Midfielder tactically intelligent player with good vision, technique, movement, passing ability, and striking ability from distance. He should also be a hard-working player, who is able to read the game and help the team defensively.<ref name="Horncastle: Riccardo Montolivo straddles both sides of the Germany/Italy divide"></ref> The "false 10" or "central winger" is a type of midfielder, which differs from the false-attacking midfielder. Much like the "false 9," his or her specificity lies in the fact that, unlike a traditional playmaker who stays behind the striker in the centre of the pitch, the false 10's goal is to drift wide when in
Brian Johnson (soccer) Brian Johnson (soccer) Brian "B.J." Johnson (born March 7, 1974) is a retired American soccer midfielder who spent five seasons in Major League Soccer with the Kansas City Wizards. He is an assistant coach with the West Virginia Mountaineers soccer team. In 1992, Johnson graduated from Granada High School in Livermore, California. He attended the Fresno State University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1992 to 1996. He spent the 1995 season training with the U.S. Olympic soccer team. In 1996, he returned to Fresno State where he was a 1996 Third Team All American. Johnson completed his degree