Winning the Cup for the third time, West Ham manager John Lyall tactically outsmarted his Arsenal counterpart Terry Neill by paying a 4–5–1 system, stifling Arsenal's creative midfield that included future West Ham signing Liam Brady and the steely Brian Talbot.
Hoddle bolstered his squad for 1994-95 by signing David Rocastle from Manchester City in a bid to strengthen the midfield following Andy Townsend's mid-season move to Aston Villa.
It seemed the half would end that way, but just before halftime, Gator defensive back Lawrence Wright picked off an errant pass from West Virginia QB Darren Studstill right on the midfield logo.
Manchester United started with the eleven that they had relied on for most of the season, with Tim Howard playing in goal; a back four comprising Gary Neville, Wes Brown, Mikaël Silvestre and John O'Shea; Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs giving the width as wide men in a 4–4–1–1 formation, with Roy Keane and Darren Fletcher sitting in central midfield; and Ruud van Nistelrooy up front, supported by Paul Scholes.
With Genadi Shitik and Yuri Popkov he formed one of the strongest midfield lines in the 1st Soviet league, and playing together with strikers like Evgenii Milevskii and Aleksandr Starkov in 1985 with Daugava won the first league title.
He was a part of the legendary VSS midfield from 70's, including trio Štafura - Daňko - Pollák.
With the arrival of Louis van Gaal to Bayern, he began playing in centre midfield to accommodate wingers Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry.
Coach Schellas Hyndman soon started playing Shea midfield, and he blossomed into a top player of the 2011 MLS season.
Meade plays for Midfield position his local club Rathkenny and for Meath senior team since being called up in 2007 by former footballer and manager Colm Coyle.
Injured at the start of the 1998–99 season he never really regained his place in the midfield under new manager David O'Leary, and was eventually transferred to Sheffield United in October 1999 for £500,000, where he scored once against West Bromwich Albion.
Towards the beginning of the 2006–07 season, Sedgwick was asked to play in central midfield, a new position for the winger, forming a partnership with Paul McKenna.
For the year 2014, Deportivo Cali acquired Cristian to enforce the midfield for coming tournaments like Copa Libertadores and Liga Postobon I.
The Scottish coach had an eye for talent and introduced a number of relatively unknown players to the national team and made them household names, these players included young striker Kadhim Waal, left back Adil Khudhair, forward Ahmed Subhi not to mention Hadi Ahmed and Falah Hassan who he moved from midfield to play up-front with great results.
In Dino Zoff's formation, Albertini was an unquestionable leader of midfield and his role had been paramount while Italy progressed throughout the tournament to the final.
Diego Bortolozzo (born 19 September 1982) is a Brazillian footballer, who plays in midfield for SV Lippstadt 08.
Emrah began his career at Gaziosmanpaşa in his teenage years, playing on the right side of defence and midfield.
Erwin Peter Nytz or Edward Piotr Nyc (May 24, 1914 in Kattowitz (Katowice), Germany - May 1, 1988) was an interwar Polish soccer midfield player of Upper Silesian origin.
However, he still proved himself to be a competent goalscorer, particularly with 15 league goals in the 1983–84 season and 14 in the 1986–87 season, the last of which he was joint top goalscorer alongside midfield star Neil Webb and up and coming striker Nigel Clough.
In the 2006–07 season, Fyfe was shifted to a wide defensive role by new coach Terry Butcher, who opted to play Mark Milligan in midfield rather than his usual right back position.
Capable of playing in defence or midfield, he was signed in 1964 by SCO Angers, where he stayed for seven seasons, including six in the first division.
Jean Amadou Tigana (born 23 June 1955 in Bamako, Mali, previously named French Sudan) is a former French international footballer, having played in midfield and managed professional football extensively throughout France, including 52 appearances and 1 goal for the France national football team during the 1980s.
Draxler continued to play an important role after Holtby's departure and the signing of Michel Bastos, allowing Draxler to impress in his favoured attacking midfield position, including two goals in a 4–1 victory at Wolfsburg.
She attended Apex High School in Apex, North Carolina where she played center midfield for the soccer team for four years and played two years of varsity basketball as a point guard.
Khaled Baleid (Arabic: خالد بلعيد) (born 2 November 1986) is a Yemeni football Midfield who is currently playing for Al Tilal Aden.
Days after his arrival, captain Ross Aloisi signed with new team Wellington Phoenix, paving the way for Sarkies to become a key player in the Reds midfield brigade.
Leandro Maximiliano Scartascini (born 30 January 1985 in Adrogué, Argentina) is an Argentine football player He operates either in an attacking midfield position or as a striker.
He is the father of international midfield footballer Albin Ekdal (born 1989).
Clemens had often been moved into midfield or left on the substitutes' bench after an injury to Philadelphia's Kelly Smith saw Krikorian make tactical changes.
However, the following season saw his defensive partner Gary McDonald depart the club to be replaced by Danny Whitaker and although the club started the season well, gaps in the midfield in some games led the club to falter from a position in the play-offs to near the bottom of the league by the end of the season and new manager Dave Penney chose not to keep him at the club.
In the Eintracht squad he was, in the offensive midfield, often only a backup for Alexander Meier and predominantly gets few short time appearances.
Despite initially regularly featuring, Bartley soon found himself deployed more from the bench than in a starting role, losing his place to the more established midfield three of Dean Marney, Chris McCann and Brian Stock.
They decided not to buy as Suazo only played 29 minutes in the Norwegian Premier League, the team preferring local lad Helge Haugen in defensive midfield.
During his Beşiktaş days he has managed to score 130 goals which was a record for most goals scored by a midfield player in Turkish top-flight, until it was broken in 2012 by Alexsandro de Souza.
He also moved Pirri from his midfield role into the sweeper defensive role while the offensive movement usually converged with crosses for target forwards Santillana and new signing from Espanyol Roberto Martínez.
Before the beginning of University of Florida home football games (at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium), Mr. Two Bits comes to midfield wearing his signature yellow shirt with a blue and orange tie to lead the crowd in the "two bits" cheer.
"We played exceptionally well though and held them scoreless for most of the game. I think we conceded three in the last 20 minutes or so. We just caved in a bit. I played in the middle of midfield that night and marked Gianni Rivera, he was Italy's World Cup captain and was making his Milan return that night. That's why there was so many people in the stadium. He is a Milan legend. He came up to me after the game and told me I played well. That was nice and I'll never forget it."
Baumann is a product of the FC Basel youth system and usually plays as a centre-back but has also been deployed at right-back or in midfield.
Raphael Gregorio Guzzo (born 6 January 1995 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian-born, Portuguese footballer who plays for Benfica B, as a midfielder.
He started in the right central midfield role and was given a yellow card at the 41st minute of the match following a challenge, logging 79 minutes before being substituted for injury returning Guilherme Finkler.
It was at ASK Voitsberg was where his talent was discovered whilst playing defensive midfield.
Ruben Wálter Paz Márquez (born August 8, 1959 in Artigas) is a former Uruguayan football midfield player, who retired in 2006 at the age of 47.
Ryan McCann (born 21 September 1981 in Blantyre Scotland) is a Scottish professional association footballer who plays in either midfield or at right back.
The talented player from the southern city of Najaf, is one of Iraq's most gifted individuals, who excelled playing for the Olympic team in the qualifying rounds – his performances compensated for the absence of Nashat Akram in Iraq's midfield.
Shehab Ahmed Salem Ali Alawlaqi (born 29 March 1984), is a UAE midfield player who plays for Ajman Club and the UAE national team.
After only one season, he transferred to country giants FC Steaua Bucureşti where, safe for his first year, he was a nuclear midfield element as the capital team won - that season included - seven league titles and five domestic cups.
As well as the World Cup victory in 1974, he was at the heart of the West German midfield when they reached the final in 1966 and achieved third place in 1970.
The coach continued to build the national side around his youth team players such as Jalal Abdul Rahman, Rahim Karim, Falah Hassan, and Ali Kadhim, with his influential captain and midfield general Douglas Aziz however after a surprising 1–0 defeat to Lebanon in a 1972 Olympic qualifier in Beirut, the coach's contract with the Iraq FA had finished and he returned to Moscow to work as a lecturer at the Central State Institute of Physical Culture.