After a disastrous start against the Seattle Sounders last weekend, Chicago Fire head coach Veljko Paunovic made a decision to bring on Raheem Edwards and switch the formation to a 3-5-2. Pauno has rolled out the 3-5-2 plenty of times over his Fire tenure, so this wasn’t unexpected.
When Bastian Schweinsteiger said that he preferred to play center back at this point in his career, it was inevitable that a 3-at-the-back formation would become part of the regular discussion as the main setup rather than just another tool.