Official World Cup Soccer Thread

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bigdog1218

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Gotta love that beautiful Spanish soccer, 574 passes and nothing to show for it. They better hope Chile beats the Swiss otherwise they might not see the 2nd round.
 

Blackjack200

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a barely missed goal is as exciting as one that goes in sometimes

I would expect that if scoring increased, the number of "barely missed goals" would increase as well.

The dearth of scoring in professional soccer seems to be no issue for its many fans, so it will not change. It doesn't do it for me though. I'd rather watch a sport like hockey which has a more reasonable number of goals, but constant attacks.
 

Zargon

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I would expect that if scoring increased, the number of "barely missed goals" would increase as well.

The dearth of scoring in professional soccer seems to be no issue for its many fans, so it will not change. It doesn't do it for me though. I'd rather watch a sport like hockey which has a more reasonable number of goals, but constant attacks.

hockey doesnt seem that much more high scoring......

it doesnt help that this is a semingly low scoring world cup so far, and the end of the stanley cup saw plenty of goals.

hockey and soccer are probably the closest pro sports in term of the fast change of attack/defense
 

Zargon

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RSA is done

3 starters missing the game v france, including the starting keeper

for cards
 

Blackjack200

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hockey doesnt seem that much more high scoring......

it doesnt help that this is a semingly low scoring world cup so far, and the end of the stanley cup saw plenty of goals.

hockey and soccer are probably the closest pro sports in term of the fast change of attack/defense

There are about twice as many goals in ice hockey as there are in soccer, I think the average is around 5 goals/game. Also, keep in mind that those goals are happening in 33% less playing time (90 min vs. 60 min)
 

Zargon

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There are about twice as many goals in ice hockey as there are in soccer, I think the average is around 5 goals/game. Also, keep in mind that those goals are happening in 33% less playing time (90 min vs. 60 min)

hockey rinks are smaller and have boards

indoor soccer(on a hockey rink) is much higher scoring that outdoor soccer


a soccer field is 300 ft by 210 ft versus 200 ft by 85 ft for hockey.


hockey has way more substitutions, infinite versus 3, which also increase game speed
 

Zargon

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There are about twice as many goals in ice hockey as there are in soccer, I think the average is around 5 goals/game. Also, keep in mind that those goals are happening in 33% less playing time (90 min vs. 60 min)


I checked, its 5.7 verse 2.7
 

epidemis

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Fifa can pretty much fuck off after their ridiculous crackdown on the "orange girls"

Not only is this extremely dubious to outlaw this, but how they overreacted and roughed the girls is offensive. I will now proceed to try even harder to ignore this VM-nonsense.
 
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