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Temple has played nearly a half of extra soccer in their past four matches

College soccer has several flaws, but one that could be done away with a simple rule change would be overtime in regular season matches.

Yes, overtime. As in, that thing that usually only happens in knockout competitions.

Temple has played 40 minutes of overtime over their past four games, beginning with a 1-0 win in the fourth minute of the first overtime period at Rider on September 5 and continuing with overtime losses at home to St. John’s and on the road at Princeton last Wednesday.

Lukas Fernandes’ 87th minute equalizer in Pittsburgh on Sunday sent the Owls game with in-state rivals Duquesne to an eventual 1-1 draw after two 10-minute overtime periods.