"You can't really scout our team
because everyone's getting shots."
~ Rajon Rondo ~
Boston Celtics Point Guard
This is the philosophy behind our system of play, our offense or attack. I firmly believe in spreading the scoring around as much as possible. Last spring 17 of 18 players scored goals as did 5 guest players. Make no mistake, it's great to have a prolific goal scorer... and we have one or two of those on our team. It;s just if we become reliant on those players scoring all our goals for us we become predictable and they become more easily defended. The way we play, opponents just never know who is going to score... or from what position the scoring will come. This unpredictability is the key to our attacking success. This has been confirmed by opposing coaches.
"We scouted you and thought we were prepared. You had the same players in the same positions, but the attack was completely different. Different people taking shots. Different people scoring. It made our scouting report worthless."
The sentiments expressed above were shared with me by more than one coach. Music to my ears! Sometimes I think the game of soccer becomes stale. Some teams so narrowly define roles for the positions / players that their play becomes predictable to an extent the game is stodgy. Is it any wonder why we lament the lack of creativity in the American game?
Maybe it's my basketball roots, but on our team everyone plays both sides of the ball. That is, everyone defends and everyone attacks - including shooting and scoring!
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