Supported by GooglePixel_US: Growing up in Ireland, playing soccer with boys helped Denise O’Sullivan develop her game into what it is today: aggressive and physical. How did she slip into her preferred midfield role? This is her game in her words.
in front of her. All of whom, as she describes, are world-class players and helped her gel into that position more.“I became more brave as training sessions went on too,” she said. “Learning from those players, the environment I was in with the Courage, I just became more brave to get on the ball and start building through that No. 6 position. Now almost every game with theThough she didn’t watch film to transition into the role,Winning possession vs.
Knowing that she has another midfielder behind her allows O’Sullivan to push forward when she sees the space and try to be a deep-lying creator for the Courage. That was immediately noticeable in the first clip we discussed from an NWSL game in June 2022 against the Washington Spirit. The scoreline ended 3-2 in favor of the visiting Courage.Kerolin“I know how quick is, so the first thing I do is get my head up and see that there’s space,” she said.
As we set up the next clip, we discussed why she decided to wear the number 10 on her jersey this season with the Courage instead of staying with the number eight she had become synonymous with. “We’ve been working really hard on our rest defense and that’s something I think we’ve become very strong at as a team,” she explained. “When we’re going forward, can we seal the box so that when we do shoot or lose the ball we’re immediately there to win it back?”
When it comes to her goal-scoring aptitude, O’Sullivan is a little self-deprecating about it all, but with good humor. “And then going forward, with Kerolin, the player that she is, the speed she has, I had seen that there was a big distance between the outside back and the center back . They were spread out so I just wanted to thread that ball through to her.”
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