Tactics in soccer are great. They are fascinating. Diving into them allows for a deeper look into the game, an embrace of the chess-match element inherent in the sport, and a whole new series of ...

MLS teams play all different kinds of systems and often the same system is not the same from one team to the other. So, let us explore these crazy numbers and expose some truths and myths about soccer ...

Throughout the world, soccer strategy is a hot topic of conversation. There’s debate about employing a 4-3-3 versus the 4-2-3-1 or the trendy 3-5-2; playing possession soccer or absorbing pressure and ...

Change can take a while to get used to. The Georgia soccer team is strong evidence of that, still searching for its first win of the season four games in. A new coaching staff has changed the ...

As a player, Choctaw boys soccer coach Chris McDaniel had the loud, directive coaches. That's a forgiving description. As McDaniel calls it, they were the screamers. He knew from those experiences not ...

An automated analysis by Disney Research Pittsburgh of team formations used during an entire season of professional soccer provides further evidence that visiting teams are less successful than home ...

This is going to be difficult for soccer traditionalists to swallow, but here goes. Formations in soccer don't matter. Not anymore. Their chief function nowadays is to justify coaches' salaries and ...