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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Goal differential is such a bad way to do things....buuuuuut....I can't think of a better one so I'll just stay over here in the corner and shut up.
Just seems odd that beating the brakes off a team, in a 3-game sample size, should carry that much weight.
I almost think I'd rather just see the higher seed advance - if you played well enough getting into the Cup that you got the higher seed in it, that should mean more than beating some rummy of a squad worse than the other guys did.
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The 3-game sample size is a balanced schedule (round robin), whereas qualifying isn't. If one team can beat the doors off some rummy in the group stage, then the other teams should be able to as well. (IMHO as a soccer novice)