The combination of pulling players in extra time and a one v. one shootout (maybe a little closer than 35 yeard out) is more appealing to me than 120 minutes followed by the inevitable penalty kick embarrassment.

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Reducing the field of play to 10 v 10 with the first extra time period and 9v9 with the second extra time period keeps strategy in the game.

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"The affordability and quality of housing stock definitely exists in Ridgewood and it's just a couple of extra train stops away, " said Joseph V.

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Katsuma Fujii, V-Sync's young chairman, disagrees, arguing that the extra weight will be trivial compared with the pesky small change and plastic cards that users will be able to leave at home.

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Michael Campbell wondered if it was because they wanted to rest before next week's Presidents Cup - the Ryder Cup-style US v Rest of World minus Europe - although he himself does not appear to have a problem with the extra work.

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