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OblivionWalker

Career Task 3
Player Page - +1 to LAM

For the start of the next season, Takeda knew that there was room to grow, to improve and to push himself forward. He felt like he had made progress in the last little while, sure, and it seemed like the coaches were pleased with his willingness to throw himself into his training and accepted feedback on what to focus on but he wanted to make sure that he wasn't getting complacent, wasn't settling in and not continuing to drive his improvement forward. It was partly this that prompted him to see out teammates Kel Varson and Leandro Dybala at the team training pitch, hesitantly asking them if they would mind training with him and to his relief and gratitude, both Kel and Leandro were game. Like Takeda, Kel was someone who liked to dictate the tempo in the midfield but he would also get forward whenever he could and Takeda studied his movement, took notice of the way Kel could accelerate to get himself to where he wanted to be faster. Takeda knew that was going to mean more sprints, more working on being a bit more explosive but he felt like that was something he could take away from Kel's game and perhaps add it to his own toolbox, especially when the team was really pushing forward and in prime position for goal scoring opportunities. Leandro was a master at curling the ball and Takeda worked with him quite a bit on getting his foot placement exactly right at a moment's notice. It took a while but after some frustrated muttering in Japanese, Takeda finally got there, able to get a nice curve on the ball and place it where he wanted it. Takeda was grateful that his teammates were so willing to put in some work with him, especially when they had their own things to work on and he was going to make sure what he learned didn't go to waste.

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Approved - Happy to see that team comradery!

Thunder39

CPT3

Maverick Jones was not happy just stopping shots. He knew he needed to provide more for Kaapstadt, especially if he wanted to get to the majors one day. Everyone knows that the modern game of football requires a keeper who can do more than make stops, they need to be able to act as an 11th outfield player. With that in mind Jones planned for a tour across North America in the offseason. Improving his skills as a distributor from the back.

Maverick’s summer started in Vancouver. He spent six weeks working with the coaching staff from MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps, as well as sports science grads from the University of British Columbia. While working on body health and endurance, the main focus was on one thing: Positioning. Jones needs to be aggressive and ready to make reads and not be stuck on his goal line. What really made a difference was that Maverick trained with some soccer players who play semi-pro.. He did not play as a goalie. He played as a defensive midfielder when they played 5v5 games. This got him more prepared to make quick passes and be more prepared for that higher positioning.

The next stop was to Mexico. Jones spent 2 weeks training with Club América. While this training wasn't as focused on specifics, it gave him a chance to implement these new skills in intra-squad training at a higher level. Jones worked with the team's coaching staff and rostered keepers to absorb as much as he could in the time there, before returning back to Kaapstad.

Once back on home turf, you could see the change in practice. Jones was aggressive, active and ready to help make the team more of a threat from the back. This gives Kappstad another dangerous element to their attack this coming season as the team makes their debut in the newly formed first division.

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Ashes

CPT #3
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During the season, Jesper had some discussions with the AC Romana coaching staff about his role on the team. They assured him that his spot on the starting lineup was secured, especially as he was putting up some excellent performances occasionally and near the top of the entire league in total assists, but they wanted him to be more versatile. They wanted to be able to confidently play him in other attacking midfield positions, as the way it was, if he wasn't on the right side it was clear he didn't really know what to do. He was hesitant, confused, uncomfortable, not what you want one of your key attacking players to be. And so, they put him to work. They asked that over the offseason, he focuses his practice on being a LAM. And indeed, that's what he did. He actually went back home to Visby for a little while, so he could train with his old coaches at FC Gute. He discussed this with them, and it just so happened that around the same time FC Gute's actual starting LAM injured his leg, meaning he could not practice with the team for a couple weeks. They saw this as a great opportunity, and put him into some practice matches with the club as a left mid. It took a bit of getting used to, especially for Jesper being right-footed, but he soon started figuring it out, developing those instincts, that intuitive sense of where to be and what to do. He discussed this with his manager at AC Romana, who allowed him to go on loan to FC Gute during the offseason (the Swedish league, Allsvenskan, has matches from April-November, most of which is when the SSL has its offseason, since Swedish winter weather isn't very conducive to football). The condition of this loan, of course, being that Jesper only plays as a LAM. The loan spell went well, to say the least, turns out dropping an SSL player into the Swedish third tier does quite a lot. The team went from the bottom half of the table to a 9 match win streak - those 9 matches being the ones where Jesper played for them, before being called back to Rome for training camp. Having to play the position in competitive matches helped Jesper a lot, and by the time he had to leave Visby, he was ready to play his new position in the SSL.

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boom

CPT #3
Player page +1 to CAM

Having received a call-up to the big club in Liffeyside Celtic FC for the start of the new season, Orla Hughes-Galloway was hard at work in the offseason looking to prove to the managers that she deserved the call-up. Back home in Ireland, she did a lot of physical training with her older sister Caitlin, who had just earned her own call-up to the SHL's Calgary Dragons in the offseason, so their routines often ended up being pretty similar. Orla did get to benefit from the perks of playing for her hometown club, which was that she got to access the team's resources and facilities over the summer. Since she was coming up and set to play in the middle of the field for the near future rather than the left side like she had been playing in Rova, training with teammates to adjust to the added responsibilities of playing in the middle and learning set plays was a big task for Orla. The biggest aspect of adjusting to playing in the middle was in figuring out how to read plays from a different angle so that Orla could know where she needed to be at each moment. When she played in Rova, she was used to utilizing her speed and agility to bang around up front and facilitate chances for her teammates in the middle, but playing in the centre in Liffeyside would mean that Orla would need to be more cerebral about where to position herself on the field. In summary, moving up to Celtic and learning to play a different position than she was used to would be a learning curve for Orla, but it was also an opportunity to really show what she could do and being from Ireland meant that she would be able to take advantage of the resources the organization had to offer. Things are looking up for the hometown player, and it will be interesting to watch how her career develops over the next few seasons.

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**Malino8444**

CPT 3

Player Page +1 To CDM

(Once again, this CPT is set before the panenka incident)
(Also because im always right on time with career tasks, this one takes place before CPT 3, Lovely timeline I know! )

The 22nd season of the SSL had been a difficult one for A.C. Romana, finishing a lowly tenth and below their (Kind of onesided) rivals Shanghai.

And although the coach didn’t want to point any fingers, he knew one reason why things didn’t go well…

In the academy and at London Ryan was used to playing in the attacking positions, he loved getting forward and scoring goals. He wanted to write his name in SSL history as one of the best attackers in the league.

But when he got promoted to Romana in Season 21, the coach told him that he will start playing as a defensive midfielder. Ryan didn’t agree with this decision and he made it known. He didn’t bother actively participating in training, nor actually trying to learn how to defend. He didn’t listen to the coach during matches, and still got forward whenever he could. His ego was growing too big for his head.

But the 22nd season (and another annoying message from the German who shall not be named) had been a massive wake up call for Ryan. He finally realized that if he wanted his team to succeed, something needed to change, or well, he needed to change.
During the off-season he started training more and more with his teammate Brannigan Stoush @Zag , he learned a lot from him, including but not limited to: where to get good beers. He also started spending more time in the gym and putting in actual effort in both training and during the games.

Slowly but surely Ryan started feeling more comfortable playing as a defensive midfielder, seeing improvements in his tackling and defensive positioning. The coach was happy to see that he was finally listening to him… for the most part. Ryan still liked going forward into the opposition's area, and shooting from distance, the latter still needing improvement.

But with this new role now sort of mastered. The S23 season will surely be an improvement, right?

Approved - Best of luck in the upcoming season with your new position fully engrained.