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A team on offense that has the higher score seeks to use as much time as possible. A drive may therefore benefit the team, even if it scores no points, by taking time off the clock. The team may: Favor run plays over pass plays. Use the center of the field rather than the sidelines to avoid going out of bounds and stopping the clock.
A kick-off is used to start each half of play, and each period of extra time where applicable. The team that wins the pre-game coin toss may choose either . to take the initial kick-off (in which case the team losing the toss chooses which end of the pitch to attack in the first half), or
1993 - Introduction of the golden goal: if either team scored a goal during extra time in a competitive match, the game ends immediately and the scoring team becomes the winner. This rule remained in place until being removed from most competitions in 2004. 1997 – The rules are completely rewritten, for the first time since 1938. [20]
In sports strategy, running out the clock (also known as running down the clock, stonewalling, killing the clock, chewing the clock, stalling, time-wasting (or timewasting) or eating clock [1]) is the practice of a winning team allowing the clock to expire through a series of preselected plays, either to preserve a lead or hasten the end of a one-sided contest.
For information about usage of the words "football" and "soccer" by country, see football (word). This category contains articles related to the Laws of the Game of association football, i.e. the rules saying how the game should be played, and how fair play is enforced.
The organization governing the rules of professional soccer gave the go-ahead to begin experimenting with rules allowing referees to leave a team temporarily shorthanded.
Normally these are applied in the order listed above — i.e. for a two legged match, extra time is played if the away goals rule does not determine a victor. After extra time, if the score is still level, a penalty shoot-out takes place. In a few cup competitions extra time is ignored completely and the game goes directly to penalties.
The Kansas City Chiefs examined the layout of Arrowhead Stadium and did some math. The number equates to roughly 17,000 fans — another seemingly random number — in the cavernous stadium.