Tag: Lionel Messi
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.
When Will a Defender Win the Ballon d’Or Again?
The Ballon d’Or is a striker’s trophy, let’s face it.
No individual award in world football evokes more prestige and controversy than the Golden Ba [...]
South American Football: Beauty in the Roughness
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
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
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 [...]