Midfielder Italy, in Brazil, the offensive playmaker is known as the ""meia atacante"," whereas in Argentina and Uruguay, it is known as the ""enganche"." The false attacking midfielder description has been used in Italian football to describe a player who is seemingly playing as an attacking midfielder in a 4–3–1–2 formation, but who eventually drops deeper into midfield, drawing opposing players out of position and creating space to be exploited by teammates making attacking runs; the false-attacking midfielder will eventually sit in a central midfield role and function as a deep-lying playmaker. The false-attacking midfielder is therefore usually a creative and
Mario Sanchez (soccer) Mario Sanchez (soccer) Mario Sanchez is a retired American soccer midfielder who is the former head coach of the SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team. He played professionally in the USISL and USL A-League, winning the 1996 and 1997 USISL championship with the Central Coast Roadrunners. Sanchez graduated from Etiwanda High School in 1993. He played soccer for the Alta Loma Soccer Club which won the 1992 U-17 National Championship. He attended the California State University, Fresno, playing on the men's soccer team from 1993 to 1997. In August 1996, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in practice and lost