This article is a reply to an article by BTS’ Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic entitled “To 4-3-3 or not to 4-3-3: Analyzing how 15 minutes of play (and some stats) might spell the end of the Vancouver Whitecaps 4-4-2” This article, like all of Alex’s articles, was really good and it may be helpful to readers to read that one first. I will do my best to present his thesis, as I understand it, as fully as possible.
Alex puts forth that the 4-4-2 formation the Whitecaps have played so far has not lead to particularly impressive results so far.