The really interesting thing about this game was not simply that the Legion dominated it from pillar to post, but rather that they did so while having to completely change the tactical approach. And a...
If there is a statistic in soccer whose importance is utterly exaggerated, it would be possession. The performance of many teams is predicated not on how much they control the ball, but by what they d...
The Legion has won two straight games by not holding on to the ball in any significant way. This was moderately the case against Louisville City, in which the Three Sparks had a small possession disad...
For the second straight game, the Legion found success scoring against a 3-man back line. That’s something they have struggled with mightily, and not just this season. Moreover, the two back lin...
We won’t do any player ratings for this game, because other than Neco Brett’s wonder goal I’m not sure anyone did anything to deserve more than an F. This was, all things considered,...
There’s much to unpack in this game; tactically it was a very interesting one. We have talked a bit about Total Football over the past few weeks, and we’ve also touched on midfield triangl...
OK, this one is not going to be about what the Legion did on Saturday so much as it will be about what they didn’t do. Those of you who read through our player ratings may have figured out some ...
OK, it’s taken us a while to get around to analyzing this one, for which we apologize, but like most of the rest of you we have this thing called a life that has a tendency to get in the way of ...
In assessing how this game went, it may be useful initially not to focus so much on what the Legion were able to do, but on what Memphis 901 were not able to do. The most obvious missing factor i...
It is blatantly obvious that the Legion played an entirely different game in the second half of this match than they did in the first. In fact, the team played so well in the closing stanza that their...