The number of set-pieces a team scores is undoubtedly an important marker, but it's also important to factor in how well teams defend them - and, in terms of overall efficacy, Brentford have been the ...

It started with a codename: ‘Cortland’. To most, a small county in New York. To the University of Sherbrooke’s soccer team in 2008, the trigger word at corner kicks. The Quebec-based players had ...

Soccer can be a cruel sport. Even when all 11 players on a team execute their roles at a high level, they still might fail to score from open play. A high caliber defense, legendary goalkeeper, or ...

Whenever Harrison Kingston, Morocco’s director of performance analysis, is struggling to recall a specific set-piece routine, there is only one person in world football he turns to. It is James French ...

In the summer, Ruben Amorim sat down with his staff, including his principal assistant and key lieutenant Carlos Fernandes, and together they spelt out the importance of Manchester United getting ...

After a brief midweek hiatus for some lighthearted fun in the Carabao and the ongoing distraction of the Liverpool crisis, one that is in language-mangling fashion somehow both deepening and ...