Soccer continues to grow in popularity in the United States especially amongst the younger generation. But I have found that very few Americans really know much about the tactics that big time teams ...
It felt like Phil Foden really had to battle to get the ball over the line at Carrow Road on Saturday. Inside the first five minutes, he had a close-range shot saved by Angus Gunn, the same happened ...
It's Sunday night, which means it's time for the full weekend wrap-up. I'm taking a look at a pair of young forwards putting the ball into the net in different ways, as well as why and how their teams ...
Christian Eriksen has admitted that he prefers a possession-based system to a press-heavy one but is happy to play in any role at Manchester United. Has already played in a number of positions for Man ...
We live in an era of “Bielsafication,” to hijack a term from the great soccer scribe Jonathan Wilson. Access to the sport’s advanced tactical and philosophical concepts has been democratized and ...
Is football even remotely the same as it was two seasons ago? If your answer to that question is no—as is mine, and most other football fans'—then you can probably apportion either blame or thanks to ...
Early in the 2010-11 season, Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi combined to change the landscape for forwards in world football. The Argentine was fielded in what has become known as a "false-nine ...