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Originally Posted by monkeyman576
Two game series are the standard in Europe...
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Be that as it may...
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Originally Posted by monkeyman576
... so that the better team is more likely to win and that 90 minutes doesn't decide the whole thing...
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The better team is also more-likely to win a single game (NFL, March Madness, MLB wildcard) or a best-of-three/five/seven (MLB, NBA, NHL)... Clearly, the more games played, the more-likely the better team wins. But in a two-game series, it's a significant probability that a tiebreaker scenario - rather than
most games won will decide the winner.
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Originally Posted by monkeyman576
... Similar to a best of five or seven series in baseball.
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No, it's not similar.
- In a two-game series, the significant possibility that a one-game-each split will occur, resulting in some quirky tie-breaker scenario based upon goals scored will be needed to determine who advances. So if there's a two-game sweep, no problem. But if not, winning games means nothing.
- In a best-of five or seven, the team that wins the most games win the series. Period. (There is never a planned-for -
planned-for!!! - scenario where something other than winning games will decide a series winner.)
This also begs the question: If one game has always been good enough for the MLS Cup, why wasn't it good enough for the rest of their playoffs?