It’s been quite some time since I felt like writing anything resembling a tactical preview would be a worthwhile undertaking. After Freddy Juarez’s tactical outlay worked particularly well on Wednesday, it’s worth taking a little bit of a dive in.
I’ve pulled passing data from the start of 2018, and with 90% passing, this was the second-highest passing accuracy we’ve seen from RSL. The one match to surpass it? RSL’s 6-0 victory of Colorado Rapids, which saw an obscene 93% passing success rate.
But if you keep going a little further, you’ll see more successes in last match’s passing approach:
- RSL’s final third passing success was 81% — the most since, again, that Colorado Rapids demolition, which had 88% success in the final third.