1fanSports stories for real fans — World Cup, NFL, and NBA coverage with the angle nobody else took.https://1fan.com/Why knockout soccer hurts more than any final — and why you keep coming backhttps://1fan.com/soccer/why-knockout-soccer-hurts-more-than-any-final/https://1fan.com/soccer/why-knockout-soccer-hurts-more-than-any-final/Group-stage losses sting. Knockout losses haunt. A look at what sudden-death soccer actually does to a fan, and why we sign up for it anyway.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT