Defensive Formation Works for RSL
Coach Jason Kreis was pretty pleased with the way his team played out of its 4-5-1 formation at Chivas USA over the weekend, even if it didn't manage to come away with any points. That's because it had struggled so mightily to use it to kill off its previous game at home against the Los Angeles Galaxy.
“We were basically defending at the top of the penalty box” against the Galaxy, he said. “Which is too deep. You're just inviting the other team to serve balls in to you, lobs. And now you have to deal with who knows what happens?
“So, for the other night, I thought we kept a higher line, and we also played out of that formation,” he added. “We possessed the balls and created some chances, whereas on prior occasions when we played a 4-5-1, we really hadn't figured out how we were going to create chances. I thought the movement of the players and the ball was better Saturday night [at Chivas] than I've ever seen us play” in that formation.
The coach even acknowledged he might use the formation to start RSL's next game at home against Kansas City at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night, although that seems unlikely, given how good RSL has been at home using its standard 4-4-2 formation with strikers Yura Movsisyan and Robbie Findley up top.
Still, it was encouraging for Kreis to see his players improve with a system that they're going to have to use, at least from time to time.
“We were basically defending at the top of the penalty box” against the Galaxy, he said. “Which is too deep. You're just inviting the other team to serve balls in to you, lobs. And now you have to deal with who knows what happens?
“So, for the other night, I thought we kept a higher line, and we also played out of that formation,” he added. “We possessed the balls and created some chances, whereas on prior occasions when we played a 4-5-1, we really hadn't figured out how we were going to create chances. I thought the movement of the players and the ball was better Saturday night [at Chivas] than I've ever seen us play” in that formation.
The coach even acknowledged he might use the formation to start RSL's next game at home against Kansas City at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday night, although that seems unlikely, given how good RSL has been at home using its standard 4-4-2 formation with strikers Yura Movsisyan and Robbie Findley up top.
Still, it was encouraging for Kreis to see his players improve with a system that they're going to have to use, at least from time to time.
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