Word: midfield
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...JUAN SEBASTIAN VERON, 27, ARGENTINA Almost exactly a year ago, Manchester United paid a then-record $43 million for Veron's services. But between his domestic season with Man U, where he failed to stamp his authority on the midfield, and his recent anonymity at World Cup 2002, where he also failed to stamp his authority on the midfield, the Argentine skipper could be forgiven for wondering where it all went wrong. The rumor mill says Man U will sell Veron to finance the purchase of Ferdinand, but it is not known whether the English side will recoup its initial...
...breakthrough inevitably goes to their fire-breathing dragon of a coach, Philippe Troussier. The French import, known for gesticulating wildly on the sidelines while his interpreter perfectly mimics his antics, once taunted his players for being pampered babies whose play lacked passion. This is no longer an issue. "Their midfield play is superb," says Leonardo, the Brazilian giant from the 1994 winning World Cup team, who also played professionally in Japan. "But the real surprise, for me, is the quality of their defending. They are throwing themselves at the ball, refusing to be intimidated by the size of the opposing...
...French went so far in trying to outthink Senegal, Uruguay and Denmark, that they outthought themselves. Their three first-round games were almost identical. Les Bleus dominated the midfield, stringing together long sequences of complex passes that would look impossible even on a coach's drawing board. These were designed to draw opposition defenders and create spaces for David Trezeguet, the French spearhead, to slip through. When the other side refused to come out and play, the French fell into their own trap: their defenders stepped up to help the midfielders, leaving behind huge gaps. Uruguay was unable to make...
...Thailand's jailhouse version has all the ingredients of the genuine article: passion, pain and simply the opportunity to exult in the beauty of the game. "This is our chance to salvage some national pride?and some pride in ourselves as men," says Jovenal Prince, Nigeria's strapping midfield general and team captain. He's 35, and has spent more than a third of his life behind the bars of Thailand's biggest prison. "One day starts to feel exactly like the one before," he says. "You start to feel like a caged animal. So our World...
Sophomore Caitlin Fisher was Harvard’s other First Team All-Ivy honoree. Fisher made the switch from the midfield to the backfield this year and become the team’s most outstanding defender, often single-handedly stopping opposing teams’ scoring runs, especially in the postseason...