Michael's Deadly Weapons - Gametime

Michael Bradley is known for accuracy, from anywhere on the field. We've covered his boots and his insights on training, but how does it all come together in the match?

You got to get your mind right.

"For me, the mentality and the way I go about things is always the same," Bradley says. "I try to take the things I do well and make them count in every game. Impose myself on the game and win the battle in the center of the midfield by attacking and defending."

Often winning that battle means knowing whether to strike that deadly long ball or keep possession with short passes.

"As a midfielder," Bradley says, "the ability to be able to, at the right time, put a defense and a goalie on their back heels by being a threat from distance is important. That's a big threat for any team, but the ability to know when that right time is, is imperative. Mix up your passes--play short passes, long passes, good balls on the ground, play balls in the air. Just having a variety of ways to connect things and mix things up."

Then when you need it, that defense crippling through ball is there.

"Obviously the game today is played at such a high tempo and pace," the USMNT midfielder says. "So when the time is right, a long ball is something that can be very good."

Vision and Accuracy. The deadliest of weapons in the midfield.

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