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 ...

There are several terms for the player in the deepest midfield role. The defensive midfielder. The holding midfielder. The sitting midfielder. The anchorman. They all convey roughly the same kind of ...

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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 ...

Omar Da Fonseca holds deep admiration for former FC Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré. “The best defensive midfielder in history over the past 20 years is... Mr. Yaya Touré,” ...

Caicedo, Gravenberch and Rice are undoubtedly in the discussion Justin Setterfield, Carl Recine, Clive Mason/Getty Images After Chelsea’s win over Spurs at the weekend, Robert Sanchez called his ...

Sebastián Beccacece has established a miserly defence and Moisés Caicedo’s ability in midfield could help team take the next step ...