Roles and Responsibilities:Plays between the right/left defenders and is in charge of organizing the defenders and keeping the ball from penetrating through the center of the field.Should have decent speed, and can pass well. Good in the air, 1v1 tackling, and must have good organization. The right/left defenders are usually competing against fast players who like to dribble, so it’s important that they be good 1v1 defenders, and be able to keep up with speed. They should be encouraged to get forward when your team has the ball, but get back when your team doesn’t. Roles and Responsibilities:In the modern game, outside defenders (#2 + #3) are as much attackers as they are defenders.Traits :Good at 1v1 tackling, fast, likes to get forward and attack as well as defend.Right Defender and Left Defender (#2 and #3) Very difficult position to play, as kids will often blame themselves when a goal is scored on them when, in actuality, the ball already beat every other player on their team before getting to them. In charge of keeping the ball out of the goal, and help organizing their defenders in front of them in order to deny a shot from happening. Likes to try and get their hands to balls rather than relying on feet to save shots. Roles and Responsibilities: Must be willing to collect the ball on the ground around other players’ feet.Traits:Fearless, good at catching, athletic, vocal.So, for example, as players get older you can now tell them they are playing as a #7 instead of a right forward/midfielder. In US Soccer, different positions are now given numbers in order to help explain their roles. In order to see the different formations, you can place players in, no matter which size, please visit this link. This is presented for a 4-3-3 formation for an 11v11 game (U13+), but the roles are still very similar no matter how many players are on the field. With her goal against Brazil at the 2023 SheBelieves Cup, Morgan moved past Joy Fawcett for the most goals scored as a mother in USWNT history.Confused about the roles and responsibilities of each position? Take a look at the below guide in order to help clear things up.Welcomed her first child, a daughter named Charlie, in May of 2020 and returned to the field for the USWNT in November of 2020, just five months after giving birth.Daughter of Pamela and Michael Morgan and married to Servando Carrasco, a former professional soccer player.Played briefly in England with Tottenham Hotspur and in France for Olympique Lyonnais, with whom she won the UEFA Women’s Champions League in 2016-17.Won a WPS Championship with the Western New York Flash in 2011 and won the inaugural NWSL Championship in 2013 as a member of Portland Thorns FC.An 11-year-veteran of the NWSL, Morgan had her best NWSL season in 2022 and won the Golden Boot as the league’s top scorer with 15 goals in just 17 games regular season games expansion side San Diego Wave FC.
Helped the USA win the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and scored the winning goal in the Final against Korea DPR.Scored one of the most important goals in USWNT Qualifying history when she came on and scored in the first leg of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Playoff against Italy in 2010.
She tied the USA’s single-game scoring record with five goals in the opening match against Thailand. 
Soccer’s Female Athlete of the Year (2012, 2018), Morgan is also a four-time Concacaf Player of the Year (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018), a five-time FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11 selection (2016 ,2017, 2019, 2021, 2022) and a three-time finalist for FIFA World Player of the Year (2012, 2019, 2022). She was awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player. She scored one of the biggest goals of the year, converting from the penalty spot to defeat Canada, 1-0, in the title game of the 2022 Concacaf W Championship as she helped the USA earn berths to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and 2024 Paris Olympics.Germany in the final match of the year, she became the 13th player in USWNT history to reach the 200-cap milestone. Heading into her fourth FIFA Women’s World Cup, Moran ranks in the top 10 in USWNT history in goals, assists and multi-goal games.
