A coach in America’s top women’s league has admitted to using ChatGPT to determine her team’s tactics.
Laura Harvey, the head coach at National Women’s Soccer League club Seattle Reign, said she asked the AI chatbot questions about strategy and tactics, then implemented what it advised.
“One day in the off season, I was writing things into ChatGPT like, ‘What is Seattle Reign’s identity?’ And it would spurt it out,” Harvey told the Soccerish podcast.
“And I was like, ‘I don’t know if that’s true or not.’
“And then I put in, ‘What formation should you play to beat NWSL teams?’ and it spurted out every team in the league and what formation you should play. And for two teams, it went, ‘You should play a back five.’ So I did. No joke, that’s why I did it.”
Seattle Reign played with a back five against Orlando Pride in April but lost 1-0. They have played with a back five at other points this season. Harvey’s side finished second from bottom last season but have enjoyed an upturn in fortunes this campaign. They finished fourth in the regular season and landed a play-off place.
Laura Harvey talks to her Seattle players after their defeat to Orlando in April.Credit: NWSL via Getty Images
It is not clear which matches Harvey used the ChatGPT-inspired tactics for.
Harvey, an English coach who was named Women’s Super League manager of the year in 2011 after winning the title, FA Cup and Continental Cup with Arsenal, moved to America in 2013. This is her second spell at Seattle.
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