Theory: Belgium v USA

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#10 deep cut from handler position, something he did regularly. USA didn't try to switch here
rare occasion when Belgium hit the poached 3rd handler and got a bit of a jail break as a result; you can see the cascade of switches as the USA defenders catch up from their poach positions
Belgium throw into double coverage; they weren't reacting quickly to spot the deep poaches
arrowhead off the horizontal stack, pushing into the cutting lanes
drone shot shows a better view of the defenders poaching off the wider players and playing tight in the middle
as the disc moves down one sideline, #18 from USA leaves the swing handler on the far side and pushes right into the middle of the field to disrupt the play
18 again poaching off swing handler to front cutters in the middle of the field
21 doing the same thing
after dumping the disc, the marker stays in position to poach until Belgium throw over the top. Notice the dump chases after that swing and gets a gainer down the sideline
good view of the overall shape, USA just clogging up the middle of the field and leaving players near the sideline or behind the disc unguarded
Belgium didn't cope well with the poaching and looked off a lot of open passes. You can see some frustration from #32 here
34 is completely unmarked and throws the assist. His defender is poaching deep off screen for the majority of the clip. Its worth pointing out that USA play tight in the red zone
deep poach off the cutter furthest away; here Belgium take advantage of this to get him the disc, but don't take advantage of the lack of mark to move the disc again
Deep cut from #10 again, this time picking up the deep poach but the player underneath got the block. Most cutters being backed heavily, leaving free unders which the handler poaches are trying to help with
several Belgium cutters wide open, all being heavily backed
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