Context is key for me. Does the finish to the game have huge stakes? To people that don't know, the Championship Playoff Final has been called the most lucrative game in all of sports because of the potential money for your club if you win ($129.5 million). That, in my mind, makes something like this better than, say, the Music City Miracle because that play didn't result in a Super Bowl berth and the Titans didn't win that year anyway. If Watford go up to the Premier League on Sunday, this play will be cemented as one of the greatest ever game finishes IMO.
But I'm biased. Soccer has the most dramatic moments in sports by far each year, from final day relegation drama (2005, 2009, 2011), the race for Champion's League places that go down to the wire, the awesome year that was 2012 with all its last-gasp winners (Man Utd/City title drama, Chelsea refusing to die in the Champion's League and ultimately winning), Liverpool winning in Istanbul in 2005, Wigan winning the FA Cup this week at the last second....among many others.
No other sport comes close on a more consistent basis IMO. But part of it is because there's more to play for in soccer than other sports. More than just one title each year. So the potential for drama on many levels is always there.
But I'm biased. Soccer has the most dramatic moments in sports by far each year, from final day relegation drama (2005, 2009, 2011), the race for Champion's League places that go down to the wire, the awesome year that was 2012 with all its last-gasp winners (Man Utd/City title drama, Chelsea refusing to die in the Champion's League and ultimately winning), Liverpool winning in Istanbul in 2005, Wigan winning the FA Cup this week at the last second....among many others.
No other sport comes close on a more consistent basis IMO. But part of it is because there's more to play for in soccer than other sports. More than just one title each year. So the potential for drama on many levels is always there.
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