When I was 10. My coach was not playing me forward or striker. When I asked him why. He told me something I will never forget and changed how I play the game He told me I should want to be a soccer player, not a position. He should be able to play me anywhere he needed me. I have since settled in on playing L or R back. It gives me the opportunity to play all the positions at once. Going from defending to midfield passing and facilitating. To making runs in the box to cross or score. It requires all the same skills as the other positions plus defending.