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coaches can have their players sprint full-out for a certain amount of time and then just get subbed off when they need a rest, only to come back in the second half. It can make for a brand of soccer that is more about speed and physicality and less about tactical acumen.

You have described UNC to a "T". Dorrance this year substituted 6 or 7 players en masse for the last 15-20 minutes of the first half. In the championship game against us, his strategy was partly foiled because the second team had to wait on the sideline for a long time until an opportunity arose when they could come in.

Against WSU in the national semifinal, for example, Dorrance put in 6 subs by the 32nd minute, and a 7th in the 39th minute. Then he put 6 starters back in for the start of the second half, made 7 substitutions by the 63rd minute, then made 11 more substitutions over the rest of the half.

[oldalum]

coaches can have their players sprint full-out for a certain amount of time and then just get subbed off when they need a rest, only to come back in the second half. It can make for a brand of soccer that is more about speed and physicality and less about tactical acumen.

You have described UNC to a "T". Dorrance this year substituted 6 or 7 players en masse for the last 15-20 minutes of the first half. In the championship game against us, his strategy was partly foiled because the second team had to wait on the sideline for a long time until an opportunity arose when they could come in.

Against WSU in the national semifinal, for example, Dorrance put in 6 subs by the 32nd minute, and a 7th in the 39th minute. Then he put 6 starters back in for the start of the second half, made 7 substitutions by the 63rd minute, then made 11 more substitutions over the rest of the half.