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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "kick and run" style of play is where a kid boots the ball down the field and teammates run on to it and try to score.  It's the opposite of possession style soccer, where players control the ball and move it down the field by passing, dribbling, taking on players one on one. At younger ages, teams with big athletic kids can appear to dominate by employing kick and run, where smaller, more skillful teams may continually lose.  Over time, the kids with foot skills and the teams that have honed a good possession style of play will emerge as the stronger players/teams. 
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Yeah, I've been told this a million times, too, but I'm starting to wonder if the possession teams just start winning in the long run because the kick-and-run athletes move on to other sports.[/quote]

USMNT are kick and run.  How are they doing on the International stage:)?[/quote]

When they're able to diversify their game a bit, pretty well. When they're not (see WWC semifinal vs. Germany in 2003), less well.

They crashed out of the 2016 Olympics because they just didn't have a lot of attacking ideas to break down a bunkering team. Funny how Pia Sundhage anticipated that.[/quote]

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