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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being a DA team - as in being in that league - does not magically mean a team plays possession, especially in the newly formed girls DA.  How do you know if your team is playing possession?  Do they play out of the back, or does the goalie and/or defenders engage in a lot of long balls forward?  Do they pass in all directions?  Make angled passes?  Or are they generally trying to forcing it forward?  Do they play free kicks to feet, or is it a big ball forward?  Do the goalies take a consistent active goal with controlled balls or throwing it to feet, or do they do drop kicks?  Does the style of play force players into a lot of 50/50 balls, or is it being played in coordination with player movement?  Are throw ins used to change the point of attack or just to make some big toss down the line and let it be a foot race?

Most teams I have seen will do at least a little possession or at least a little direct play.  So the question is usually what does a team do most of the time?

I have seen true possession DA teams (and ECNL teams for that matter), and definitely some direct teams, and some that just blast big clears defensively every time it's in the final third.  It takes patience for a coach to live with the mistakes that will necessarily come from a possession game, especially in a team with lower talent.

It's important to note that a possession style of play does not have a specific number of touches per player.  [/quote]

All good points.  Easiest thing to spot is how often the goalkeeper punts or the team takes long goal kicks.  Building out of the back is a sure sign of a possession mentality.  However, you can build out of the back and then impatiently launch long balls into 50-50 situations all day long.  That is no longer possession football.[/quote]

It's not so simple. Man City plays possession ball. Everyone would agree with that. But when the other team is pressing, Ederson takes a long goal kick with his rocket left leg. Not because he is impatient. But because he has drawn the other team into a press after many short passes on his distribution. Then he makes the long pass behind the defense often to an open forward. There is no offsides on a goal kick. That is still possession soccer. [/quote]

Several others have already made this point, and it is not limited to Ederson.  All of the City players will play a long ball when it is tactically advantageous to do so.  This clip of their centerback making such a pass is just one example.

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