In the 1990s, Doug Williamson was the very successful women’s soccer coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University. One day, as a spectator, he watched the University of Nebraska take a 5-0 lead against a team in its first or second year. To keep the score down, the Cornhusker coach had his women play possession soccer throughout the second half.

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