Wait until she finds out that the Dallas FC under-15 boys team beat them 5-2. It's was a warm-up/friendly/practice but this sort of thing has happened several times before too IIRC.My wife got mad when I said there's plenty of men's college teams that would beat the women's team.
Eh, not for real games are tough to gauge. Didn't the Dream Team lose to college players in a scrimmage?Wait until she finds out that the Dallas FC under-15 boys team beat them 5-2. It's was a warm-up/friendly/practice but this sort of thing has happened several times before too IIRC.My wife got mad when I said there's plenty of men's college teams that would beat the women's team.
Eh, not for real games are tough to gauge
It's stupid.
You think I said that to her?? LolEh, not for real games are tough to gauge
Dude, no offense, but your wife is stupid about this. And saying "not for real games" is just encouraging her.
You think I said that to her?? Lol
Such an odd take that I will never understand. A 0-0 game is a tie game that can more often than not be incredibly tense and exciting to watch. For every goal, there could be an equal amount of incredible saves or defensive plays. It’s the 3-0 games that I tend to lose interest in. A 0-0 soccer game is not the equivalent of the Jets playing the Texans on a Thursday night.I can think of nothing that is worse than watching a 90 plus minute sporting event where neither team scores a point.
A FF championship game ending in a tie.In order of worst to less worse:
1. Fantasy football game ending in a tie
Some obscure leagues on this gambling site end in a scoreless tie 20+% of the time!Seven percent of all games end 0-0 - That's approximately one 0-0 result for every 14 to 15 games played. When you consider that a normal Premier League weekend contains 10 fixtures, then you can almost expect one of those fixtures to be a 0-0, or at least on average you will see two 0-0 results for every three match days played (30 games).
What is surprising about these 0-0 statistics is how consistent the number of 0-0 results is between leagues.
Across all games played in these 5 top European leagues over the past 3 full seasons, out of 5377 games, 359 were 0-0s! That's an overall average of 6.68%.
A lot. Best part would be that it would reduce the impact of the refs. A "blue line" instead of a moving line offsides line would be interesting to watch.How much would the game change if you made the goals 50% bigger?
Penalty kicks like Cartman's version of Ro-sham-bo?They should have boxers do penalty kicks at the end of a draw.
A 3-0 football game is way worse than 0-0 soccer. Also as mentioned the lopsided college games like Alabama-Austin Peay.I can think of nothing that is worse than watching a 90 plus minute sporting event where neither team scores a point.
You probably have something here. Going forward instead of showing the successful scoring plays we should replay just the plays that failed and were defended well by the cornerback or when the RB was stuffed.Such an odd take that I will never understand. A 0-0 game is a tie game that can more often than not be incredibly tense and exciting to watch. For every goal, there could be an equal amount of incredible saves or defensive plays. It’s the 3-0 games that I tend to lose interest in. A 0-0 soccer game is not the equivalent of the Jets playing the Texans on a Thursday night.I can think of nothing that is worse than watching a 90 plus minute sporting event where neither team scores a point.
Also, the number of commercial timeouts in American sports is ridiculous now. A team scores, commercial timeout. Then they kickoff, another timeout. On and on. It’s terrible. Give me a 0-0 soccer game every time.
Billions of people think you are wrong. Think about it. America is the only country that has such a hard on for number of points scored. Perspective is a neat thing.You probably have something here. Going forward instead of showing the successful scoring plays we should replay just the plays that failed and were defended well by the cornerback or when the RB was stuffed.Such an odd take that I will never understand. A 0-0 game is a tie game that can more often than not be incredibly tense and exciting to watch. For every goal, there could be an equal amount of incredible saves or defensive plays. It’s the 3-0 games that I tend to lose interest in. A 0-0 soccer game is not the equivalent of the Jets playing the Texans on a Thursday night.I can think of nothing that is worse than watching a 90 plus minute sporting event where neither team scores a point.
Also, the number of commercial timeouts in American sports is ridiculous now. A team scores, commercial timeout. Then they kickoff, another timeout. On and on. It’s terrible. Give me a 0-0 soccer game every time.
The opinion that number of points somehow equals excitement or quality of play is objectively wrong.
It isn't about points scored, it's about declaring a winner. Generally in football, baseball, basketball......the team who plays better wins. With more opportunities for points, this becomes more clear as to who is playing better and deserves to win.Billions of people think you are wrong. Think about it. America is the only country that has such a hard on for number of points scored. Perspective is a neat thing.You probably have something here. Going forward instead of showing the successful scoring plays we should replay just the plays that failed and were defended well by the cornerback or when the RB was stuffed.Such an odd take that I will never understand. A 0-0 game is a tie game that can more often than not be incredibly tense and exciting to watch. For every goal, there could be an equal amount of incredible saves or defensive plays. It’s the 3-0 games that I tend to lose interest in. A 0-0 soccer game is not the equivalent of the Jets playing the Texans on a Thursday night.I can think of nothing that is worse than watching a 90 plus minute sporting event where neither team scores a point.
Also, the number of commercial timeouts in American sports is ridiculous now. A team scores, commercial timeout. Then they kickoff, another timeout. On and on. It’s terrible. Give me a 0-0 soccer game every time.
I’m currently watching a 1-0 soccer game, and with the number of scoring chances happening right now, it’s extremely exciting. The opinion that number of points somehow equals excitement or quality of play is objectively wrong.
What's worse is my wife and daughter are both convinced the US women's team would beat the men's team in soccer.
I can't unconvince them. My wife got mad when I said there's plenty of men's college teams that would beat the women's team.
Normally I would agree about opinions, but this is literally the entire world vs an opinion held solely by the USA. There’s simply so much more that makes a sporting event exciting than the numbers on the scoreboard. This is especially true in soccer. Because the scores are so low, every scoring chance gets you out of your seat.The opinion that number of points somehow equals excitement or quality of play is objectively wrong.
This is illuminating.
I think it's more reasonable to accept some people value things differently than other people.
I know lots of people who tie points scored to how much they enjoy a game or the experience. I may not agree with them. But I'm willing to accept they have a different opinion.
The opinion that number of points somehow equals excitement or quality of play is objectively wrong.
This is illuminating.
I think it's more reasonable to accept some people value things differently than other people.
I know lots of people who tie points scored to how much they enjoy a game or the experience. I may not agree with them. But I'm willing to accept they have a different opinion.
To a non-fan, a 0-0 game with 4 shots on target does little for me. Too many times teams sit on a draw as it benefits them.Such an odd take that I will never understand. A 0-0 game is a tie game that can more often than not be incredibly tense and exciting to watch. For every goal, there could be an equal amount of incredible saves or defensive plays. It’s the 3-0 games that I tend to lose interest in. A 0-0 soccer game is not the equivalent of the Jets playing the Texans on a Thursday night.I can think of nothing that is worse than watching a 90 plus minute sporting event where neither team scores a point.
Also, the number of commercial timeouts in American sports is ridiculous now. A team scores, commercial timeout. Then they kickoff, another timeout. On and on. It’s terrible. Give me a 0-0 soccer game every time.
What's worse is my wife and daughter are both convinced the US women's team would beat the men's team in soccer.
I can't unconvince them. My wife got mad when I said there's plenty of men's college teams that would beat the women's team.
Plenty? I would bet all D1 teams would beat the women's team, maybe all D2s. And I am the father of female athletes.
Just physically different makeups. As we have seen when a low level man swimmer dominated the best females and broke records in NCAA swimming.
I haven’t watched a second, doubt I will. It does seem like it’s “forced” on us, kind of like the Olympics. I see both sides of it, I just leave it be.The opinion that number of points somehow equals excitement or quality of play is objectively wrong.
This is illuminating.
I think it's more reasonable to accept some people value things differently than other people.
I know lots of people who tie points scored to how much they enjoy a game or the experience. I may not agree with them. But I'm willing to accept they have a different opinion.
I agree. I am more fascinated as to why soccer is always brought up in these type of threads. Who cares who likes what? Enjoy what ever sport you like. The weird jealously that some people have that they don't enjoy soccer and can't understand why anyone else could is so odd to me.
I could not even imagine starting a thread, that would likely go on forever, entitled "Tell me all the things that suck in baseball". I don't like the sport, so I don't bother. It feels like the ever dwindling numbers of people who don't like soccer are almost threatened by its continual growth in the US.
I haven’t watched a second, doubt I will. It does seem like it’s “forced” on us, kind of like the Olympics. I see both sides of it, I just leave it be.The opinion that number of points somehow equals excitement or quality of play is objectively wrong.
This is illuminating.
I think it's more reasonable to accept some people value things differently than other people.
I know lots of people who tie points scored to how much they enjoy a game or the experience. I may not agree with them. But I'm willing to accept they have a different opinion.
I agree. I am more fascinated as to why soccer is always brought up in these type of threads. Who cares who likes what? Enjoy what ever sport you like. The weird jealously that some people have that they don't enjoy soccer and can't understand why anyone else could is so odd to me.
I could not even imagine starting a thread, that would likely go on forever, entitled "Tell me all the things that suck in baseball". I don't like the sport, so I don't bother. It feels like the ever dwindling numbers of people who don't like soccer are almost threatened by its continual growth in the US.
You want a goal 12x36 instead the current 8x24? Aim high no one can guard itHow much would the game change if you made the goals 50% bigger?
Number of soccer writers in my Twitter feed during the season complainIng about the NFL: zero.The opinion that number of points somehow equals excitement or quality of play is objectively wrong.
This is illuminating.
I think it's more reasonable to accept some people value things differently than other people.
I know lots of people who tie points scored to how much they enjoy a game or the experience. I may not agree with them. But I'm willing to accept they have a different opinion.
I agree. I am more fascinated as to why soccer is always brought up in these type of threads. Who cares who likes what? Enjoy what ever sport you like. The weird jealously that some people have that they don't enjoy soccer and can't understand why anyone else could is so odd to me.
I could not even imagine starting a thread, that would likely go on forever, entitled "Tell me all the things that suck in baseball". I don't like the sport, so I don't bother. It feels like the ever dwindling numbers of people who don't like soccer are almost threatened by its continual growth in the US.
Teams would have to guard differently.You want a goal 12x36 instead the current 8x24? Aim high no one can guard itHow much would the game change if you made the goals 50% bigger?
So much this, especially in soccer as the defense clamps down and pace slows. Some of the best games I've seen are 0-0 games.Such an odd take that I will never understand. A 0-0 game is a tie game that can more often than not be incredibly tense and exciting to watch. For every goal, there could be an equal amount of incredible saves or defensive plays. It’s the 3-0 games that I tend to lose interest in. A 0-0 soccer game is not the equivalent of the Jets playing the Texans on a Thursday night.I can think of nothing that is worse than watching a 90 plus minute sporting event where neither team scores a point.
Also, the number of commercial timeouts in American sports is ridiculous now. A team scores, commercial timeout. Then they kickoff, another timeout. On and on. It’s terrible. Give me a 0-0 soccer game every time.
Teams would have to guard differently.You want a goal 12x36 instead the current 8x24? Aim high no one can guard itHow much would the game change if you made the goals 50% bigger?
Had this argument with my dad as I started watching more hockey and soccer. A 14-7 football game was awesome, but a 2-1 hockey game is boring because there is not enough scoring. it's still 3 scores in a game, dum dum.I love how 0-0 soccer matches are “boring” yet 0-0 pitching duels are always considered great games.
In before “baseball sucks too”
So much this, especially in soccer as the defense clamps down and pace slows. Some of the best games I've seen are 0-0 games.Such an odd take that I will never understand. A 0-0 game is a tie game that can more often than not be incredibly tense and exciting to watch. For every goal, there could be an equal amount of incredible saves or defensive plays. It’s the 3-0 games that I tend to lose interest in. A 0-0 soccer game is not the equivalent of the Jets playing the Texans on a Thursday night.I can think of nothing that is worse than watching a 90 plus minute sporting event where neither team scores a point.
Also, the number of commercial timeouts in American sports is ridiculous now. A team scores, commercial timeout. Then they kickoff, another timeout. On and on. It’s terrible. Give me a 0-0 soccer game every time.
Dead on about the commercials. I can't stand watching football anymore. 10sec play (if you are lucky), long wait, 10csec play, commercials break, come back- still in review, go to commercials. Yes I am being hyperbolic, but after it became more and more obvious how little action there is in a football game, it was less enjoyable to watch.
Sign me up for that last part.To a non-fan, a 0-0 game with 4 shots on target does little for me. Too many times teams sit on a draw as it benefits them.Such an odd take that I will never understand. A 0-0 game is a tie game that can more often than not be incredibly tense and exciting to watch. For every goal, there could be an equal amount of incredible saves or defensive plays. It’s the 3-0 games that I tend to lose interest in. A 0-0 soccer game is not the equivalent of the Jets playing the Texans on a Thursday night.I can think of nothing that is worse than watching a 90 plus minute sporting event where neither team scores a point.
Also, the number of commercial timeouts in American sports is ridiculous now. A team scores, commercial timeout. Then they kickoff, another timeout. On and on. It’s terrible. Give me a 0-0 soccer game every time.
The commercials part is a valid point. I watched the NFL games in England on UK TV to see how it was broadcast. They don’t show commercials like here, the coverage goes back to the studio while the pic is surrounded by an advertisement.