As I have mentioned, Aiden's job is that of the sweeper. He is on the defensive line that is tasked to stop the advancing opponent, then take the ball up the outside and pass if someone is in position to receive the pass. If not, then he has free licence to go in for the goal. So really if he is going to score a goal, he has to make his way through traffic the length of the field pretty much on his own. Today's opponents have an impressive win record and some of their forwards were a bit taller and pretty darned quick. Aiden was unable to get that one step lead on them. What worked is the passing as Aiden's team started to pass a bit more, spread out a bit more, and play position a bit more and I think that made all the difference in today's game.
Click here to see about 10 more photos. In spite of the long runs required, he did get 2 goals.
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