SHIFTING BACK TO THE 4-2-3-1
As players have gotten healthy, Minnesota United has shifted back to its preferred 4-2-3-1 formation in recent games, albeit with a new wrinkle with a pair of defensive-minded midfielders manning the center of the field. That change yielded new positions for both midfielders Rasmus Schuller and Romario Ibarra and helped key the Loons to victory against the Timbers.
With Fernando Bob and Maximiano emerging as a reliable duo in central midfield, Schuller was deployed higher and wider than usual as a winger opposite Miguel Ibarra on Saturday against Portland. Though he also saw time in that spot late on against Real Salt Lake, it is still a new look for Schuller.