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From: dxp@houxf.UUCP (POND SCUM)
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Subject: Re: Football ( soccer to you plebs :-) in US
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 10:12:54 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  6 10:12:54 1985
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->One difference I know about is the way penalties are taken ( as I recall
->the US version has a 1-on-1 situation between keeper and penalty taker ).
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->Ewan Tempero                                      "Oh no, not again"
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   I think Ewan is confusing the "shootout" format with a penalty kick. As
far as I know a penalty kick is still the kick awarded for a direct foul in
the penalty area by the defending team. This kick is taken from 12 yards out
from the goal.
    The "shootout" IS an AMERICAN deviation used to settle tied games. All the
rest of the world deems a tied game to be just that a tied game, except for
elimination competition. At the end of regulation time, and over-time the rest
of the world decides the outcome of the game by a replay or when the specified
number of replays have been exhausted the outcome is settled by penalty kicks.

The "shootout" is technically more difficult to score from than a penalty kick
and is visually more interesting( apparently especially to US taste).

I would suspect than a shootout completion( for pros) of 60% would be about 
average as opposed to 90% for penalty kicks. You can see where there'd be 
make action.

    Dave Peak
    @  ihnp4!hotel!dxp

"All the net's a stage and all the men and women merely ham actors !"
- Rev Peak (apologies to Bill S.)