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Originally Posted by turneronce
I happened to tune in on a soccer game between the USA and Haiti. I’m sorry to say, the US players looked pathetic, whoever got the ball couldn’t wait to get rid of it, always backwards, often all the way back to their goalie. The score was 1-1 when I started watching, and when I stopped in disgust.
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LOL! the team under Berhalter made trying to score look very hard, look almost impossible
This team strategy is much more attacking than the prior losing by never scoring strategy.
There are several basic strategies in soccer when possessing the ball
sustained attacking, quick counter attacking, resting keep away, and time wasting keep away. .
Dribbling a ball from one end to the other by a single person is nearly impossible due to the distance, and number of players. . And since the ball can travel faster than a human can run, not possessing by dribbling or holding the ball is more advantageous to possessing the ball so that the other team can't attack.
and yes its a low scoring game, so the skill is team work and individual skills to keep control of the ball.