When I was a youngster, saw soccer teams playing 5 front, 3 mid, 2 full, and goalie, and sometimes 4-3-3 and goalie.
Not seeing that at the world cup this year, and instead thins like 1, 5, 4 and goalie, or 2, 3, 5 and goalie, or 2-5-3 and goalie, or 3, 2, 1, 4 and goalie, or 1, 4, 5 and goalie.
So ... I'm wondering if anyone knows what's up with this, maybe even some history of it?