“I thought it was ugly and boring the way they killed the game staying back like that,” he said of Houston after a scoreless draw against the Dynamo last week. “But they did what they had to do for a point.”
RSL (7-12-5, 26 points) won’t be playing anything like that on its upcoming road trip to D.C. and Montreal. Between Petke’s soccer philosophy and RSL’s position six points behind Vancouver in the race for the last playoff spot, the team will be looking to score.
“I want to be an attacking team with balance defensively,” Petke said, “and I think that last game and the last couple games they’ve done that phenomenally.