By Jason Pan / Staff reporterLast year was one that Taiwanese soccer fans would like to forget, with the men’s national team in disarray after calamitous results and a stumbling finish with the head coach being sacked. Lancaster said he wanted to help Taiwan improve their results and qualify for major Asian tournaments. “My goal is to lead a team which can compete against other elite teams of Asia, and a team that Taiwanese fans can be proud of,” he said. His philosophy was for Taiwan to play “attacking football,” with players pressing deep into the opposition’s zone. The results only went downhill from there: visiting Australia pounding Taiwan 7-1 at the Kaohsiung National Stadium on Oct. 15.

Source: Taipei Times January 31, 2020 15:56 UTC