Re: more info

Your sweeper and you have to figure out how far back he has to play to get to balls you can't get to. You want him to give up as little space as possible. If he can't recover a 20 yard ball with a 10 yard head start he is unbeliveably slow and/or out of position. Beware, the deeper your sweeper sits, the harder your other defenders and midfield have to work.

This has less to do with speed and more to do with orgainization. 13 breakaways in a game is not a speed problem.

As for the cleat marks, I've heard that pure aloe works well. I trust the other guy got some as well.