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Clubs
Why an Oct. 13 deadline threatens the clubs small towns run on
Windber's social clubs say skill-game revenue funds fire departments, scholarships and youth sport. A Pennsylvania Supreme Court deadline could end it in days.
Articles by Gordon Fielding
Analysis
Possession vs. counterattacking: which styles actually win football matches
Neither style wins by itself. What separates winners from losers is how well a team matches its shape to its players and its game state.
Gordon Fielding
Clubs
How the best soccer academies develop talent: four models compared
Academies that keep producing first-team players share habits, not budgets. Here is how the main models differ, and what each one costs a young player.
Gordon Fielding
Clubs
How FSU can use Central Arkansas to fix a stumbling start
A -44.5-point spread says the game should be easy. The checklist that makes it easy is more interesting than the number.
Gordon Fielding
Development
Youth soccer development: building skills the right way from six to sixteen
What to coach, what to wait on, and why the calendar matters more than the drill sheet.
Gordon Fielding
Analysis
How pressing triggers reveal where teams collapse under intensity
A pressing trigger is the moment a defence chooses to strike. Reading those moments — and the collapses they expose — is where match analysis earns its keep.
Gordon Fielding