“Seattle is a team that can weigh you down. So, I mean, I’m not saying we were exhausted, but I felt like we got a bit lost in our principles,” said St. Louis head coach Bradley Carnell, who led his side in a 3-5 had -2 on this one, put it after the game. “So when that starts to slip from us, we know we’re not relying on one player, we’re relying on the team to work because we know we need to be a lot more connected. We know that we have to become much more compact. And yes, if the players don’t start, you know, apply those principles or stay true to them, then gaps and gaps arise.”
Gaps and gaps are everywhere for CF Montréal, who were taken apart 4-0 by the Revs at Foxborough on Saturday night. Their -13 goal difference in six games is among the worst in league history, and their three goals scored match the total scored by Kei Kamara, who (wisely as it turned out) forced a trade in February.
They obviously miss Kei, and they also miss Ismaël Koné, Alistair Johnston and especially Djordje Mihailovic. The real problem, however, is that new head coach Hernan Losada was unable to implement his own system – Losada’s maximum overdrive approach is very similar to an energy drink soccer philosophy – nor adhere to the methodical, controlled possession approach to approximate what we have seen for the past two years under Wilfried Nancy.
So Montréal has no identity and less talent than it used to, and the error rate is so low it might as well not exist, which is tough for a team that has shown week in and week out it’s not capable of simple ones long games to deal balls: