why is a tie in soccer much more frequent than a tie in other sports?

Question

I’m not looking for “soccer is the only sport to end in a tie” answers. I’m asking WHY, through the gameplay or tactics is soccer much more likely to end in tie compared to other professional sports?

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Answer 1

Large field size + number of players + size of goal + size of ball + rules (such as offsides). Basically the design of the game is such that it will be low scoring absent significant skill gaps between the two teams. There are numerous ways to fix this problem, but ironically the global appeal of soccer and resistance to any changes (they won’t even stop the clock even though they can) means that none of those changes are likely to happen.