Word: midfield
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...shortly thereafter, one of the Hawks ran into senior midfielder Chandis—who came back swinging against Hartford. Chandis was eventually wrestled to the ground before getting up and going after the pack again. The scuffle around midfield ended up involving several different members from both teams, and resulted in a 10-minute delay and ejections for Chandis and the Hawks’ Kenniel Martin...
With the remnants of Hurricane Ivan pouring down on Harvard Stadium, the well-groomed green turf turned to a muddy brown even before Harvard captain Ryan Fitzpatrick jogged out to midfield for opening coin toss. Players on both sides jumped and ran in place on the sidelines to stay warm. These weren’t the type of conditions the Crimson envisioned during the spring and summer as it fine-tuned its potent offense based on speed and quick strikes...
...hardly surprising that the legends of Brazilian football - Pele, Garrincha, Rivelino, Socrates, Zico all the way through to Ronaldo and Ronaldinho - are mostly strikers and attacking midfielders best remembered for their dazzling goals. German fans and international cognoscenti will certainly concur that their country's greatest ever footballer is Franz Beckenbauer, who patrolled in front of his defense in order to win the ball for his midfield. By contrast, the only Brazilian defenders who enter the pantheon of greats are those such as Junior and Roberto Carlos, remembered not for the goals they prevented but for those they scored...
...today's Brazilian teams, for every Ronaldinho playing the Mozart role in midfield, there's a Dunga or a Kleberson or an Edu playing Salieri - a hardworking ball-winner who is ensuring that the opposing midfielders get little possession. And gone is that best-form-of-defense-is-attack sensibility of their forebears who always looked like they were having as much fun as a bunch of guys playing on the beach. The Brazilian teams of 2002 (winners), 1998 (beaten finalists) and 1994 (winners) have looked a lot more dour and efficient than their fabulous forebears. Then again, the fabulous...
...Last year, we basically ran three middies,” Kane said. “It was great to have three solid midfield lines [this season]. It speaks for our recruiting and development...