Word: midfields
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...Perhaps it did. Chelsea looked competent but never comfortable, and the loss of Michael Ballack in the midfield and Ricardo Carvalho in the back deprived it of any midfield ingenuity, as Michael Essien was forced to drop deep as cover. This left Frank Lampard to do the the creative work and he was not up to the task this evening. Front man Didier Drogba, who had created all kinds of trouble for Liverpool last week, got the same treatment Crouch did, although he certainly complained much more about it. His flops made the Kop howl with derision...
...nine points in the game. Many of Nelson’s four goals and five assists came in transition, where the quick pace helped the Stags to a 43-31 shot advantage in the game. “Their transition just killed us,” said co-captain midfielder John Henry Flood. “We’d have the ball, and then we’d have turnovers and they’d score. It took us long possessions to score, whereas they could just run and gun down the field.” That running...
...notorious for playing until the end of the buzzer,” senior co-captain Perry Barlow said. “All three of their games now have been decided by one goal in the last minute of the game.”With a single minute remaining, sophomore midfielder Sarah Bancroft nullified the threat, forcing a turnover on defense to give the Crimson a final opportunity to win the game in regulation. Bancroft passed the ball to junior attack Caroline Simmons—who had already scored four goals in the game for Harvard.The Crusaders immediately pressured Simmons, forcing...
...cocaptain will be aided by a strong and experienced midfield including Mahler and classmate Carle Stenmark, both of whom spent much of last spring watching from the sideline due to injury. Junior Nick La Fiura, the veteran player in the bunch, will play long pole...
...goal scorers in the form of seniors Evan Calvert and Greg Cohen. Cohen was named a preseason honorary all-American, and the two combined for 68 of the squad’s 156 points last season. Sophomore Max Motschwiller impressed many as a breakout freshman at midfield last year, but this spring he will try his hand at the attack...