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  • Dissenting Opinion

    First and foremost: I like Javier Mascherano. He is one of those players who scrape and scrap and get under an opponent’s skin. He is tough as nails and never backs down from a challenge. You want him on your team, but you don’t want to play against him. Needless […]

  • Scholes the Maestro

    He slips past would-be tacklers. He gets stuck in at every possible moment. He hypnotizes defences with his dribbling and precision passing. He is Paul Scholes, the Maestro. Even though Manchester United line-up featured more fringe-players than the world-class stars one would normally see, Paul Scholes was still able to […]

  • Style over substance?

    All it took was a Carling Cup final loss for Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to get antsy and begin pressuring manager Avram Grant. Abramovich has again made his way into the British tabloids demanding that Grant begin putting a side on the pitch that not only wins, but also plays […]

  • Soccer Training in the Offseason

    Now that the fall soccer season has officially ended for most schools and teams, it is now time for coaches to turn their attention to the offseason. The offseason is one of the most critical periods of development for teams and players. Soccer coaches need to come up with an […]

  • Coaches’ Corner – Deciding on a Formation

    All across the soccer world, you will see many different types of systems of play.  World-renowned soccer club Ajax plays a 4-3-3 formation of play centered around the Dutch system of “Total Football.”  From the youth teams all the way up to the senior team, coaches at Ajax teach their […]

  • Set It Up

    Soccer, by nature, is a players’ game. With no timeouts to stop the action, coaches must get their message across before the game begins or at halftime, and hope their players recognize and adjust on the field. One of the great things about the beautiful game is that it allows […]

  • Plan on Being a Great Coach

    As the end of the summer draws to a close, so starts the beginning of a new soccer season. All across the world, coaches and players are beginning to train for the new season whether they are youth teams, high school teams, college teams or professional teams. As an assistant […]

  • Building a Goalkeeper

    According to many coaches, all excellent teams have excellent goalies. “To be able to win you need to have a great keeper in soccer today. Simply, a good goalie is half of the team.” Sir Alex Ferguson spoke those strong words after Manchester United won the Community Shield over its […]