EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Gregg Berhalter, at his idealistic soccer core, loves control.
He ceded it in moderate doses throughout his first four years with the U.S. men's national team. But his coaching utopia is full of: Without a central playmaker, and with a preference for security over fluidity, the Americans scored less than a goal per game in Qatar.The simplest decision that defined Berhalter's World Cup was his strict adherence to the"MMA" midfield, at the expense of Gio Reyna.
He was missed in transition and in slow builds, in the open field and in tight spaces at the top of the penalty box. The USMNT’s issues began farther up the field, at the top its defensive shape, but they were the type of issues that Adams often erases — the types of fires he frequently puts out. But counterpressing and counterattacking come with a price. They prevent a team from settling into its defensive or attacking shape. When one fails or the other fizzles — and when Tyler Adams isn't on the field, playing"“When you give the ball away too quickly, in midfield, as we're trying to get our attacking and buildup shape, it's gonna look, A, disjointed; and B, guys are gonna look out of position,” defender Tim Ream explained.
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