# Penalty kicks in soccer **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 6, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penalty-kicks-in-soccer/733702 "2015-10-06T11:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penalty-kicks-in-soccer/733702/21 "2015-11-06T12:56:13Z")
> [@JessMagic](#): > > My team in Scotland, Aberdeen And lo, the source of your username is revealed! ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penalty-kicks-in-soccer/733702/22 "2015-11-06T14:30:28Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > …The most audacious penalty style, requiring balls of steel is the [Panenka](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp2HZNheCZ8) (named after Czech player Antonin Panenka) where the penalty-taker chips the ball right down the middle. Of course, getting it wrong makes one [look extra silly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqJpnCmIvnA) …Or even the [subject of a song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iad3gV-9C1U) Poor old Yann… ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a8b319/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penalty-kicks-in-soccer/733702/23 "2015-11-06T14:41:43Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > And lo, the source of your username is revealed! To be fair his username could quite as easily have been _over-ratedprettyboy._ edit: an ex of mine had an intense crush on him. Im still jealously bitter after all these years. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penalty-kicks-in-soccer/733702/24 "2015-11-06T19:44:26Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > why don’t the kickers just kick it at the top corner every time Far, far easier said than done. ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penalty-kicks-in-soccer/733702/25 "2015-11-07T09:30:09Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > And lo, the source of your username is revealed! Well spotted! ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penalty-kicks-in-soccer/733702/26 "2015-11-07T09:32:17Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](#): > > To be fair his username could quite as easily have been _over-ratedprettyboy._ Boo! ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penalty-kicks-in-soccer/733702/27 "2015-11-07T18:07:35Z")
> [@JessMagic](#): > > I read that and thought “no, that can’t be right!”. But you are right! > > [List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_penalty_shoot-outs) > > I’m shocked that there have been 26 penalty shoot-outs in the World Cup and none of them has gone past six rounds. It’s not completely uncommon for shootouts to go for 7/8/9/10 rounds and even 11 rounds That is surprising. Just last week in the MLS playoffs there was a shootout that went 11 rounds, with the keepers taking the last shots. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penalty-kicks-in-soccer/733702.md?page=1)