The Run of Play - Attacking Football

The Run of Play is a blog about
the wonder and terror of soccer.

We left the window open during a match in October 2007 and a strange wind blew into the room.

Now we walk the forgotten byways of football with a lonely tread, searching for the beautiful, the bewildering, the haunting, and the absurd.

Clint Dempsey 14

And the fate of America. By Noah Davis.
A Farewell to Cannavaro

Alan Jacobs on the Xavi of defending.
The Double 33

Augusto Neto on Chelsea’s “new Mourinho.”
Analyzing the Liverpool Midfield 28

James Tyler delves into the 0-10-0.
Klinsmannismus 38

Can Jürgen Klinsmann’s philosophy of liberation work at the USMNT?
Reenchanting the World 37

On soccer and the magical impulse, by Conor Williams.
Day Labor 21

Where I’ve been, where I’m going, what power tools I’ve bought.
Ups and Downs 47

The rise of Liverpool and the decline of Arsenal.
Keep Calm and Carry On 46

Sam Fayyaz on soccer style as ideology.

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