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Soccer peeps...
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Soccer peeps...


Dec 1, 2019, 7:54 PM

I enjoy watching soccer but wasn't raised on it so don't understand it the way i do American fb. What's your thoughts on why we have struggled to score in the postseason, against equal or worse competition than in the regular season, when we set so many scoring records etc. Is it our hopefully Herman award winner being absent and having to work back in? Whats the deal?

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Dec 1, 2019, 8:05 PM

Basically Virginia,Charlotte even though the Tigers Won and now Providence; all have done a good job on Defense against the Tigers and frustrating the Tigers into fouling and taking them out of their game.

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Dec 1, 2019, 8:07 PM

Thank you for the soccer for dummies. Is this indicative of a defensive style that people can "copycat" to shut us down going forward?

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Have watched, played and reffed a lot of soccer


Dec 1, 2019, 8:53 PM

I haven’t watched any Clemson this year.

The short answer for me is yes. There are ways for the defense to sort of dictate what the offense can do. Wide field, narrow field, etc. I guess it’s like a football team stacking the box and daring someone to run on them.

Defense can sit back and give up the middle third while honing in on the defensive third of the field. They can challenge further into the middle third and/or force teams inside or wide. Depending on the offense of the opposition this may be beneficial one way or the other.

Then of course there is luck and skill, teams can do what they want, but blind luck and skill will prevail.

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I noticed Providence played more middies than usual


Dec 1, 2019, 9:01 PM

Was that part of a strategy to slow our offense? Seemed they played more middies and less forwards than most. Something like a 3-6-1?

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Having not watched the game


Dec 1, 2019, 9:19 PM

That sounds more like a defensive strategy to slow our offense.

If they were confident in their attack /being equally as good it would have been more balanced with backs and forwards.

Solely based on reading what you are saying they were playing defensively and hoping for a counter attack goal.

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we have looked more disjointed in recent games


Dec 1, 2019, 8:22 PM

Mayaka has not had the same level of control and has been chasing plays more getting cheap fouls.

Smith has become a ghost on the field and has minimal impact.

Now is this a result of better defense? I will admit I am not as sharp of a soccer mind to detect certain styles of pressing that teams employ, but I can’t imagine that it’s entirely self induced

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