2019-03-01 World Soccer

March 2019

FEATURES

40 Player biography

Christian Pulisic

46 Special feature

Europe’s footballing hot spots

64 MLS a look at the upcoming season

66 Libertadores Cup 2019 preview

69 British Virgin Islands a new start

70 Japan David Villa joins Vissel Kobe

72 South American U20s Brazil fl op

74 African Nations Cup fi nal round

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People in the news...on and off the pitch

4 In pictures

10 From the Editor

14 Keir Radnedge the game’s whistle-blowers

16 Gordon Banks 19 3 7- 2 019

18 Paul Gardner the problem with stats

20 Ins & outs people on the move

22 Brian Glanville England’s number one

EYEWITNESS

26 Asian Cup

HEADLINERS

34 Hakeem Al Araibi

36 Paulo Henrique Ganso

37 Zvonimir Boban

38 Abel Xavier

39 Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona

TALENT SCOUT

54 Expat youth

6 OF THE BEST

56 Stars of the second tier

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL^

58 World Cup coaching changes

ARCHIVES

60 March 1982

RIVALS^

82 New York City & New York Red Bulls

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68 Global diary 76 ESM XI 77 Results tables, fi xtures 80 Squads

30 Eyewitness

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