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 ...

Chelsea have been long term admirers of both Elliot Anderson and Adam Wharton, but it’s unclear if they’re prepared to spend big money on a midfielder according to reports.The Blues had a quiet ...

Cook hasn’t locked in a best-23 position since being a first-round pick in 2020, but a move to defence could revitalise his career. He’s been trialled in the back unit and would compete with Luke ...

Former Germany midfielder, Toni Kroos, has admitted that Barcelona’s Pedri is the best player in his position currently. According to him, Pedri is capable of scoring goals and providing assists.

As the 2025 season winds down, MassLive is taking a position-by-position look at some of the year’s top high school boys soccer players in Massachusetts. Our latest list focuses on the best ...

These days, the best defensive midfielders in the world tend to be specialists who stay deeper in the engine room. But this was never the case 30 years ago: midfielders tended to chip in to do a ...