[newsdog]

All sports are like this - they try and eliminate it with multi game playoffs, but you can't do that with intense games like this.

[jimbokun]

The NBA, NHL, and Major League Baseball do exactly that. They eliminate with multi-game playoffs.

Or do you mean soccer's intensity is like American Football, in that it is just too physically demanding to play that many games?

[newsdog]

Exactly - also the nba nhl etc with multi game playoffs LESSEN the prob of a lesser team betting a better one - but it never goes away.