@eb23282 I don’t necessarily disagree with you - and I can see @GKUnion’s point about effectiveness. Hard to disparage the results Tufts have got. Can a college play “good” soccer and win with the substitution rules? Or does the physicality of the college game dictate need to lump the ball forward?
Apologies if this drags into some sort of Euro-snob vs winwinwin thread but I’m curious about what observers have about the game and its potential to “evolve”. And yes, my bias is towards a more technical game with possession, build up play, though I’m all for a sweeping counter-attack (just not, you know, back and forth skipping the midfield entirely all the time).
I don’t know that Tufts have built a better soccer program from a purist’s perspective, but I hope so and that it gets copied.