Very nice. I appreciate the pro-con point of it. However, in both cases, they come from, I would guess, both provincial-minded writers. Writers from a more cosmopolitan area (say New York or LA) may be able to provide much better arguments than "one goal seems enough to win".
Last I checked my math (and I've taken quite a few courses on such), one run in baseball game or one field goal vs. a safety will win an american football game.
