Word: smiths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Smith has dominated midfield in most of the games Harvard has played this season, using his speed to start offensive thrusts and sending deft passes to the wings to spread out opponents' defenses...
...team has had its problems scoring, and Smith accepts part of the blame. "I have to be more offensively minded. I can't just be satisfied with controlling midfield...
...Smith simply enjoys soccer too much to be down about a season. He explains that in England the "schools do not emphasize sports." There are no varsity letters and no recruiting, so the pressure is not as great. "Soccer is done very much for the players. You don't get mass support...
...soccer represents a personal challenge for Smith. "I always want to play as high a level of soccer as I can. It's been important to me. It's been one of my main achievements through school...
...adds, "I don't think it would mean enough that I'd want to play pro. I don't think I would enjoy it." Soccer above all remains a game not to be taken too seriously. Smith says that the money pressure in the pros would be too great, that a few bad games or an injury could finish you. "Pro sports in America are so overcommercialized...and also I'd have to play on Astroturf...