New Canada women’s coach looking at more direct style

John Herdman, Canada's new women's soccer coach, wants the team to again embrace the more physical style for which it was once known.

The Canadians play the United States on Saturday, the team's first game since its disastrous World Cup performance.

"I think the general feeling is that they want to bring back the physicality," Herdman said. "They want to be able to combine the technical side of the game but also to impose themselves on teams more.

"I think, from what I've been led to believe and from what I've seen when I've studied the team is, that we have a really powerful team here that could probably impose itself some more."

Under previous Italian coach Carolina Morace a more measured passing style was adopted.

"Carolina's style was a modern approach, if you look at football around the world internationally, there was a certain way of playing and that's the way the games evolved based on the capabilities of players today," the 36-year-old coach said. "I think what I'll be continually doing is just evolving with the game with the future trends and taking them on board."

 
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