A look at the latter stages of the extraordinary career of Lionel Messi. The games, the moments, and the magic produced by the greatest footballer of all time.
![South American Football: Beauty in the Roughness South American Football: Beauty in the Roughness](https://worldfootballindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Heber-Lopes-Copa-Final-2016.jpg)
In the United States, it’s rare that football makes its way into the national conversation. Rarer still is it when South American football is the subj [...]
![Messi’s Greatness Near Indisputable, But U.S.A. Have Lessons to Learn Messi’s Greatness Near Indisputable, But U.S.A. Have Lessons to Learn](https://worldfootballindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Copa-America-Semi-Final-USA-Argentina-Messi.jpg)
It was supposed to be the biggest game in US soccer history, and maybe in some ways it will still be significant, but it might have been even more sig [...]
![A Tedious Tactical Review of 2012 (Part I) – Honing the Inside Forward A Tedious Tactical Review of 2012 (Part I) – Honing the Inside Forward](https://worldfootballindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Tactical-Review-2012-part-1.jpg)
Inside forward is often looked upon as an old fashioned and long defunct position in association football, and one which was only relevant in days gon [...]