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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Listening to SYC and Arlington parents go back and forth with their keen game analysis does me no good. Are there any video links to 06 games, Arlington or SYC, so I can make my own judgements? Maybe the USYS national games were recorded? [/quote]

Final is here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjpLqZyqTyc

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Nice! This is the only national event I've seen with a commentator and replays. Evenly matched game decided in penalty kicks. Arlington has some nicely skilled players, particularly the kid who scored the tying goal right near the end, when he dribbled past 3 defenders. Arlington was trying to play from the back but not with much success when the other team was pressuring. The only goal they scored was on a corner kick so it's not like they progressed up the field with adept passes. The goal Arlington did let up was because of a bad mistake by the goalkeeper. Overall, typical American soccer game.[/quote]

Arlington parent here, so perhaps I'm biased, but I don't think this is a completely balanced assessment although it's not totally off base either.  It certainly wasn't Arlington's best performance, and it would be fair to say that they did not manage to possess the ball as well as they usually do, but nevertheless they did work the ball forwards and create quite a few chances - hit the woodwork, ball cleared off the line by a defender, penalty that *probably* should have been given, and forced several saves from the keeper a couple of which were reasonably good saves.  The nationals team really only had one good shot on target which - as you say - followed a goalkeeping error and went in the net.

It also should be pointed out that Arlington's struggles to play their game as they usually manage came against a very well organized and athletic team which had not been defeated in a single game all year and executed the high press very well.

And I don't think you could describe any game which featured Arlington's goal as a "typical American soccer" game.  That goal really was a Maradonna like piece of individual brilliance - and if you have actually seen another goal quite like it in a live U15 game (not a worldwide search of "best U15 goals ever" on youtibe)- well I certainly haven't.  Here's the link to the goal itself: https://youtu.be/OjpLqZyqTyc?t=9481[/quote]

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