7200 seconds that were being played. The probability of either happening are low (though yes, in the NFL it is measurably more probable for a team to score) but with soccer you get the excitement of never knowing when it would happen.

 

[Hostile]

That was awfully quick, Hostile.

Aw shucks.

 

[burmafrd]

in soccer you get the excitement of knowing it will almost never happen.