Once again, Italy head to the World Cup with Andrea Pirlo viewed as the key man. His touch, vision and range of passing are unsurpassed by any player at the tournament. Now a 35-year-old veteran ...

Andrea Pirlo might be entering the last few years of a glittering career, ... The 34-year-old is perhaps most famous for the type of pass that is referred to in Italy as the "cucchiao ...

(Speaking of impressive numbers: Pirlo completed 131 passes, by far most on the field. England’s best was Ashley Cole with 44. Pirlo also covered more ground than any player on the field, 11.58 ...

It wouldn’t be out of line to call Andrea Pirlo one of the best midfielders ever. The Italian put the deep-lying playmaker position on the map -- his field vision and distribution from the back ...

His passing was better than Andrew Jacobson or Mix Diskerud who were each in the 74-78% range with a smaller count, and far better than Lampard, who gave away possession constantly with a putrid 69% ...

Andrea Pirlo walks away from the game having built so much. ... His eye for a pass recalls a line from the former Roma and Sampdoria coach Vujadin Boskov. The best players, ...

It's hard for Andrea Pirlo to go anywhere in the world and have a fun outing without being recognized. After all, the Italian soccer star is known as one of the most talented, pin-point passing ...

No one was watching Yangel Herrera. Not this time, anyway. Columbus Crew SC no doubt knew who Herrera was, but whether they had much of a firm foundation as to what he did well and how he did it ...