Being a defensive midfielder is not always the most glamorous job in soccer—but it is one of the most important.

Jaedyn Shaw is an attacking midfielder for Gotham FC and the first Vietnamese-American to play for the USWNT. She's known for her playmaking skills and versatility. Soccer is the world’s most popular ...

Being a defensive midfielder in soccer isn’t always the most glamorous job on the field. They’re rarely the ones scoring goals or grabbing headlines like strikers, gliding past defenders like elite ...

Every great team in history has almost always been built around a world-class central defensive midfielder. Think Roy Keane at Manchester United, Claude Makélélé at Chelsea, Sergio Busquets at ...

Midfielders at the World Cup come in various styles, including attacking, defending, and box-to-box hybrids. Portugal is well-represented with three players, Vitinha, Bruno Fernandes, and João Neves, ...

After their successes with the likes of Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo Goes, Real Madrid continued with their policy of taking some of the most promising talents emerging out of Brazil. In this regard, o ...