I may be Pollyannaish here, but it’s hard to see ggg going backwards
No mls players over gio or scally
No rigid defensive system
And it’s not just the fans, I don’t think the players will stand for it - they’re not dumb, they know what approaches win - they have no reason to carry water for ussf
We can only hope that all of the controversy and the lack of scoring threat in the WC has caused some introspection and reflection on the on field product.
Just looking at how we played under GGG for the most part, it was a defensive approach with feeding crosses into the middle from the fullbacks. Tuechel-lite Chelsea IMO.
But it’s clear when you put someone with the ball skills of Reyna in the middle, we can dictate the game and score goals from, even with a mostly defensive formation.
IMO opponents were not concerned about our mids, even with dual 8s with the MMA lineup. Everyone just focused on Pulisic. These last two lineups have added a threat to the middle at multiple levels.