The book is officially out on how to thwart the Sounders at their own possession-based game. It involves letting them pass the ball around all they want, while keeping nine or 10 players back to ...

All this is a natural evolutionary response to the desire for possession that has gripped football for 15 years, since Guardiola’s mesmerising Barcelona team changed the game.

This season, MLSsoccer.com has introduced expanded stats for each individual game, including percentages for the amount of possession, duels won and passes completed. The first of those three ...

Over the past decade Premier League success has been inextricably linked with possession – the best teams keep the ball. But Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth are showing there is a different ...