Lose your marker
Scan 360° and rotate, drop or find space between lines; turn when possible and protect or lay off under close pressure.
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Interior midfielder
Club game model · 11v11 / 4-3-3
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THE CLUB MODEL / INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES
11v11 / 4-3-3Interior midfielder
ROLE 8 / 10See this role in a player IDP
Interior midfielder
Connect through the half-spaces and support both penetration and recovery.
Source family: Central Midfielder · 6, 8, 10
U.S. Soccer Position Profiles, pp. 3, 7.
Physical qualities
Agility, endurance, quickness and use of the body to protect possession.
Reading the game
Spatial awareness, quick decisions, creativity and ball security.
Club set-piece role
Time a late attacking run or take the agreed edge-of-box responsibility.
Find a player beyond pressure
Read when to accelerate or retain; combine as the third player, disguise the final pass or switch play.
View source principle ↗Fill different finishing zones
Time a late run to the cutback zone while the opposite interior balances the attack.
View source principle ↗Role behaviors summarize the supplied Position Profiles. Exact runs, support assignments, set-piece roles and practice tasks are this fictional club’s applications. Physical qualities are descriptive, not player ratings.
POSITIONAL PRACTICE / 4-3-3 CONTEXT
In possessionCreate the wide overload
Club practice application: Break lines to advance attack / Engage in a 2v1
Create attacking shape ↗Provide options to play forward ↗Break lines to advance attack ↗Take countermeasures ↗Finish the attack ↗
Centre-back finds the pivot; the winger holds width.
Your role in this exercise
Scan 360° and rotate, drop or find space between lines; turn when possible and protect or lay off under close pressure.
Organization
Right centre-back, pivot, right interior, right fullback, winger and centre-forward against the defending left-back, left centre-back, left interior and winger. Use the right half-space and touchline from halfway to the box.
Shown on one side of the pitch; mirror the activity for the opposite fullback, interior or winger.
Game task
Start at the centre-back. The centre-forward can check short, protect and lay off to connect midfield, then threaten behind. Release the winger or overlapping fullback into the final channel for a cutback to the arriving interior. Defenders counter toward the halfway gate after regaining.
What to observe
Fullback, interior and winger occupy different lanes; the receiver can see both pressure and the next option.
Progression
Allow the winger to come inside. The fullback reads the movement and chooses to overlap or hold.
EXAMPLE EXERCISE VIDEO
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Club-authored exercise and animated walkthrough, applying the linked principles. Players retain their 11v11 roles. This illustrates the task; it is not match footage or an exercise supplied by U.S. Soccer.