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...breakthrough inevitably goes to their fire-breathing dragon of a coach, Philippe Troussier. The French import, known for gesticulating wildly on the sidelines while his interpreter perfectly mimics his antics, once taunted his players for being pampered babies whose play lacked passion. This is no longer an issue. "Their midfield play is superb," says Leonardo, the Brazilian giant from the 1994 winning World Cup team, who also played professionally in Japan. "But the real surprise, for me, is the quality of their defending. They are throwing themselves at the ball, refusing to be intimidated by the size of the opposing...
...French went so far in trying to outthink Senegal, Uruguay and Denmark, that they outthought themselves. Their three first-round games were almost identical. Les Bleus dominated the midfield, stringing together long sequences of complex passes that would look impossible even on a coach's drawing board. These were designed to draw opposition defenders and create spaces for David Trezeguet, the French spearhead, to slip through. When the other side refused to come out and play, the French fell into their own trap: their defenders stepped up to help the midfielders, leaving behind huge gaps. Uruguay was unable to make...
...regular-season victory over Hartford, Westfall took advantage of a Hawk team that misinterpreted a play to be offsides, finding a wide-open Totman for the game-winner. Finally, in the NCAA win over Hartford, Westfall hit junior Joey Yenne inside the 18 with a pass from midfield. Yenne proceeded to set up Totman for the finish in the 138th minute...
Sophomore Caitlin Fisher was Harvard’s other First Team All-Ivy honoree. Fisher made the switch from the midfield to the backfield this year and become the team’s most outstanding defender, often single-handedly stopping opposing teams’ scoring runs, especially in the postseason...
...initiate attacks, not just finish them off. He is given to "dropping back to start movements from down the middle or on the flanks," Bielsa says. Still, this is an underrated quality, perhaps because the Argentine team is already richly endowed with playmakers?none more creative than the midfield genius Juan Sebastian Veron. Bielsa, many commentators suggest, doesn't need an extra goalmaker; he needs a forward who concentrates on the business of slamming the ball into the back of the net. Ergo, he needs Batistuta...