[MizzouRah]

I help coach U12 girls soccer (10 vs 10) and the main "coach" has always used a 4-2-3 setup and although we've won 2 games, we've lost 3 games to teams who I don't think are any better than we are (in fact, one team I know we have much more talent than)

Anyhow, I've been telling him that we need to switch to a 3-3-3 because at this age, these girls still only play the middle of the field and as soon as a good ballhandler gets going down the field on a sprint - the 4 fowards are in the dust and that leaves us with basically the 3 defenders as the two mid-fielders stay on their sides.

I'm no soccer genius by any stretch, but I have been an assistant for quite some time and this year I'm with a new coach who told me he's been doing this for awhile.

Well, he's agreed for the next game to let me run a 3-3-3 and I was wondering if any soccer guru's could let me know if I'm doing the right thing or not. I also like how easy it is to sub with this setup.

Appreciate any help, comments, or thoughts.

Thanks!