The Crew like the early returns it's getting from employing a 4-3-3 formation. Here's why it's worked, as well as caveats about its future.
“I told the boys before the game we need to have an obsession of winning,” he said. “We need to have that. When you have that mentality, obviously, you're going into the game with the mindset to win. So kudos to the boys."
He charged Nagbe, Artur and Aidan Morris with controlling the midfield and stopping any potentially dangerous attack. Without Lucas Zelarayan in the lineup because of knee inflammation, James Igbekeme started on the wing and was given the freedom to create in the middle of the field and drop deeper defensivelyAlbeit against two teams that have struggled to score goals themselves, the Crew started focusing on being difficult to score against while being more lethal in transition.
Ola Kamara’s shot in the 20th minute hit squarely off the post and came back directly to goalkeeper Eloy Room. Just eight minutes later, Santos hit a rocket of a free kick that narrowly missed D.C. United’s defensive wall.
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