I just got into Major League Soccer this year. I've been loving it, I feel like I've missed out not having soccer in my life all these years. Obviously the sport isn't complicated per se - just put the ball in the goal. But I'd like to know more about the basics. Like, I don't even really know all the positions or what these formations are. Or like, how to tell if a team is doing good/bad when they aren't scoring at rhat moment. Any videos or whatever is appreciated.

  • poppy_apocalypse [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    For books go right now and get The Game of Our Lives, The Ball is Round and The Age of Football. The first one is a History of Football in UK, the second is the evolution of the soccer, us football, rugby, Australian Rules Football and others on every continent, and the last a look at state of league football today. He analyzed literally every country on earth. He's a lefty so you'll get some socialist perspective as well