Word: midfield
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...kind of played the ball straight from the back to the front without involving the key players in the midfield," Chijioke said. "I don't think fitness was a problem today-mental toughness...
With a two-game winning streak on the line, Harvard was coming off a solid 3-2 victory over Providence. More importantly, the Crimson offense had undergone a maturation of sorts against the Friars. Not only did the young midfield dominate play down the middle, but captain Tom McLaughlin-last year's top Ivy League point-getter-exploded for his first two goals of the season...
...first two contests against Pennsylvania and Boston College, Harvard was lured into a game of long balls, abandoning its basic principles and the strength of its short game. Both the midfield and the backs were content to loft balls into the offensive zone, forcing the frontrunners to be caught in a continuous, futile sprint for the ball...
When Harvard player Jamie Chu, who started in midfield, fell to the ground in agony in the 18th minute, the referee stopped play and summoned Harvard's trainer onto the pitch. An obviously concerned Wheaton followed the trainer to check on Chu, which drew protests from Daniels, as the referee had called for only one member of the Harvard staff to enter the field of play. Wheaton was given a yellow card caution for his actions, at Daniels' insistence...
...Hawks use their quickness and skill in midfield to play the ball through the middle. They also excel at set pieces, as evidenced by the two scores off restarts which they tallied against the Huskies...