Championship

To be fair, that only exists in the US. Also, I don't see how penalty kicks are somehow emasculating.

Regular season games can end in ties. The only reason penalties even exist is to ensure there is a winner in the end.

Scoring goals is very difficult in soccer when you're playing against professionals.

I wouldn't call it emasculating, but it's very weird to decide a championship with a contest that isn't really even in the spirit of the game. It's deciding a team game by individuals.

Yeah, I've never liked penalty shootouts to decide games, especially Cup finals.

But hey, we got the result we wanted!

Congrats SKC.

Yeah, it's so far removed from the actual game... 7 shots on goal combined over 120 minutes, then the teams go 7/10 and 6/10 on penalty shots to decide it.

Yep. I hate it in the NHL as well, but at least they ditch it for the playoffs.

Hard to compare how soccer and hockey do it. Soccer is limited by how many subs they get. Hockey rotates 3-4 lines on offense and 2-3 lines on defense almost constantly. This gives players a break that soccer players do not get.

Wow, was busy all day and just caught up. Congrats to SKC and all the diehards...bringing KC our first professional sports championship since '85, right? Here's to many more!!!!!

Wizards won in 2000

My bad. Still awesome!!!! Hopefully the beginning to a KC run that includes the Royals and Chiefs as well.

Aren't the people trying to score professionals as well?

I don't think offsides should exist once the team possessing the ball is in the opponents half the field.

If you want a lot more goals, thats one way to do it. Completely changes the game.

Wouldnt that be like allowing offesive players to move before the snap in football?

I think hockey got rid of the blue lines a while back and the game benefited.

two like passes and hybrid icing