Advanced Tactics for Strikers & Forwards

This video introduces advanced movements for Strikers and Attackers - the importance of sideways runs along the line of the defense.

Overlapping on Defense

This video describes what to do when you lose the ball - go back to provide defensive support.

Why Strikers Get the Glory, but rarely the ball

This video helps describe the tradeoffs of playing forward on the field vs midfield or defender. The former might get the goals, but the latter get the ball way more often.

Pass Direction Homework #1

Watch this 6 minute video to learn about charting pass direction.

World Cup Pool Points Totals

Since the 3rd place game was an official game, I decided points for that game had to count. But then, it seemed absured that Spain winning the final was worth less points than Germany winning 3rd place. So doubled the points for the final winner (those who held Spain got 20 rather than 10 points). Here's the final point totals.

BARCA SF CLUB PLAYERS
Jasper	372
Josh	310
Luke B	263
Sho	256
Kai S	249
Aaron	248
Isaac	244
Henry	239
Mikey	236
Kian	232
Taig	232
Miles	223
Cameron	217
Sebi	210
Eli	204
Ben	203
Pasha	201
Peyton	197
David W	189
Sam	176
Shae	169
Jake	164
Kiran	161
Richard	159
Kai N	139
COACHES & PARENTS:
Scotty	286
Dave	264
Caitlin	255
Po	251
Mark	226
Steve	219
Paul	217
Casey	196
Frankie	170
Kazumi	149

Summer League Schedule

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Games are on Field 2B, closest to parking (but that lot is often 100% full).

World Cup Picks

HINTS: Nani is out for Portugal (collarbone). Drogba is out with broken arm for Ivory Coast. Ballack is out for Germany. Mikel is out for Nigeria. Essien is out for Ghana. Ferdinand for England is out with bad knee. Pirlo for Italy will miss half tourney. Suazo for Chile will probably miss half the tourney. Robben for Holland, too. Iniesta and Torres for Spain have barely played and their country has struggled to score without them. Same for Bendtner and Denmark, who've lost without him. Some weaker teams still have a great chance to score points against even weaker teams: Honduras plays Switzerland, Slovakia plays New Zealand, Algeria plays Slovenia, et cetera.

* = picks were assigned randomly with roll of dice because didn't turn in picks.

PLAYERS:
Aaron: Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany
Ben: Spain, Portugal, USA, Denmark, South Korea
Cameron: Spain, Argentina, USA, Cameroon, Chile
* David G: New Zealand, Slovenia, Ghana, Serbia, Portugal
David W: Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast, USA, Ghana
Eli: Brazil, Portugal, Mexico, Nigeria, Uruguay
Henry: Spain, Brazil, England, USA, Japan
Isaac: Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Uruguay, Chile
Jake: Brazil, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, Ghana
Jasper: Spain, Argentina, Germany, Uruguay, Japan
Josh: Spain, England, Holland, Portugal, Uruguay
Kai N: Brazil, Japan, France, North Korea, England
Kai S: Mexico, South Korea, Holland, Chile, USA
Kian: Serbia, England, Japan, Holland, Mexico
Kiran: Argentina, Brazil, England, Ivory Coast, and New Zealand
Luke B: Spain, Brazil, Holland, Portugal, South Korea
*Luke L: Honduras, Slovenia, Denmark, Cameroon, Paraguay
Mikey: Spain, Brazil, Italy, Germany, South Korea
*Miles: England, Germany, Serbia, South Africa, Japan
Pasha: Brazil, Argentina, England, Italy, Germany
Peyton: Argentina, Italy, Mexico, USA, Japan
*Richard: Holland, France, Cameroon, Greece, Slovenia
Sam: Brazil, USA, Nigeria, Ghana, South Korea
Sebi: Spain, Denmark, USA, England, Argentina
Shae: Brazil, Portugal, Nigeria, Ghana, South Korea
Sho: Spain, England, Brazil, Argentina and Japan
Taig: Serbia, England, Japan, Denmark, Holland

COACHES & PARENTS:
Caitlin (David W): Brazil, Argentina, England, Holland, Ghana
Casey (Cameron): Brazil, Mexico, USA, Denmark, Chile
Dave K: USA, Holland, England, Spain, Argentina
Frankie (Isaac): Mexico, Chile, Serbia, Nigeria, Spain
Kazumi (Peyton): Brazil, England, Italy, U.S.A., South Korea
Mark (Taig & Kian): USA, Argentina, Serbia, Holland, Denmark
Paul (Cameron): Argentina, Germany, Cameroon, Denmark, Chile
Po: Brazil, Holland, Germany, Portugal, England
Scotty (Shae): Brazil, Germany, Denmark, USA, Uruguay
Steve: Holland, Nigeria, Chile, Greece, South Korea