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Finally, I hope to see Aikey play 0 minutes at CB this year. Read last year’s thread for why.

Awesome preview Hieronymus! I agree, we don't want Aikey at CB. I didn't revisit last year's thread to see if you already mentioned it, but with Emri healed and Evans not off doing USWYNT things, there shouldn't be any need to play her there. The question for me is whether Aikey should play mid or forward. She's a player that changes the game no matter where you play her, so there's no bad answer. And obviously she has had a lot of success for Stanford at CF. But I like her more at mid because she is better than anyone else on the team at scoring from deep and that threat stretches the defense. Maybe we see Klinger up top and Aikey at mid? Either way, can't wait for the season to start!

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Finally, I hope to see Aikey play 0 minutes at CB this year. Read last year’s thread for why.

Awesome preview Hieronymus! I agree, we don't want Aikey at CB. I didn't revisit last year's thread to see if you already mentioned it, but with Emri healed and Evans not off doing USWYNT things, there shouldn't be any need to play her there. The question for me is whether Aikey should play mid or forward. She's a player that changes the game no matter where you play her, so there's no bad answer. And obviously she has had a lot of success for Stanford at CF. But I like her more at mid because she is better than anyone else on the team at scoring from deep and that threat stretches the defense. Maybe we see Klinger up top and Aikey at mid? Either way, can't wait for the season to start!