The 4-4-2 formation. A tactical staple in football, synonymous with both swashbuckling attacking displays and resolute defensive stands. From its heyday in the Premier League with teams like Arsenal's ...

If you play EA FC, then you'll have heard the word ‘meta’ used a lot. To establish the best formations and tactics to use in Ultimate Team or Career Mode does come down to personal preference, but ...

Seattle Reign FC head coach Laura Harvey said she used ChatGPT for tactical advice this past offseason, which ultimately led her and her staff to test out a new formation with five defenders. Harvey, ...

Football is a game of inches, seconds, and tactical masterminds. While individual brilliance often steals the headlines, it's the unseen hand of formations, the strategic blueprints dictating player ...

Jeff Kassouf covers women's soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women's soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and ...