Three Keys To Revolution’s Three Goals in Comeback Win

Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports I want to start off by saying that I actually liked the New England Revolution’s 4-4-2 at the start of yesterday’s 3-2 win over DC United.

The Revs had a plethora of absences and perhaps planned rotations for a midweek game but the key for this match was replacing Matt Polster at central/holding midfield. So the Revs did a fairly logical thing and went simple: two banks of four, two strikers, and workhorses Tommy McNamara and Arnor Traustason out wide as box to box players with Wilfrid Kaptoum and Maciel in the middle.

Very quickly it was apparent that this formation was not going to work. The central midfield pairing in particular was ineffective at moving…