Roles Of The Winger In Soccer - Create Goal scoring opportunities

As mentioned previously the winger is considered a team's most dangerous player and with good reason too! The wide players need to consistently produce game-winning moments throughout the season, not just sprinkled intermittently. Here are the different ways that wingers can create chances for their teams: • Dribbling past players . Wingers should have electric feet and pace, when a winger combines these together they can terrify defenders. You immediately put a team on the back foot by looking to beat players in a 1v1 to break their line of defense. This will give you more space to dribble into to exploit and provide your teammates an opportunity to get into more threatening positions to score goals. • Crossing the ball from wide areas The best wingers in the world are not always the most skillful or the fasted, some of the best wingers have the best delivery, whether it be a 40 yard back post cross or a 7 yard pull back. They are the best at using a quick skill with a change of direction and speed to get the yard of space to whip the ball into a dangerous area To keep the defenders guessing these wingers will happily cross the ball with either foot. • Runs off the ball As well as being a threat on the ball wingers can also be a threat off the ball.