We Call it Soccer
The US played its best, and maybe only good game of World Cup, but lost thanks to brilliant goalkeeping by the Swedish keeper and the bizarre method soccer uses to settle ties when three US stars could not put the ball on frame from the 12 yard spot. At the end it came down to a blocked shot that spun in by maybe a couple of centimeters. Well, that's football - too much like life. Which brings me to a modest proposal. Replace the thirty minute overtimes with as many 7-player 15 minute periods as needed to settle it. Scoring should be much easier with fewer players.