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Message: [QUOTE="yungdowork, post: 5339691, member: 10371"] I don't disagree but I also think our normal starting defense is a pretty bad matchup vs a team with speed like Bryant had. Tupay and Roudette-Gregory are both big 6'5 center backs that aren't necessarily that fast, Johan Hamel is deservedly a captain and a very good player, but also really not very fast for a right back. The first 25 minutes or so weren't great, but it was still pretty back and forth at that point, although Durham had already made a couple nice saves. As soon as they scored their first goal and we started pushing some guys forward, they absolutely exploited the space in behind Hamel. Right before the assist on their 3rd goal, I was already yelling that #10 was in acres of space and it was obvious that they were repeatedly looking to send that ball in behind. I thought subbing Tupay out for Elijah Hope who is a lot smaller but faster made a big difference, as well as subbing off Hamel and having Tomerius playing right back, but the damage had already been done. I'm hopeful this was a learning experience and we'll be able to recognize those potential matchup problems before kickoff moving forward, but you never know. Can't dig ourselves a hole like that when we're playing legitimately good teams. There's no more Centrals or Manhattans on the schedule [/QUOTE]