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Before Team USA can dream about a deep World Cup run, it has to solve Virgil van Dijk. Not as…

Golden Boot threats will stalk England from the first whistle in the Texas heat. Thomas Tuchel knows the problem before…

For a modern center back, few sounds feel worse than the chopping boots of a Canadian forward closing down a…

Set-piece chaos waits for Argentina in the one place Lionel Messi cannot rescue them: a crowded six-yard box. For eighty-nine…

Before the whistle even blows, Vinícius Júnior is already calculating the geometry of a foul. When the Real Madrid winger…

You can scout the passing lanes. France can physically batter the striker. But nobody can defend the empty space Jude…

The cracks in Argentina’s World Cup defense start 60 yards from their own goal. As an opposing center-back takes his…

Bukayo Saka’s set pieces can give England the cleanest route through Brazil, not because they promise romance, but because they…

De Bruyne’s influence on the counter attack begins in the tiny second after the ball changes hands. A tackle lands.…

A center back receives the ball facing his own goal. The goalkeeper points toward the safe pass. A fullback opens…