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I was at the home opener today ... fun to watch the young talent and frustrating to see how badly they are coached. Sometimes I wonder if Jay Heaps has old Colombian national team tapes hanging around his office.
They move the ball up field much too methodically for the talent that they have. They don't have a magical mid fielder to pass the ball forward ... and when they do successfully push the ball forward to the opposition they all stand around waiting to get a pass as someone is challenging a 1v2 or a 1v3.
They are neither tall nor strong in the forward 3rd so corner kicks and methodically moving the ball forward are rather useless. They could possibly get some offense off of it but everytime ***undez or Bunberry made a run they were not rewarded with the ball.
Their best chances came on outside midfield runs by Rowe and several by the spectacular Farrell. Jay Heaps needs to realize Aguadelo is gone and his 4-1-4-1 needs to go also. This is a young energetic team that would flourish in a 4-4-2 or even a 4-3-3. the defense is solid enough to expose them a bit in favor of more up top and quicker transitions to the forwards.
Rowe, ***undez and the new Kobayashi played well - Dorman plays like his age - old.
I'm no soccer expert ... just calling it as I see it.
They have a promising young team ... they need a coach who thinks young and fresh also.
Bought my kid a Rowe shirt ... last year he got a ***undez ... Rowe just keeps getting better.
They move the ball up field much too methodically for the talent that they have. They don't have a magical mid fielder to pass the ball forward ... and when they do successfully push the ball forward to the opposition they all stand around waiting to get a pass as someone is challenging a 1v2 or a 1v3.
They are neither tall nor strong in the forward 3rd so corner kicks and methodically moving the ball forward are rather useless. They could possibly get some offense off of it but everytime ***undez or Bunberry made a run they were not rewarded with the ball.
Their best chances came on outside midfield runs by Rowe and several by the spectacular Farrell. Jay Heaps needs to realize Aguadelo is gone and his 4-1-4-1 needs to go also. This is a young energetic team that would flourish in a 4-4-2 or even a 4-3-3. the defense is solid enough to expose them a bit in favor of more up top and quicker transitions to the forwards.
Rowe, ***undez and the new Kobayashi played well - Dorman plays like his age - old.
I'm no soccer expert ... just calling it as I see it.
They have a promising young team ... they need a coach who thinks young and fresh also.
Bought my kid a Rowe shirt ... last year he got a ***undez ... Rowe just keeps getting better.