Height, width and depth
Start high and wide or move inside as the game requires; receive, turn or shield to keep a useful next action.
View source principle ↗Club game model · 11v11 / 4-3-3
Stretch the back line, create a wide advantage and protect the fullback behind you.
Source family: Wide Forward · 7, 11
U.S. Soccer Position Profiles, pp. 3, 8.
Speed, changes of direction, body feints and repeated acceleration.
Read opponent cues, pressing opportunities and the next attacking space.
Deliver or attack the assigned space; the far winger may provide a counter outlet.
Start high and wide or move inside as the game requires; receive, turn or shield to keep a useful next action.
View source principle ↗Use changes of speed, direction and feints to beat the defender; combine or cross when a teammate has the advantage.
View source principle ↗Attack the far-post lane when the opposite winger delivers, staying onside.
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.
Club practice application: Break lines to advance attack / Engage in a 2v1
Centre-back finds the pivot; the winger holds width.
Start high and wide or move inside as the game requires; receive, turn or shield to keep a useful next action.
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.
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.
Fullback, interior and winger occupy different lanes; the receiver can see both pressure and the next option.
Allow the winger to come inside. The fullback reads the movement and chooses to overlap or hold.
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.