"The back-five is a soccer formation in which the team plays with five defenders, three midfielders, and two strikers (or a 3-5-2, a formation that allows the two outside halfbacks to drop back while on defense), which the Reign have played all season. "I never played it, I never coached it...I'd never really done a lot of research on it," Harvey continued."
"During this past NWSL off-season, Harvey says she used the chatbot to ask, "What is Seattle Reign's identity?" The sheer absurdity of a team's own coach asking a chatbot that question aside, Harvey was somewhat unimpressed with its response, but says she kept asking it broad questions about winning in the league. "Then I put in 'what formation should you play to beat NWSL teams?' And it spurred out every team in the league and what formation should you play,""
Laura Harvey, coach of Seattle Reign FC, used ChatGPT during the NWSL off-season to explore team identity and tactical options. The chatbot returned formation recommendations for each league opponent and suggested a back-five for Seattle. The coaching staff studied how a 3-5-2 could translate to the women's game, adapted it to the squad, and implemented the system in matches. The Reign deployed the back-five this season and achieved a positive result, including a win after the change. The move represented a tactical shift for a coach who had not previously played or coached that formation.
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