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Australia 2-0 Turkey: When Possession Doesn’t Mean Control

Australia and Turkey share an unusual history. During the Gallipoli campaign of World War I, thousands of ANZAC soldiers and

Everybody loves a World Cup dark horse, which is why every four years football media fills with predictions about the

One of the most common assumptions in football scouting is that the purpose of a scouting report is to explain

Football has a peculiar talent for turning emotionally regulated adults into temporary lunatics, and what is perhaps even stranger is

Smart recruitment used to mean winning. Not always winning immediately, not always winning everything, but winning in the football sense:

Five Years Ago, A Problem Needed Naming Five years ago, I wrote a football scouting book in Turkish called Scout

From far enough away, football looks simple. Twenty-two players, one ball, some running, some shouting, periodic collective disappointment. To the

Football has never been more available. There are matches every day, highlights every hour, tactical boards on social media, dashboards

Game model has become one of football’s favorite modern phrases. Coaches mention it in interviews, analysts debate it on timelines,