Examining Jozy Altidore’s checkered start with Sunderland
Paolo Di Canio is out at Sunderland. Fans on Wearside are doing the appropriate gnashing of teeth as their fascist dictator-in-miniature heads to a lower division somewhere to learn the nuance of...
View ArticleCaleb Porter and MLS’ culture of tactical similarity
The parity MLS provides is undoubtedly one of its greatest attributes. If we compare TFC to a Cardiff or a Hertha Berlin, the scope of optimism MLS allows is wider than perhaps any league in the world....
View ArticleThis goal is everything good and bad about Real Madrid
What you’re watching is Real Madrid’s second goal against Copenhagen in an easy Champions League walkover for the Spanish giants. And it’s kind of ridiculous. Benzema back heels to Di Maria, who...
View ArticleFrom Mexico to Mexico – charting Jurgen Klinsmann’s tactical revolution
There is little question that Jurgen Klinsmann was the most “tactic-y” hire USSF had ever made. Klinsmann had been known as a tactical ideologue for the better part of a decade, espousing ensconced...
View ArticleThe Barcelona philosophy took time to marinate
It’s frightfully easy to simply accept Barcelona’s recent tactical flowering in a fishbowl. Pep Guardiola is smart, he had the right players and the magic simply happened. Couldn’t be further from the...
View ArticleCan the U.S. pull off a false nine at the U20 World Cup?
Even if we admit Tab Ramos’ strategies yanked the U.S. through last week’s CONCACAF U20 qualifiers to World Cup qualification, it was through no great feat of tactical engineering. The 4-3-3 that’s...
View ArticleKlinsmann’s 3-5-2 experiment has mixed results in 3-2 loss to Chile
The 3-5-2 had its modern American introduction under Jurgen Klinsmann on Wednesday in a friendly against Chile. The revolution will be televised, apparently, because the revolution is here. Perhaps the...
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