20-year-old centre-back Mbekezeli Mbokazi has been a bright spot for South Africa.
His 86.0 Overall Grade ranks 1st among all CBs (so far), with excellent grades in Positioning (86.6), Clearance (82.7) and Passing (76.7). ð¿ðŠ
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Mbekezeli Mbokazi, who could make his World Cup debut for South Africa against Mexico in the opening fixture of the 2026 tournament, is the most popular Major League Soccer player you've never heard of.
The 20-year-old is one of the brightest prospects in South African soccer, and when he moved from Orlando Pirates to Chicago, his fans followed.
More than 572,000 accounts from South Africa follow the Fire, representing a quarter of the teamâs social media audience.
And mere months into his tenure in MLS, he has gone on to outpace Lionel Messi, Son Heung-min and the rest of the leagueâs players in fan voting for the summerâs All-Star Game.
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I feel like we've lost the plot in the last 1-2 years about what positional play is & isn't, largely driven by a misrepresentation/misunderstanding in comparison to the "freedoms" that relationist concepts pose.
These sort of principles have always existed in positional play!