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The best team?

The best team doesn't always win sporting events. I guess the best team on that day does.

I never played one minute of organized soccer as a kid. But that hasn't kept me from enjoying the sport as a writer, a dad and even watching some World Cup.

But I don't like penalty kicks deciding a match. I think it's just a coin toss basically. The team that was better "on the pitch" really has no better or worse chance of winning.

Hockey keeps playing till there is a goal scored. I'm not sure why soccer can't, at least at this level.

But the best team doesn't always win in other sports, too. Do we really think George Mason is better than that pro team called the Connecticut Huskies last March?

Were the Steelers really better than the Colts in 2005-06? Were the Heat really better than the Pistons, Spurs or Mavericks?

I answer no to all those questions, but it's a results business. So they were better when they had to be and that's all most will remember.

Germans will remember this as a victory. Not as a poor way to break a tie.

Posted by Andy Newberry at 5:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)