Kansas Crimson

jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:51 am

Cascadia wrote: ↑Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:42 am I'm only going to explain this once and then I'm done dealing with a bunch of clowns who want to Americanize everything.

The Away Goal Rule actually helps produce better soccer. It forces the higher seed team to actually try in the first leg of the series. Without the Away Goal Rule, the higher seed would just play for a 0-0 or 0-1 result knowing that they can most likely get a 1-0 or better result at home in the second leg.

There is also another issue at play here that most of you are skirting around. A draw is NOT a bad thing. It's about getting 'getting a result' in soccer, not always about getting a win. Again, this is an attempt to Americanize everything.

If you don't like it, stick with American Football, Basketball and Baseball. Except when the NFL ties, then you can still claim it's the best.

First - why in the world should American soccer aspire to be exactly like European soccer? FIBA plays with the weird (to me) take-the-ball-off-the-rim thing. Does the game fall apart? It does not.

Second, and specifically in reference to the bolded language above - fine!, but it is still an absurd outcome where, in a series with one home game for each team, the worse team gets the benefit of the rule. All things being equal (literally: same number of home games, same number of goals), the worse team has the advantage.

I'll put this differently: if you gave the superior team the choice, wouldn't the superior team rather host the first leg, and have the benefit of the away goal rule in the second leg? I'd think they would!

NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 18, 2018 10:12 am Doesn't each team do a home and home with all teams in their conference? So for the respective conferences, better season record makes perfect sense to have home games in playoffs.

Now the final being home and away would be cool. I'd be good with that.

NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:09 am Fair question. I don't follow the ins and outs of every teams schedule. I know that every team plays each other at least once, and teams in conference play each other twice. Would I prefer that MLS follows other leagues like Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga and play everyone home and away? Yes.

I do follow soccer fairly close. I pay close attention to American players overseas like Pulisic, Sargent, Brooks, Wood and other guys. Would I prefer Sporting and KC to win? Yes. Do I follow other National teams and leagues? Yes.

Favorite league to watch is the Premier League. One, it's best access for me to watch without getting anything extra, and two, it's got the most competitive games and the gap from top to bottom isn't too far apart compared to other large leagues.