It was the story of 2019, Columbus Crew SC played well, held on to the ball, created a few chances, and then the defense was burned on its one major error. With such a similar pattern, these losses are starting to run together. There are still several new things that we learned as the Crew lost for the fifth straight game:
The offensive playmaking remains missing in action in the 4-3-3
The Crew switched to a 4-3-3 last night. This, in theory, pushes the wingers higher and creates a triangle in central midfield to build attacks from.