Crew GM Tim Bezbatchenko said, 'I'm impressed with how far we've come' under new coach Wilfried Nancy. But, he said, 'I don't think we're there yet'
The Crew have a new coach, Wilfried Nancy, who brings with him a new system. It cannot be installed overnight. In fact, it’s not yet fully installed, not even after six weeks of training camp.
Nancy hasn’t gone into great detail about what he’s going to trot out for the season opener against the mighty Philadelphia Union at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania, Saturday night. Yet, it’s no secret he cottons to a version of a 3-5-2 formation. In Montreal, his base was a 3-4-2-1, with three backs, two wing backs flanking two holding midfielders and three attackers.
The design is to push the opponent to defend. Optimally, the Crew will be going forward, pressuring, and looking to capitalize on mismatches and mistakes.– backs who are comfortable with the ball under pressure; wingbacks with big engines and one-on-one capabilities; creative attackers who can read the defense, and their teammates, and improvise.
Porter won an MLS Cup in 2020. In his three seasons that were not shortened for pandemic reasons, Porter was 33-46-32 with zero playoff appearances. Whenever his high-possession, 4-2-3-1 formation got moldy, he tended to carp about a lack of personnel. There’s no need to delve, once again, into last season’s choke-o-rama – but one might note that Nancy is regarded as one of the brightest on-field tacticians in the league, and he tends to own the second half.
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