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dalamon said:
Draws in a tournament setting are way, way different than a regular season game. Like this 2-2 draw, and Ghana's 2-2 draw against Germany were probably two of the most exciting games of the tournament.
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but were those games so exciting BECAUSE they were draws? Or were they just well played, fun games with lots of exciting plays?
In other words, if ghana scored a goal in the 90th minute to beat germany 3-2 would that have made the game less exciting?
 
Can someone please explain why South Korea/Algeria was on ABC but Portugal/USA was on ESPN? Me thinks that should have been the other way around.
 
Also, oddly enough, I'm basically okay with a 2-2 tie, but not a big fan of the 0-0 tie.
 
fishonjazz said:
but were those games so exciting BECAUSE they were draws? Or were they just well played, fun games with lots of exciting plays?
In other words, if ghana scored a goal in the 90th minute to beat germany 3-2 would that have made the game less exciting?
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It just literally doesn't play into the excitement factor one way or another. A tie is an actual result, not just the failure of either team to win.
 
UGLI baby said:
It just literally doesn't play into the excitement factor one way or another. A tie is an actual result, not just the failure of either team to win.
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i can see that as a basic soccer fan without a rooting interest in either team.

however if im a ghana fan then i would rather win than tie..... and if im a germany fan then i would also rather win than tie.

So it seems like the excitement would go up for a germany or ghana fan if thier team would have won.

For example..... yesterday in the usa game i was much happier when usa was up 2-1 with 1 minute to go than i was when it was 2-2 and the game was over.
Thats an example of a win being more exiting than a tie
 
fishonjazz said:
i can see that as a basic soccer fan without a rooting interest in either team.

however if im a ghana fan then i would rather win than tie..... and if im a germany fan then i would also rather win than tie.

So it seems like the excitement would go up for a germany or ghana fan if thier team would have won.

For example..... yesterday in the usa game i was much happier when usa was up 2-1 with 1 minute to go than i was when it was 2-2 and the game was over.
Thats an example of a win being more exiting than a tie
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I'm just looking at 'exciting' in a different context.

For example, people often point to the possibility of "a draw" as a reason as to why soccer is boring.

I'm sure you would agree that Portugal scoring on the last possession of the game didn't make the game less boring than a 2-1 victory. Hence, my (and UGLI's) disagreement with people slamming soccer as boring, or 'dumb', because of draws.
 
dalamon said:
I'm just looking at 'exciting' in a different context.

For example, people often point to the possibility of "a draw" as a reason as to why soccer is boring.

I'm sure you would agree that Portugal scoring on the last possession of the game didn't make the game less boring than a 2-1 victory. Hence, my (and UGLI's) disagreement with people slamming soccer as boring, or 'dumb', because of draws.
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i see what you are saying here and you are correct..... that goal didnt make it less exciting.... just made usa fans less happy i guess.

back to my original post however.

i went to the first game of the season for real salt lake and it ended in a 1-1 tie and was not a very exciting game overall.

so should i have felt happy or sad about the game/result? What emotion should a game like that make me feel?

i kinda felt like i should have got my money back tbh
 
They should make 2 and 3 pointers for goals depending on the distance away from the goal.

That's my suggestion, what do y'all think???
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Does Germany have any incentive to rest players for this game?
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Well if we beat them then we get the higher seed. And in that situation, if somehow Ghana could make up the goal differential Germany would be out of the tournament completely. So they won't rest players, but I doubt either team goes in full attack mode.
 
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