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This is excellent.

Love the Mat work! I'd love more analysis of other teams.

Great video, I always learn something here

Awesome video!!!

Good tactical content, keep it up! Would have liked to hear why pivots forming a line with the defender on the ball's good. Doesn't that close off passing angles to the one further forward?

Best explanation of football tactics I've ever seen on TH-cam

Very informative. i love watching the USWNT for any match even friendlies. The Triple Espresso is awesome! I think you should send your video to FS1/FS2 so you could become an analyst.

I love the mat! Thanks again!

great, super helpful video as always. sorry if this is a dumb question, im still trying to learn, but would these formations be created based on player skills or do we just assume this level player can play however Emma wants them to with the system she likes? or i guess im asking how does a coach decide what formation they are using?

Love this type of video. Well done!

She’s an awesome player! Sees the field very well. Excellent skills.

Pardon me for changing the subject, but I think it's related to the USWNT. When Alyssa Thompson joined AC she was a kid with no mentor. Now Christen Press and Sydney Leroux are on the roster and Alyssa was inches away from a hat trick in the Aug. 24th San Diego v. Angel City game. After the game there was a great shot of Leroux, Thompson and Press walking with their backs to the camera, arms around the shoulders of Alyssa. 😊>>> San Diego is just "snake bit".

love these tactical breakdowns. good job Bridie!!

The mat makes it easier to understand and follow the explanations

I really like this mini pitch🎉🎉😂😂

Fantastic post. Very British presentation btw! 😉 Agree on the box midfield and the 9, though I don’t think Rose and our captain were great together. Also, CD’s long pass to Rodman’s space against Japan was a special play by both stars and a reminder that as a coach deep down Emma believes her playmakers are better than your playmakers with every fiber of her being. Time and again, US players rose to be just a bit better in the clutch or in the hell of extra time than their opponents which is a testament to Emma’s belief in them.

What's your take on how Albert came on? It seems to me that Hayes brought her on when she wanted to push Horan up the field a bit. I'd also be interested in your view on how Swanson would sometimes come really low (Williams goal) or Smith would come wide (Swanson goal vs Zambia). Were these just examples of freedom or were they tweaks in formation?

excellent. I like the mat because you can describe the intent clearly with all 11 players. When referring to video or screenshots, too often not all the players are in frame or not set up quite in a way that makes your point. With the mat you can say "here's the intent and here's what it actually looked like."

I feel they could drop Coffey as a CB if needed. It’ll eliminate exhaustion on the full back

Tremendous work. A lot of attention to the detail.

Great to see you back. Love the Subbutio! IYKYK

You got a new subscriber out of me when you hit on the double pivot! Great stuff!!

Great analysis!!! Loved it. I did see the dropping back into a 442. But I didn't catch the scripted starts.

super fun! this is the part of the game i don't remember as a kid in the 70's. the coaching board. i know it was used quite a lot, but i don't think i paid much attention to it, lol. (i was an outside midfielder much of my "career", who had a real knack for knocking in headers off the corner, along with good downfield passing skill). as a much older guy, i really enjoy listening to and watching tactical strategy. keep up the great work!

i loved this so much!!!

thoroughly enjoyed watching this video!

Amazing. This changes everything for the better as a fan. So happy to subscribe. And your concise, expert recap is the best of any major sport. Great work!

Loved this. I've been looking for tactical analysis of these matches. I'd love to see how you break down the match against Brazil. I'm really interested in what adjustments Hayes made to get us on the front foot. What did she change in the second half. It seemed to me that in the 2nd we decided that if they were going to press so hard they'd leave their defense disconnected and on an island. So, when we won the ball back, rather than possess through the mid into an attack we went right from the backs to the strikers with a long aggressive ball to try and get Swanson or Smith in a 1 v 1, 2 v 1, or even behind the D. Once we did that, Brazil had to drop more to defend that. Once they did that we had the space and time to get into our possession game. Love to hear your take.

as a chelsea supporter i loved this video ! i was wondering if you can do one for chelsea women's and men's teams under bompastor and maresca respectively ?

Brilliant! I love the mat with the video clips, making it very clear to see what you are describing. This is the best tactical analysis channel on youtube.

SOMEONE BUY THIS WOMAN A GIANT CNN ELECTION TOUCH SCREEN! lol why isn’t more coverage like this? You are the best!

love the mat. great video!

Love this format!

Welcome back coach

Fantastic video, I wish we got even 20% of this info on the broadcast

The "stuff with the mat" was great, especially with the interspersed clips. Now I'm seeing structure and tactics that were previously invisible to me. The link to uswnt-vs-japan-109542251 is also much appreciated, since it is easier to absorb after watching this "Gold Tactics" video. Amazing!

great video, so obsessed with this channel. I always say it but women's football needs more content creators like this!

Another great video. Particularly great was explaining how two defensive midfielders is not a double pivot unless they play as a double pivot, which you demonstrated. Also, like the concept of play calls and identifying the players who are carrying the load for making the reads.

You're the best, Bridie!

Excellent breakdown as usual - and the visual aids were a nice plus. I could see the offensive/possession formation fairly clearly during the run of play. What concerns me about it is that Horan as one of the double pivots generally seemed more in the 8 or 10 role. Not sure if that was by design or just the way Horan played it. This left Lavelle a bit more at loose ends, seemed to me. She just didn't have the impact on the game, especially unlocking the low blocks, that she usually does. Maybe that was due to a physical limitation. The midfield seemed to be a weakness, and I'm not sure the midfield roles are completely worked out and trained. Germany's midfield dominated - and that was without Oberdorf. Classically, a possession game requires the midfield to do a lot of that work to keep possession and advance the ball. But these players are capable of adding unique wrinkles, which Hayes obviously recognizes. I think we'll see this system even more developed heading toward the next World Cup. - especially with the return of Macario and Shaw. I expect them to allow Hayes to further develop her midfield strategies.

Could you create a video discussing which players could be part of the USWNT player pool moving forward? I'm particularly struggling with identifying which defenders to look out for. With Dunn, Krueger, and Sonnett probably not being part of the next cycle, there are quite a few spots opening up.

Fine analysis. I had noticed the three at the back in possession changing to the compact 4-4-2. I hadn't seen the other variations and connections. Great to see the growth of the women's game and the supporting fan ecosystem emerging around it. BTW being Irish your name rings a bell of recognition. Anyways God bless the work.

I think the Nats got lucky not having to play a full-strength germany, or Spain/France where possession would have been more at a premium. The midfield was a weakness at the Olympics so I expect Hayes to make the biggest changes there. Everyone loves Horan. but she is slow, not a great defender and that's a problem playing the 6 so Hayes tried to get her upfield more. Playing 3 at the back avoided the problem with outside backs unable to go 1v1. Hayes must have seen all the backpassing in the friendlies and decided to go with the back 3. Lots of changes in store between now and 2027. I do wish USSF did a better job sending off retiring Nats heroes like Press and Morgan.

Happy to see you back on TH-cam. You're one of the few platforms that actually understand and dive deep into the technical and tactical nuances of women's football. Any plans on expanding your platform and depth of knowledge into the WSL? There a huge gap in that market.

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Another awesome one, Bridie!! Thank you again for informing us, even with our varied levels of knowledge and experience.

Great job of combining short clips with the tactical layout. It really made the "passing sequence" and the "formation switch" clear. I have heard analysts state "On offense, it is a 3-5-1 and on defense it is a 6-3" yadda-yadda, but you are the first one to show me the adjustment in real time. Fascinating.

Great analysis! I love the mat. I would love to see little models of the players, but that's probably asking too much lol.

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Well Done