2025-10-24, 06:49 PM - Word count:
A role in this sport is the "complete" wingback. A wingback that disobeys. A wingback that looks at formation and says "nah." A wingback that looks at structure as a thing to work in relation to rather than within.
And once upon a time, this was what Tlacaelel Tepoztli aspired to be: a player out on the edge of a formation that could justify being seemingly out of position, out of sync with the team's expected formation, because some whim or vision told him there was some whiff of potential to being here rather than there, often against expectations.
When you're young enough that you're the best player on the field by far, the actions on the field can bend to such whimsy. The minor league is perhaps not such a place. Further, the minor league was a place where Tlacaelel had spent nearly all his time playing at Shadow Striker instead.
New hemisphere, new team, new Tlacaelel. What is a complete wingback whose recent experience has taught him to hunt for his own shot? To crash the middle, often late and with stealth, and find a well-placed shot from distance to make? There are two possible answers.
Either he's the incomplete wingback, lightly ruined by too much focus on his alternate position for too long, or...
He's the too-complete wingback, incorporating more into his roaming and role than either can usefully hold.
Montreal and time will tell whether the mix of styles will prove more madman or maestro.
And once upon a time, this was what Tlacaelel Tepoztli aspired to be: a player out on the edge of a formation that could justify being seemingly out of position, out of sync with the team's expected formation, because some whim or vision told him there was some whiff of potential to being here rather than there, often against expectations.
When you're young enough that you're the best player on the field by far, the actions on the field can bend to such whimsy. The minor league is perhaps not such a place. Further, the minor league was a place where Tlacaelel had spent nearly all his time playing at Shadow Striker instead.
New hemisphere, new team, new Tlacaelel. What is a complete wingback whose recent experience has taught him to hunt for his own shot? To crash the middle, often late and with stealth, and find a well-placed shot from distance to make? There are two possible answers.
Either he's the incomplete wingback, lightly ruined by too much focus on his alternate position for too long, or...
He's the too-complete wingback, incorporating more into his roaming and role than either can usefully hold.
Montreal and time will tell whether the mix of styles will prove more madman or maestro.
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