Not to take anything away from the World Cup, but why exactly are they down on the idea of the Golden Goal? They think the games will go for too long? I don’t think so. That’s why you have depth and fitness and training. Institute a golden goal and play a 30 minute half and if neither team scores award each team one more sub so they can bring in fresh legs again, then keep playing 30 minute periods with 5 minute breaks between. Who doesn’t love the excitement of the GG? Anyone can win on one slip, one mis-step, one broken pass.

Bring back the GG – solving by PKs may have an element of thrill but I firmly believe that you resolve the game in overtime the same way you play the game in regulation, regardless of the sport.

Why is it that some people can’t just accept a goal in the 122nd minute as a great moment? Do we need to immediately rank it? Are we required to compare it to every other great sports moment? It should be sufficient to say it was great and leave it be.

Was it the best moment ever? No. First, it’s in a quarterfinal game. The best moments almost always are in the last game.
Also against it – it didn’t win the game. It’s difficult to see anything that doesn’t win or lose the game as the best moment. You can really help yourself if the final shot/kick/catch/throw/run wins the game. Note to soccerheads – bring back the golden goal, will ya?
There’s always a rush to take the most recent action and rate it 10 times higher than it should be considered so check back with me in a month and see if anyone can give the names of anyone involved.

Wait a minute – was that the US team actually doing something… clutch?  I’m not sure the national team has come through when it needed it most, perhaps ever.  Congrats to them and a matchup with (likely) either Germany or Serbia. 

You can never really feel bad about making it out of the group stage -no matter what comes next.

I cannot believe the break the USA just got.

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Seriously, what’s with the uniforms?  We got sideways stripes, solids, numbers and the back is stripes, then a space for the number and then stripes again.  The Kansas City Kings had a better kit than this. The Denver Broncos’ vertical striped socks were better than this.  Honestly, I have played for co-ed softball teams with a nicer look.