Los Angeles FC’s second goal against Philadelphia Union on Saturday offers a chance to highlight some key attacking concepts while pointing to areas Philly can improve against teams they will face in the near future — like NYCFC — that employ positional play principles.
Pass and move and create space for others
The Union often speak about creating “man-more” situations in which they obtain a numerical advantage over an opponent in a specific area of the pitch. The buildup to LAFC’s second goal of the match Saturday was, unfortunately, a wonderful example of why man-more situations are such an important concept in soccer.