The purpose of this study was to analyze movement of collegiate male soccer players in each three positions (defenders: DF, midfielders: MF, forwards: FW) in a match-play. The movement characteristics of all players (DF : n＝8, MF : n＝6, FW : n＝6) were examined their movement during match-play by time-motion analysis on potable global positioning system. The time to match-play was set for 90 min (45 min each of first and second halves). The total distance traveled during whole match-play in the three positions were 10687.4 ± 1091.9 m in DF, 11392.5 ± 638.6 m in MF, 11683.5 ± 1016.5 m in FW, respectively, and the distance in MF and FW were significantly longer than that in DF (p<0.05). The average heart rate during whole match-play showed significantly higher values in MF and FW than in DF (p<0.05). And, the frequency of impact during whole match-play in MF was greater than that in FW and DF (p<0.05). On the other hand, the sprint duration with most number of times in the all positions were 2 s and 3 s, whereas no significant difference was observed among the three positions. These results suggest that player’s movements in a match play vary in each three positions. Moreover, the male collegiate soccer players, MF and FW may be required to more aerobic capacity compared with DF. Thus, the movement of each position is important when designing physical training programs for improvement performance.
