Space is one of the most valuable commodities on a football pitch and a tactical principle designed to create more of it, namely positional play, has become one of the most popular in elite football ...

Let’s get this out of the way at the start: The Canadian men’s national team is better than the US men’s national team right now. They’re also better than Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica and everyone else ...

"Sometimes coaches want to feel like God." Henrik Rydstrom has rejected the idea of positional play and embraced a more anarchic structure - winning the Swedish title with Malmo. In this exclusive ...

MILAN, Italy, Sept 27 (Reuters) - AC Milan coach Paulo Fonseca praised his team for their convincing 3-0 win over Lecce in Serie A on Friday but hoped their game continues to improve as they return to ...

Ken Hitchcock knows his second tour of duty in Dallas won’t be the same as the first. The game has changed, and the league has changed. He said his old Stars teams won because they were positionally ...

Even for a manager as demonstrative as Pep Guardiola, a recent reaction by him encapsulated his greatest fears. With his Manchester City locked in a midweek skirmish, Chelsea’s Reece James faced up ...

If you’ve been following sports online over the past couple decades you’ve surely come across a niche of fans who advocate for a sort of hyper-progressive strategy or player deployment. Because of ...