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I don't see what the big deal is. I should note that in professional soccer coaches also try not to win games by more than five points because that can cause fi

• philwelch 16y ago
  It's so hard to score goals at that level that, frankly, once a team is up 2 or 3 goals they usually stop trying. In the rare cases where the disparity between teams is great enough that a blowout is even possible (early stage cup matches, for instance), you rest some of your starters and get some match experience to some of your reserve players. On top of all of that, though, you're absolutely right--piling on is a dick move and will definitely provoke the hooligans, depending on where you are. (Soccer is serious business--in most of the world, supporters of opposing teams are actually seated in segregated parts of the stadium just as a security measure.)