This style requires the striker to have competent link-up play ... role in progressing attacks while still incorporating hold-up play when necessary. This adaptability underlines her growing ...

USMNT strikers and the lost art of hold-up play - Call It What You Want Sports ...

stepping into a full-time striker role would be a major shift in responsibility. Playing up front requires a different skill set, including positioning, hold-up play, and finishing under pressure ...

Schmid said that the striker “seems to feel better, but we have to see how he does Saturday in training." Until then, the Seattle coach is eager to start working on hold-up play in practice.

Like the team’s other pure striker, Kenwyne Jones ... to offense is an important part of Martino’s strategy. “My hold-up play is really good,” said Vazquez, who was called up to the ...

The Serbia striker is again on the sidelines after ... Reservations remain about the consistency of his hold-up play and at Brighton, he had been overlooked for a player whose natural position ...