Author: Vlad Andjelkovic

There is a huge possibility that you might’ve noticed soccer players wearing some sort of a bra-like feature beneath their shirt over the past decade or so. Even though there are many clubs, and especially players who are competing with each other about who has the best look, wearing a sports-bra kind of equipment is…

While there have been tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, various soccer ball designs over a century-long history of the sport, there are only a few official soccer ball sizes used in both youth and pro soccer. In the same way every single club in a major soccer league all around the world…

As the name suggests, a midfielder is usually positioned in the middle of the playing field. Depending on the type and the position, a player can potentially cover several different areas. We will clarify various positions and roles of midfield players and will give an example of a player archetype.  What kinds of midfield positions…

A role heavily popularized by Guardiola’s Barcelona was first introduced to the mainstream soccer world in the early 2010s. Throughout the whole past decade, there were many different strategies used by various coaches, but there wasn’t a single one that was as influential and as popular as the false 9 strategy.  There were many cases…

London, like many other major European cities, is represented by more than a couple of teams (we will refer to them as clubs from now on) – more than any other city in “the old continent” to be more exact. It is possible that some readers might be confused and are wondering how one city…

Even though the idea of having players on loan is not exclusive to soccer, various nuances make everything a little bit more complicated compared to the other popular sports in the States. If the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions transfers is “Moneyball”, well, the situation here is quite a bit different….