Yeah we'll agree to disagree on this. I won't go Spackler on you guys. You're the soccer fans so maybe you have a better grasp.
To me, it dimishes winning the games. It's like running up the score for BCS style points. Hate it. Win games. 1-0 or 5-0. Shouldn't matter.
Like we've seen here on the 'Yard, newcomers to soccer want to reinvent the wheel. They want to make the game better fit into their existing sporting sensibilities. I did the same thing during my learning curve. But as one comes to understand the game better, one better appreciates the game as it is. And many of the suggestions that are offered have been explored, like sudden-death. And I never thought Americans would be able to deal with the final whistle in the sole control of the ref. But the when you understand that if you are in the middle of a final attack, he's going to give you that chance and that seems right given the nature of the game. So now there isn't a hard stop in American pro soccer anymore.
Newcomers don't like the offsides rule, but without that there is no game. But there have been tweaks over time as no game is perfect. Not so long ago, a win was only worth 2 points. And the keeper could handle ball when receiving a kick from a teammate. Now that's a red card.
And goal differential doesn't diminish winning games, it encourages scoring. That's a good thing.
