Laura Harvey (Seattle Reign)
November 2025

Harvey said ChatGPT helped stress-test tactical ideas, including selective back-five usage against specific NWSL opponents. The prompt-driven exercise broadened scenario planning and catalyzed defensive tweaks that underpinned a jump from 13th to fourth and a playoff berth. AI outputs served as brainstorming seeds; staff validated with film, data, and training-ground rehearsals before match adoption. Harvey emphasized AI as a supplement, not a substitute, for scouting and coaching intuition. The five-at-the-back became a flexible phase tool, not merely a late-lead lock.