1}Our team is mostly playing well except that several times a match they completely brain fart and give a wide open unmarked opportunity to the opposing teams best player. Thats how 90% of the goals against happen. Ive noticed that its usually Pacheco losing his man.

2}Our midfield is outmatched and lacks aggressiveness. We never play a ball forward with confidence and when we do its usually a hail mary type lob forward to Kandji or Richards to go one on one. Not acceptable. We need to pass the ball with purpose and precision and create opportunities for Angel, Kandji and co to score. We have the finishers, just not the playmakers. Boy oh boy do we miss Van Der Bergh, as I predicted.

My solution is simple. Move Pacheco out of the defense and into the midfield. Hes about the only one who looks to push the ball anyway and hes seemingly distracted in defense by the potential for a counter ever now and again. He wants to play forward, let him.

Id start Mendes, Goldthwaite {whos been great}, Boynes and Borman in the back.
Id start Rojas, Celades {whos looked very good too} and Pacheco in the midfield.
Id start Angel,Kandji and Richards up front.

Alternately Id bring Richards off the bench and start Hall, whos looked good.

We need to be more aggressive playing the ball forward and more stable in defense.

for starters.

But I think those moves would be a major help.

With Rojas, Pacheco and Boynes out of the roster and Red-card Johnson, who Ive liked, gone, we are typically shorthanded.

But that shouldnt change out strategy. It should be the same. Play the ball forward, control possession, stick to your markers on D especially the opposing teams main man!!!!