With the arrival of a new coach at Real Salt Lake, everyone gets to jump right back into their “what if” tactics files again, and yeah! That’s great. But it doesn’t mean that Real Salt Lake will play in that famous diamond midfield again — not with this roster.
Need a quick refresher? Alright. In 100 words or less, here’s what the diamond midfield was and what it brought.
The diamond midfield was a four-man midfield that featured one defensive player, an attacking player and two “shuttlers” under Jason Kreis’s tactical leadership. The “wide” players were never wide; the formation was narrow by design.