There’s a lot of deserved credit going to Bressan for his willingness to literally sacrifice his body for the team from Wednesday’s draw at Sporting Kansas City, but the player who caught my eye and many eyes as well was John Nelson. We already noted how Nelson played a very strong game over the weekend against Minnesota, despite being routinely targeted down his flank. Either Peter Vermes and his staff watched the game tape and thought they could expose a weakness in Nelson’s game or they neglected to do that and chose to just go after the player with the least experience, because Nelson was subjected to a lot of action again but rose to the challenge with sound defending and decision making.
Scratching the Chalkboard: Nelson’s Rising Star
