Depending on where the ball is and who has it SOCCER FORMATION EXAMPLES US Soccer tends to favor a 433 formation Two common variations of the 433 formation are a defensive setup and an attackminded setup, based on where the 8 lines up Generally, the 8 is a boxtobox player, so this can rotate continually through the game to react to the run of play Then came along the 4231 and 433, and a shift started to occur away from twostriker systems This has been followed more recently by the rise of the 4141 and a resurgence in popularity again of backthree systems, which were particularly popular before the 442 became commonplace
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