glimmertwin,
I now see my error . . . I took off too much down the path of "team", when a more accurate portrayal of my opinion would be, "normal game action". I think your point is (correct me if I am wrong), the whole team worked very hard to get certain individuals in to position to finish the game in PK's. I can't disagree with that. My opinion is that I would rather sudden victory (or defeat) be claimed (especially when it comes to championships), through some facsimile of "normal game action". Which by the way, would be with the whole team participating.
Where I think you and I disagree (again correct me if I am wrong), is that you seem to be implying that soccer is not all that much different from other popular sports in the US. I think it is different, especially when it comes to deciding its champions. This is the part of JMCLEMSON�s post that I agree with. Where JM and I seem to disagree is that the uniqueness makes it intriguing and exciting. Maybe so, but I would rather see the championships decided in what I will call some facsimile of �normal game action�. This is just my opinion, which is obviously not shared by many in the soccer fandom. So be it!
Have we exhausted this topic yet? I am not sure that I have the time to do any more �splainin�
