Here we go with some stories from soccer this week...
No draws, no mercy
It turns out that MLS wasn’t the only American soccer league to deploy the 35 yard shoot out in the 1990s. Something called the USISL also used it. While penalty shoot outs are something of a legend in proper football history with books written about them and mythical properties applied to entire nations hanging in the balance of a short one on one shot, the 35 yard shoot out is more or less mocked as a shameful American adaptation that condescended to soccer fans and amused casual match attendees.