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Posted on 7/7/26 at 5:55 pm to
Posted by rt3
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 5:55 pm to
The quarterfinals are set (with semifinal pairings)

France vs. Morocco
Spain vs. Belgium

Norway vs. England
Argentina vs. Switzerland
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 5:55 pm to
Has to be a better way to decide a soccer match
Posted by BZ504
Texas
Member since Oct 2005
13941 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 5:56 pm to
So we’ll probably get France vs Spain and Argentina vs. Norway (hopefully)?
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 5:57 pm to
A reminder that there are no matches tomorrow (Wednesday)

The quarterfinal round starts Thursday with 1 match both Thursday & Friday while the last 2 matches are both on Saturday
Posted by Alyosha
Member since Nov 2020
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 5:59 pm to
What do we do tomorrow?
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:04 pm to
quote:

Has to be a better way to decide a soccer match


I think fletcher had said 6 went into ET and that was the third penalty shoot out. Don't even know if that's right. But not sure what else you do. You can't keep playing for hours.


They had golden goal but the fans hated that too. It ended up doing the opposite of what they intended. Teams didn't want to lose in the opening minutes of extra time so instead of going balls to the wall to score first, they played even more conservative.



Posted by tylercsbn9
Cypress, TX
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:07 pm to
Some great quarterfinal match ups.

Really looking forward to England-Norway and France-Morocco
Posted by Citica8
Duckroost, LA
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:09 pm to
quote:

Has to be a better way to decide a soccer match
Like MLS shoot out? Or you want to go to 5v5 small sided games?
Posted by Broski
Member since Jun 2011
82637 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:12 pm to
quote:

Has to be a better way to decide a soccer match


Why?

They had 120 minutes to decide it.
Posted by SabiDojo
Open to any suggestions.
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:13 pm to
Agreed. But how would you feel about going back to Golden goal
Posted by Broski
Member since Jun 2011
82637 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:22 pm to
quote:

Agreed. But how would you feel about going back to Golden goal


Nah, penalties are more fun.
Posted by engvol
england
Member since Sep 2009
5417 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:26 pm to
Golden goal happened within Extra Time, arguably made teams more afraid to attack as one counter attack and your out - much like the old NFL OT rules.


There were still pens
Posted by RandySavage
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Member since May 2012
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:39 pm to
quote:

Most pathetic 10 minutes I've seen a team play in a while by Egypt there.


The US strung about 10 consecutive equally abysmal 10 minute segments together last night.
Posted by Citica8
Duckroost, LA
Member since Dec 2012
4153 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:49 pm to
quote:

Golden goal
Electric to win on, brutal to lose on.

After 120, plus another 20-30 minutes with added time of scoreless soccer they could play paper rock scissors or a coin toss
Posted by metallica81788
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Member since Sep 2008
11214 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:55 pm to
Old MLS style shootouts would be fun as hell
I'd like to see that in a Copa or Gold Cup to try out

I've seen pundits suggest 9 v 9 and then take guys off as time goes by

I'm fine with the current setup. Golden Goal sucked.
Posted by Citica8
Duckroost, LA
Member since Dec 2012
4153 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 7:05 pm to
quote:

I'm fine with the current setup. Golden Goal sucked
The current set up is the most authentic version to the actual game, no need to change it.

A couple tweaks they could make, if it’s no longer tied after the first extra time it’s over, no “second half”. The second half of extra time is golden goal.
Posted by BigBro
Member since Jul 2021
21097 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 7:43 pm to
I read a pretty good idea on here yesterday.

Tied after FT?

Penalties
(winner wins the match IF it is still tied after ET)

then Extra Time as it is now.. but one team has to score or they lose
Posted by Citica8
Duckroost, LA
Member since Dec 2012
4153 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 8:24 pm to
Brother I’m gonna need that reworded cause I don’t follow
Posted by BigBro
Member since Jul 2021
21097 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 8:43 pm to
quote:

Brother I’m gonna need that reworded cause I don’t follow

Penalties before extra time to decide the winner if it is still tied after extra time

Basically the winner of the penalties starts up 1 goal when extra time starts..
This post was edited on 7/7/26 at 8:45 pm
Posted by BZ504
Texas
Member since Oct 2005
13941 posts
Posted on 7/7/26 at 8:45 pm to
Were any of the goals in Egypt-Argentina as bad as the one the US goalie gave up?
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