Diving originates with the decline in goal scoring from the 1950s. The payoff from a dive is too high in a game where 1-0 is a high scoring game....
Close to getting it right. No extra subs. Same strength as at the end of regulation, then every 15 minutes, each team removes a player until...
The team seems to be taller than some veteran teams of past years.
I agree with you about the final in 1986. I wrote a book to back it up.
Limiting rankings only to the years since the round of 16 knockout was adopted, I rank them below Brazil 2002 and Argentina 1986. Brazil 2002 won...
Where does this Italy team rank as champions compared with the other World Cup champions?
I do. A much more sensible way to decide ties is 15 minutes of sudden death, followed by removal of one player for each time every 15 minutes,...
She did in my book.
I'm curious to hear why you are of the view that Wambach doesn't have it to appeal to a cross-section of fans. By all indications, she's more...
Let's face it. These are difficult times to be a women's soccer fan in this country. The team has virtually disappeared from national sports...
Actually, I thought it was the spelling on the title of this thread. In the '78 World Cup, the Dutch keeper (Schiivers??) collided with Ernie...
Is murder not a crime because it happens in every city? Hard fouls are cheating. They violate the rules. So does punching the ball into...
I agree with Andy as well - the greatest ever billing is no contest. Akers walks away with it without any serious competition. To me, it is...
