WASHINGTON – Lions interim head coach Bobby Murphy seized the opportunity to play to a new strength in City’s U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 match on Wednesday.
With center backs Jonathan Spector, Lamine Sané and Amro Tarek all fit, healthy and back from national team duty, Murphy rolled out a three-back formation in hopes of “getting us right.”
“I have three international center backs, so I played all three of them and then just built the team from there,” Murphy said after the Lions advanced to the quarterfinals on penalties for the first time since 2015.