Most sports would. In fact, there was a series of commercials a while back about just that. Here's one about Bowling:
So anyway...if you're like me, you've noticed that the World Cup is going on right now. If you're extremely lucky, you've even seen a goal. Given that there has been a goal every roughly 55 minutes of soccer action, it's a rare and special gift to actually witness. This is the primary reason that the fans are constantly blowing those zuzvela things...they have nothing better to do.
Let's examine some fun facts about the 2010 World Cup as it stands at the time of this writing.
- There have been a total of 23 goals scored in 14 games.
- 4 of those were scored in Germany's 4-0 Feel-Good whooping of Australia, leaving 19 goals in the remaining 13 games.
- Brazil's 2-1 victory over North Korea last night (The 14th game of the World Cup) marked the first time in this year's World Cup that a losing team scored a goal.
- 14 games...6 ended in ties. Two of those were of the 0-0 variety.
- 0 Fights, but a number of Red Cards.
This is nonsense.
By comparison, let's take a look at some fun facts about this year's Stanley Cup Final:
- 6 Games, 47 total goals scored.
- Game 1 Alone saw 10 goals in the first 40 minutes of play. (So much for "Defense wins Championships)
- Only one game of the Finals saw fewer than 7 total goals.
- No Zuzuvelas.
So there you have it. Hockey is clearly better than soccer. Discuss!
2 comments:
I have two in the Pro column for soccer:
1) No TV time-outs.
2) You could, in theory, have an 89-minute power play.
Those are fairly well negated by the players routinely trying to buy red cards by faking injury (it really is pathetic to witness), and officiating that is worse than Don Koharski after a box of Krispy Kremes.
The lack of quality goal tending seemed to contribute greatly to the over abundance of goals in Lord Stanley's Cup Finals. Where is Jean-Claude Van Damme when you need him?
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