Word: counters
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...Clark said of UMass. “They had a couple tournament games last year just like this, so they had played on it and been successful on it.” Harvard, on the other hand, found it difficult to play its usual brand of technical, counter-attacking soccer.Despite playing into the fierce wind, it was the Crimson who created the better of the chances in the early stages of the second half. Akpan had a shot saved by Simmons, and Stamatis sent a shot wide after co-captain Michael Fucito’s strike was blocked.UMass came...
...champions. Chris Pizzotti, who was here for five years, helped us win three Ivy League championships, and this is a special senior class.”The Game was a defensive battle to the finish. On a cold day at the stadium, both teams used ground-based attacks to counter a punishing wind. With a run-first offense at heart—bolstered by last year’s Ivy League Player of the Year Mike McLeod—and the best run defense in the league, the conditions seemed to tip the scales in Yale’s favor...
...collective bargaining demands. "Decisions about benefits changes can't be made instantaneously as they can be in the private sector," says Blaine Bos, a consultant for Mercer based in Minneapolis, Minn. Instead, government agencies have to battle bit by bit for benefit trims that employees can collectively counter by marshaling great passion. In 2005 when California's Governor Schwarzenegger tried to radically reform the state's expensive pension plan, he met a firestorm of protest from unions, and ultimately backed down...
...Harvard, on the other hand, found it difficult to play its usual brand of technical, counter-attacking soccer...
...Game was a defensive battle to the finish. On a cold day at the stadium, both teams used ground-based attacks to counter a punishing wind. With a run-first offense at heart—bolstered by last year’s Ivy League Player of the Year Mike McLeod—and the best run defense in the league, the conditions seemed to tip the scales in Yale’s favor. But a workmanlike performance from Crimson sophomore Gino Gordon and a dominating effort from Harvard’s front seven never even gave the Bulldogs a real...