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Inside halfback Ekkama used traps, short passes, and fancy footwork to dominate the midfield play. In a game characterized by long disorganized passing, Ekkama's precision play frequently brought applause from the stands...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Soccer Team Beats Amherst, 3-1; Third Period Goals Decide Game | 10/8/1970 | See Source »

...suggestion paid off in the opening minutes of the game when left link Rocky Spencer sailed a shot high into the air from the midfield line. The ball came down just below the goal crossbar and Crimson goalie Shep Messing could not jump high enough to stop the score...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Soccer Team Beats Amherst, 3-1; Third Period Goals Decide Game | 10/8/1970 | See Source »

...people were quite surprised, and a lot more were becoming disgusted. After all, here was a school that was playing before the largest audience in its history, and it wouldn't let the Crimson past midfield until the airplanes had gone home and the Harvard Band was polishing off the remains of its box lunches. If Bill Veeck was listening to the game on radio, he was loving it. Turn down Suffolk Downs, and it can be arranged that you lose for the second year in a row to a college that has a trolley line running through the middle...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Powers of the Press | 9/29/1970 | See Source »

...greatest stress of the system is on the inside halfbacks. These two men must check the momentum of the opposition at midfield, and then key the outside halfs to begin a forward attack...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Booters Field New Soccer Attack | 9/28/1970 | See Source »

...significant advantages over last year's 4-3-3. Last season's formation relied heavily on senior center halfback Richie Hardy, an All-Ivy selection, to control the midfield. The 4-4-2 brings two forwards back to protect the midfield and splits the center half duties between two defenders...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Booters Field New Soccer Attack | 9/28/1970 | See Source »

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