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Mauricio Pochettino’s USMNT wants to turn midfield into a frantic track meet. Martin Ødegaard is arriving to turn it into…

Portugal’s midfield rotation looks gorgeous until Virgil van Dijk steps forward and turns beauty into doubt. Picture Vitinha, Bernardo Silva,…

England’s Odegaard problem begins with a small mistake that looks harmless at first. Declan Rice takes one step toward the…

Portugal survive without De Bruyne directing the back line only as a comparison, not a transfer rumor, and that distinction…

Mexico’s defensive anxieties have a sound before they have a shape: studs scraping grass, a goalkeeper’s shout turning sharp, a…

France will struggle with Kane’s pace and false nine because the matchup now begins in the vacuum between midfield and…

The ball rolls into midfield, the stadium noise drops for half a breath, and Phil Foden waits where defenders hate…

When Christian Pulisic isolates a defender inside the 18-yard box, San Siro does not just anticipate a goal. Seventy thousand…

Mauricio Pochettino’s high-pressing system is built to dazzle, but the USMNT’s World Cup survival may ultimately hinge on the ugliest…

Norway will not try to outplay Brazil this summer. They will wait for the yellow shirts to make one mistake,…