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TACTICAL REPORT
• VIDEOS
• LINE - UPS
• MAP OF PASSES AND INTERACTION INDEX
• S. FREI PASSING DISTRIBUTION
• GOAL RANGE
• GOAL TYPE
• ATTACKING SIDES
• STATS THAT EXPLAIN THE GAME
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VIDEOS
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GOALS IN FAVOR GOALS AGAINST

OFFENSIVE PHASE DEFENSIVE TRANSITION DEFENSIVE PHASE OFFENSIVE TRANSITION

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SUMMARY

Offensive Shape: 4-2-3-1 / 4-4-1-1

Top Goalscorer: R.Ruidiaz (15 goals)
J.Morris (13 goals)

Defensive shape: 4-4-1-1 / 4-4-2

Average goals in favor: Seattle Sounders (1.34)

MLS Teams (1.44)
Average goals against: Seattle Sounders (1.49
MLS Teams (1.69)
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STARTING ELEVEN AND LAST THREE MATCHES LINE UPS

R. RUIDÍAZ

J. MORRIS N. LODEIRO H.SHIPP / JONES

VS. TORONTO FC VS. LOS ANGELES FC

G. SVENSSON C. ROLDÁN

B. SMITH K. LEERDAM

X. ARREAGA K.KEE - HEE

S. FREI

VS. REAL SALT LAKE

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vs. TORONTO FC

ACTIVE BALL ZONE

VANISHING POINT

Left flank side more associative and active with the ball with B. Smith as wide
support, also because N. Lodeiro tends to drop in that area.

Right flank side as the vanishing point (rivals defensive “weak” side. Leerdam
with a lot of space to fill like in first goal.

Very little interaction between center backs and center midfielders.

SYMMETRY Not a very symmetrical occupation of spaces. Look at Leerdam altitude.

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vs. LOS ANGELES FC

ACTIVE BALL ZONE

VANISHING POINT

Again the left side was more active with B. Smith, J. Morris and N. Lodeiro,
who continuously is creating triangles and giving support to his teammates
moving through lines and dropping near the left flank.

Center backs and center midfielders almost doesn’t relate to each other, this
talks a lot about how Seattle attack: they try to get ball as quick as possible
on the wings and arrive to the box.

SYMMETRY Jones location gave Seattle more symmetry on the rivals “weak” side.
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vs. REAL SALT LAKE

ACTIVE BALL ZONE

VANISHING POINT

A space occupation for a lot of direct play and to win second balls, not for a
build - up based on possession or by creating numerical and positional
superiorities.

Definitively wasn’t a symmetric block because the team was so open and
wide.

The vanishing point was on the left side.

SYMMETRY N. Lodeiro again was the more associative player on the team by creating
triangles and rhombus.
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S. FREI PASSING DISTRIBUTION

vs. TORONTO FC

vs. LOS ANGELES FC

Most of the long ball distribution goes to the right side where Jones or Lodeiro are located, but mainly
because S. Frei strong foot is the right one, so the passing angle is easier or more natural for him than to
cross the ball to the left side.
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ATTACKING SIDES

OVERALL

HOME

AWAY

As we can see on the video of offensive phase, the left is the more active and associative one. The
stats also show that behavior. Smith is a very active wide support and Lodeiro with his mobility
through lines and dropping near the left flank can explain this.

Also because during counterattacks, J. Morris is a huge asset on the left wing.

* SOURCE: WHOSCORED
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GOAL RANGE OF THE LAST 10 MATCHES

0 15 30 45 60 75 90

IN
FAVOR

7 GOALS

45
0 15 30 60 75 90

AGAINST

6 GOALS
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GOAL TYPE

OPEN PLAY 44 68%

SET PIECES 10 16%

COUNTERATTACK 5 8%

PENALTY 3 5%

OWN GOAL 2 3%
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DATA THAT EXPLAIN THE GAME: POSSESSION, PASSING ACCURACY AND LONG BALL RELEASES

POSSESSION PASSING ACCURACY LONG BALL RELEASES

Seattle Sounders is a team that doesn’t need long possessions to attack, that’s why they have so low
percentages. Because of that they prefer long balls to activate direct play and counterattacks. Maybe
that’s why the passing accuracy is also lower than his rivals.

They prefer to fold back, be compact and provoke mistakes to run towards goal.
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DATA THAT EXPLAIN THE GAME: POSSESSION, PASSING ACCURACY AND LONG BALL RELEASES

POSSESSION PASSING ACCURACY LONG BALL RELEASES

Seattle Sounders is a team that doesn’t need long possessions to attack, that’s why they have so low
percentages. Because of that they prefer long balls to activate direct play and counterattacks. Maybe
that’s why the passing accuracy is also lower than his rivals.

They prefer to fold back, be compact and provoke mistakes to run towards goal.
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DATA THAT EXPLAIN THE GAME: AVERAGE LENGTH BETWEEN LINES & PRESSING INTENSITY

Because of Seattle Sounders main plan or behavior that

is defend in a compact block and then counterattack,
the length between their lines is very short, also
because they play little time in rivals field and have
short possessions.

The pressing indicators also show that Seattle tend to

be wait the rival in medium or low altitudes of the field,
they don’t press high which requires more effort and
intensity because of the amount of space to cover.

• Average length between lines in the last three matches: 48.8 meters.
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DATA THAT EXPLAIN THE GAME: RELATION POSSESSION AND AVERAGE LENGTH BETWEEN LINES

POSSESSION

AVERAGE
LENGTH

When the possession percentage goes up, so the lines get separated to play and occupy spaces in attack.
Seattle has low possession percentages, that’s a factor that could explain why are so compact.