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Player rating results: When a draw feels like a loss

Related Topics: Psychology

Do voters adjust their score for a bad draw? D.C. United was the perfect test case.

This Philadelphia Union season has turned psychological, hasn't it? This teams knows that through one-third of the season they had performed as the third best defense in the league. Now they sport the third-worst - and by far the worst defense through the middle third of the season. There have been plenty of mistakes, yes, but also that splendid early season shape is missing. It passed through so quickly like a dream you try to catch when you first wake up.