Analysts’ Corner: The importance of depth and movement behind

Sometimes, there’s more to the beautiful game than meets the eye. Delve deeper with Analysts’ Corner, presented by EC Managed IT, a new blog featuring tactical insights from Whitecaps FC video analyst coach Andrew Peat and assistant video analyst Luke Summers.

Hi everyone, it’s Andy Peat here. I’m the video analyst coach here at Vancouver Whitecaps FC and I’m really excited to talk football with all of you!

Let’s start off with shedding some light on what it means to provide depth, movement behind, and exploiting space in behind. We’ll get into why it’s important for players and teams to do it and the options that are created for the attacking team as a result. This is a concept in which the…