The result was worse, but Coach Darren Ambrose surprised me by going with a more positive plan at #9 Arkansas than we saw against Georgia at home. Instead, the diamond midfield version of the 4-4-2 deployed in the previous home match, Coach Ambrose fielded 5 midfielders between striker Peyton Cutshall and the set-in-stone defensive four of Alex Wagner, Ella Shamburger, Maya Antoine, and Abena Aidoo. Hannah McLaughlin and Abi Brighton had their familiar roles as holding midfielders with the ability for one of them to join the attack. Reagan Kelley, Amber Nguyen, and Brooke VanDyck formed an attacking midfield trio that was free to interchange and even overlap Cutshall up top.
Soccer Preview and Game Thread: South Carolina
