It was a rough game for the attack last night but the back line stepped up with a strong game from Zach Steffen backing them up. A couple o f surprises in the starting XI with Cannon being able to start and Bassett being moved out to wing to allow Larraz and Atencio to man the double-pivot.
Honestly there's not a whole lot to review in this game. Colorado didn't have a single shot on target while St. Louis had five. Every time we got the ball into an attacking position our crosses failed to find the target. The biggest chance either team had was in the 15th minute when St. Louis had a point-blank shot but Steffen was able to fend it off with a reaction save. St. Louis did put one in the back of the net in the 20th minute but it was correctly ruled off due to offside. After that the game settled into a few half-chances for St. Louis and one good look from a Mihailovic cross late that nobody could get a touch on.
In the end a draw is a good result from this match. A road game sandwiched between two CCC matches was always going to be tricky and with our injury situation doubly so. There are a couple of concerns though. First the inability to get any sort of attack is worrisome. I think neutering Bassett by putting him out wide was a poor choice by Armas. This team needs to be built around Mihailovic at the 10 and Bassett at the 8, forcing any other lineup just to get other players into the midfield at their preferred positions doesn't make sense. The other concern is that LAFC scored their one goal off a set piece and the one time St. Louis beat us was off a set piece that an offside saved us on. On the flip side our two goals have come off of set pieces, so it balances out.
Man of the Match: Zach Steffen. Easy choice since the shot he saved in the 15th minute had the equivalent xG of a penalty kick and then he made 1-2 more saves during the game to preserve the shutout.
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