Attacker's Movement

Breaking The Defensive Line

Part two in a series (part I here) this is a great look at how the player who runs is the player who scores.  Granted, the two Sounders standing at the top of the penalty area are doing a job - they're keeping the center backs very honest.  But it's the very basic give-and-go Neagle runs with his teammate that allows Neagle to score...and it's the going that makes him almost impossible to stop:

It's worth mentioning, too, that his run, and the pass, both "break lines."  I watch lots of club soccer, and so much of it is passing and standing....very few runs or passes or dribbles actually penetrate a line of the defensive unit.  Think that's a simple concept?  Look at the remarkable timing here, the lucky bounce after the GK pulls a huge initial save off, and the persistence by Neagle to just keep after the loose ball.