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Scouting an attacking center mid who's already playing college soccer so you can learn how to play college soccer. Let's do it. We're going to be scouting this player, number 10 in red. This guy right there. He is playing for Rutgers against UCLA today and he has been fantastic. Here is the number 10 into the box. He's not going to get that one in this sequence. So as a number 10, obviously your job is to score goals and put penetrating passes in. And so right now there's a corner, he's top of the box and we want to see if there's an opportunity when the ball becomes a second ball, which is not going to be the case this time. If you guys can score a goal or make something happen. When you're defending as a 10, we obviously, usually you're going to pick up on either the number 8 of the other team, attacking center mid for the other team, or often depending on your shape, he's playing as an 8 here. It's a 4-3-3 for the red group. Then you'll pick up on the 6. You can see right now this bigger gentleman that he's next to, 21 I believe, is the 8. And you don't have to always follow the runner. You can pass him just like he's done there. But this space he's in is really good. This number 16 is the 6 and he's the 8. So he should probably be a little bit higher. Here's our number 10, plays it simple, but he shows an option for our 6. He's a little bit deep and a lot of the habits that you guys have as your number 10s, 'cause you want the ball so much and you're usually one of the better players on the team, you come really far back and get it from the center backs. And at the highest levels, including the college level, you know, we want you guys, traditionally speaking, unless your coach tells you otherwise, higher up the field so that way you can do your magic. Look, a lot of people, a lot of players can do this role in this deeper position. They can't all do it amazing, but they can all— you can find players. The number 10 role, this is a very special role where you're there to do things that other players cannot do. His movement after he passes is fantastic. Super feet. Good pass out wide. You can notice he's only taken 1-2 touches so far. He's in the spot, he's in the box. We love runs in the box. You should probably have, depending on your team of course, 8 to 10 runs in the box per half, assuming your group is, you know, getting on that side of the field. The other thing I want to add is if you haven't watched Ødegaard and the way he defends, just because you're maybe the more gifted player as a a number 10 than maybe other players around you, or you have an attribute that you love playing forward, it does not mean you don't get to defend. And you should defend like a maniac. And that is something coaches universally will love, especially from the quote-unquote number 10 clever dribbler player. There he is again, composure, completes his pass. Fantastic. I think he's going to get the ball here right now. Oh, maybe not. Number 10 kept it really well there. Rutgers are down 1-0. As a 10, sometimes your team may not get the ball all that much. He's worked really hard and been very good, probably their brightest star within the group. As a number 10, in your highlight videos, obviously goals and assists. But one of the things they're looking for from a 10 is, hey, we know you can score goals and assists. What are you going to offer us off the ball as well? Because look, most of the game you don't have the ball. And a lot of the game you might have to defend. So this is a tough opponent, UCLA versus Rutgers. UCLA is probably coming in as the favorites, and they're going to depend on whoever the number 10 is both going forward and be a leader defensively because of what they offer going forward. And if you look at Odegaard, that's a great example. If you want more help playing college soccer, give me a call. Links in the bio, and I'll talk to you soon.