Word: fords
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ford said he decided to platoon because "Walter (Diaz) and Lee (Nelson) are two very similar players," who like to work the ball up from midfield. Ford says he is looking for "more aggressive" players to complement Diaz and Nelson up front and put the ball...
...ball is fired into the Princeton end and Harvard changes on the fly..." You could almost imagine such a play-by-play account of the soccer team's efforts Saturday at Princeton's Poe field as Crimson coach George Ford went to a platoon system to ignite his beleaguered forward line...
...Ford dislikes the term 'platooning' to describe his game plan. "It was just a case of trying to see who could play up," he said Saturday. "You've got four very good players all vying for two positions...
...Ford "ought not to keep two forwards out for what, in essence, is the middle half of the game," Nelson said...
...Ford was pleased with the Princeton game plan and intends to continue using it. "I think the players have accepted it," he said...