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Category Archives: Analysis

Tactical analysis of a team, player, or game.

Champions League Quarterfinals

18 August 2020by stoopidmerican 1 Comment

The Hard Truth of Football The quarterfinal of this year’s condensed Champions League, hosted in Lisbon last week, was nothing short of extraordinary. It seems likely that the combination of […]

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Analysis, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain

Summer Kicks Off

8 June 2019by stoopidmerican 1 Comment

With the Women’s World Cup kicking off in France and the U-20 World Cup beginning its quarterfinal round yesterday, the summer soccer season felt like it was kicking off in […]

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Analysis, France, Italy, Women's World Cup 2019

U-20 US – Nigeria Pre-cap

27 May 2019by stoopidmerican 1 Comment

The Unites States find themselves in a must-win game against Nigeria today after losing 2-1 to Ukraine in their opening game of the Under-20 World Cup. The loss came despite […]

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Analysis, United States

U-20 Day 1: Group B Round-Up

24 May 2019by stoopidmerican 1 Comment

The U-20 World Cup kicked off with games from Groups A and B. The latter of those offered the more interesting fixtures. There is no such thing as a group […]

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Analysis, Italy, Mexico

Germany 0 – Mexico 1

20 June 2018by stoopidmerican 3 Comments

Mexico upset tournament favorites Germany in a game that was as tactically interesting as it was viscerally exciting. Joachim Löw’s Germany set up in their anticipated 4-2-3-1, though with Marvin […]

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Analysis, Germany, Mexico, World Cup 2018

Portugal 3 – Spain 3

16 June 2018by stoopidmerican 2 Comments

The first major game of the 2018 World Cup more than lived up to expectations, as the 36th Iberian derby produced a thrilling and high-quality match of that will be […]

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Analysis, Spain, World Cup 2018

Russia 5 – Saudi Arabia 0

15 June 2018by stoopidmerican 3 Comments

Russia produced a dominating win over Saudi Arabia in this opening match of the 2018 World Cup in a game that was more exciting than skillful. Much of the pre-game […]

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Analysis, World Cup 2018

A Real Manchester Clásico

9 April 2018by stoopidmerican Leave a comment

At the beginning of last season, I wrote an analysis of the first Guardiola-Mourinho Manchester derby, a game that now seems remarkably distant, a relic of a bygone era. The […]

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Analysis, Manchester City, Manchester United

The Manchester Clásico

16 September 2016by stoopidmerican 1 Comment

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City won their first derby against José Mourinho’s Manchester United this past Saturday in a game that was more tactically conventional than had been anticipated, at least in […]

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Analysis, Manchester City, Manchester United

NKOTB 2: Mazz-Puel-Karanka

27 August 2016by stoopidmerican Leave a comment

Last week I looked at the biggest new names in Premier League management; this week, it’s the undercard. Though Walter Mazzarri, Claude Puel, and Aitor Karanka don’t have quite the […]

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Analysis, English Premier League, Features

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