[Passion]

This game is expected to be played out very similar to a soccer match. Each robot has a unique role. If you are at far end zone, you HAVE TO play at least some sort of defense and passing the ball to the midfielder.
Let me put it this way, how would you not be tempted to block the opponent from scoring when you are right beside their goal post?!

A defensive robot should be able to catch the opponent's soccer ball, and output it to the midfielder.

There are two goal posts, if you are the only one playing defense on your team, that means only ONE goal post will be covered, and leading another goal post open to be scored.

A very effective defense strategy is building a robot that is efficient at controlling the movement of the ball and outputting/passing it. Reason being is that the defensive robot should go to midfield where the soccer balls are dropped. If your robot collects the balls faster and passes them to teammates to score faster than the opponents do, where would the opponent bots get the soccer balls to score?!

The best way to defend is to take away the opponent's scoring balls!