It’s often difficult to draw positives out of three consecutive losses, particularly when those losses are your first three games of the season, but Andreas Ivanschitz certainly makes it easier.
Austria’s former captain has already found the back of the net in 2016 from a simply sublime free kick, and was notably unlucky to be denied on multiple occasions by outstanding saves from Sporting Kansas City’s Tim Melia on matchday one.
Oftentimes in MLS, however, being a consistent impact player when you’re on the pitch means you’re playing for a national team who plays in the same windows of time as your respective MLS team, and therefore you miss out on a significant amount of time potentially tearing MLS opposition apart.