I thought all the guys in the back played well. They did a good job with the changes we made back there.
They were playing flat. Anytime they're playing flat, they don't have that depth, that last person to intercept things.
That was excellent character. All week long, I talked about how someone needs to step up and make a difference in the game.
I'm trying to figure out what high school soccer is like.
Luke and I played that way in college, and it worked great for our team. But this team needs a sweeper in the back. The 3-5-2 alignment gives us more depth in the back and more numbers in the midfield.
It gives us more depth in the back. It gives us a head start when defending against the long ball, making it harder for people to get behind us. If the other team serves the long ball, then we're a little further back. We won't lose the foot race to the ball.
We're trying to implement our overall ideas and thoughts. We're trying to do that with high school kids that have been exposed to lots of different ideas already.
That's his role. He makes sure we keep our shape and people stay marked up.
We'll probably go with a 4-4-2 configuration that emphasizes possession. We're not overly talented, and we don't have any superstars. We don't have that guy that would be on a poster. We'll rely on all 11 players to get organized and work hard for each other.
We thought Will broke his leg, but he has a deep bone bruise. Nelson has horrible shin splints and Luis has a nasty bruise. It's yellow and purple. We've joked around that it looks like some kind of disease, because it's spread over his entire leg.
