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Message: [QUOTE="gtcam, post: 1980912, member: 2844"] Ray Reid was great at Southern CT but I have to say that overall, he has underperformed at UConn I feel that can be felt in the overall buzz within the program - attendance has declined and the once huge Friends of Soccer group has dwindled His recruitment has always puzzled me - he goes after the best soccer players and then tried to fit them into roles that some struggled I would have liked him to recruit by position and play the kids to their strengths There are times I wonder why he plays anybody at the midfield positions as it is his tendency to have his team play the ball from the backs, over the midfielders head and dump it long to the corners. I know Ray knows soccer, I have worked with him at camps but I sense that he should have gone to the MLS when the opportunity knocked. He certainly has had some success here at UConn and has brought in some great individual talent, but the last 1/2 dozen years have not been what the school has been used to I have been going to UConn soccer since 1965 and seen many great players and teams - Ray can have more of them but may need to rethink some of his strategy Again, Ray has a tremendous soccer knowledge and has proven success but there is something lacking in the program presently [/QUOTE]