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Get the inside scoop on the details of play NEVER before revealed!
What critical matter was missing in the game?
USA should have easily won over Iran in the WC98 match
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USA vs IRAN - TEAM PERFORMANCE
World Cup 1998
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US National Team
Completed
502
Passes
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IRAN National Team
Completed
251
Passes
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USA player initiated the pass to his teammate
USA player received the ball from his teammate
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IRAN player initiated the pass to his teammate
IRAN player received the ball from his teammate
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OBSERVATIONS & ANALYSISTM
US NATIONAL TEAM
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Team USA s excessive lateral ball movement as portrayed in fig.1 was due to the encounter of a bunkered Iranian defense, limiting team USA's play to the 35 and 50 yard play lines, just in front of the Iranian goal.
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The bunkering of the Iranian defense allowed team USA to complete only 27 passes of the 73 attempted into their attacking third allowing for only a 37% completion rate.
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US was only able to connect on three occasions in the Goalkeeper's box, resulting in but one American score.
IRAN NATIONAL TEAM
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Although completing on only a one to two (1:2) ratio compared to team USA, team Iran compiled a more successful attack by effectively completing short and long forward passes, providing for a consistent up-field pressure, centering the majority of their attack on the right wing.
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Even though team Iran only attempted six (6) passes into the danger zone (penalty box), of those six, four were completed, two resulting in saves by team USA's goal keeper Casey Keller and two lost on crosses.
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The other two passes attempted into the danger zone resulted in the go ahead goal, and the game winning goal.
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In an interesting note: did you realize that although team Iran concentrated their attack on the right wing, they scored their game-winning goal down the left corridor?
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SOFTSPORT RANKING SYSTEMTM - IRAN
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SOFTSPORT RANKINGTM ANALYSIS
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The data in the above BOX SCORE shows that although the Iranian national team won the game by scoring the goal of the game, many of the Iran players had very low completion rates.
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SOFTSPORT RANKING SYSTEMTM - USA
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SOFTSPORT RANKINGTM ANALYSIS
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Data in the above BOX SCORE shows that although the US national team lost the game they had the advantage in most of the performance categories. The US national team had very high completion rates for most of their players and overall they had higher total ranking points than Iran .
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| GLS -Goals
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SHTS -Shots
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| I P GL -Impact Passes on Goals
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I P SHT -Impact Passes on Shots
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| COMP PASS -Completed Passes
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LOST PASS -Lost Passes
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| TOTAL PASS -Total Passes
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INT -Interceptions
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| CK -Cornerkicks
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COMP RATE -Completion Rate
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| SoftSport Ranking -See explaination below
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SOFTSPORT RANKING SYSTEMTM
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SoftSport Ranking is based on points determined by the players actual performance against the standard for each category.
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Each player on the team accumulates points throughout the game in the above categories.
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The standard for each category was developed based on an extensive database collected by SoftSportª Inc.
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Please contact SoftSportª Inc. for more details.
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The SoftSport data indicates that Iran played a classical " Bunker" defense against the USA.
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Could a different strategy of attack open the thick Iranian bunker defense?
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Instead of attacking in front of the goal as shown in the diagrams, our suggested approach would be to attack down either the right or left hand sides. Penetrate deep to the touch line and then center the ball back into the 5 - 10 yard zone for a shot on goal.
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What do you think?
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Remember to check back next week for our up coming game of the week between the two Italian power houses
JUVENTUS and INTER - MILAN DECEMBER 1999
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CREDITS
Production Staff - Shiela Friedman , Brian Murray & Al Tafoya
Internet Production - Gail
Koulax
Editorial Staff - Phil Lee , Bob Hanley, Luis Cortez, Mike Knaapen , Frank Knaapen & Zvi Friedman
Sales and Marketing - Manny Fineberg
Consultant - Rick Davis
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