Are Akron University the 'Barcelona of College Soccer'?
Jeremiah Oshan examines Akron Coach Caleb Porter's system and philosophies in the second part of this 3-part series.
"A lot of people think you have to play differently because it’s college soccer," said Porter, who holds the highest winning percentage in college soccer (108-14-14; .846) since taking over in 2006. "I don’t buy into that.
"(Playing attractive soccer) is something you gotta breed into them everyday. It’s a lot harder to teach guys to play that way, to create. It’s easy to destroy. But if you take time and get the right players and encourage them to do it the right way, there’s no reason you can’t model your game after Barcelona. Obviously we're not as good, but that doesn’t mean you can’t play a similar way. Maybe we’re the Barcelona of college, I don’t know."
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