Tie (draw): Difference between revisions

If both sides have scored an equal number of goals within regulation time (90 minutes), the game is usually counted as a draw. In elimination games, where a winner must be determined to progress to the next stage of the tournament, two periods of [[extra time]] are played. If the score remainscontinues tied even after this time, the match technically remains a draw; however, a [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty shootout]] (officially called "kicks from the penalty mark") is used to determine which team is to progress to the next stage of the tournament. The team who wins the shootout is the winner of the match. In less importantsome competitions, the extra time may be skipped and the match goes straight to penalties after a drawn 90 minutes.

In [[Two-legged tie|two-leg, home-and-away]] fixtures in which a winner must be determined at the end of the second leg, the [[away goals rule]] may be employed if teams' aggregate scores over two legs are level; the rule gives victory to whichever team scored more in its respective away leg. Typically the rule may be invoked both to obviate extra time and after extra time to obviate a penalty shootout. All [[UEFA]] (European) club competitions used away goals until 2021; by contrast, [[CONMEBOL]] (South America) competitions did not use this rule until 2005, but also stopped using it since 2022. [[Major League Soccer]], the Tier One league in the United States and Canada, did not adopt the away goals rule until 2014.