Or, as you pointed out with the need to press, an incoming course correction against the high press as all of these elite teams strive for more and more organic and artificial transitions.
It feels like the early/mid 2010s desire to have the 6 slide into the middle of the three IP but allowing you to have a midfield 3 OOP might slowly work it’s way back into the mainstream for those wanting to have the buildup/width and natural triangles of the back 3.
Ooooh. First point - Why not?
Miguel Perez has started 33% of our games.
Two now for Joyner.
Another season of NextPro minutes for Joyner would be a waste.
He was too good for it in ‘24.
He was too good for it in ‘25.
He’s too good for it in ‘26.
To adapt the saying, if you’re the [best player] in the room, you’re in the wrong room.
#AllForCITY
Absolutely not. But do you think this roster is better? It’s not. It’s different, but not better.
100%. My expectations are to be more than moderatly competitive, and Wray’s roster upheaval has undermined a promising young coach and the peak veteran talents on this roster.
Just like Pfannenstiel did last year with Olof.
That’s their job.
There’s no one within the city of Charlotte or elsewhere that believes this 2026 team is that same team as 2025, and a Seattle team missing its entire frontline, prioritizing their midweek game, and traveled the past two weekends?
That’s damning.
All of this “project” talk by Wray continuously misses a key point:
There is no incentive in MLS to lose. The SuperDraft is inconsequential.
#AllForCITY did not have to get worse in order to get better.
That was a choice, but not the only one.
We could’ve just gotten better.
Sorry, but that’s nonsense. Klauss was shopped for months, but had no big bites.
It’s the prerogative of a FO to have replacements identified at all points.
A lack of planning is failure, full stop.
There was no expectation of even two points from a bad Charlotte team and an injured and CCC- focused Seattle team?
My word.
And chose to not get an equal or better player in his stead. Their own failings
There is no incentive in MLS to get worse in order to get better.
You can just get better.
Corey Wray sold Klauss for this.
Not acceptable.
I have no desire to live in the timeline of Perez and McSorley minutes over Joyner. #AllForCITY
HT Thoughts:
It’s all a bit pedestrian. Cedi driving the play forward a couple of times, but there’s an overall reluctance to find an open #AllForCITY teammate in space.
They’ve got to find a way to increase the tempo and urgency in the final third.
Our midfielders do not exist.
This *has* to be the lineup that scores goals for #AllForCITY in the first half of 2026.
Will SEA target Santos/Polvara like SD? #STLvSEA
This *has* to be the lineup that scores goals for #AllForCITY in the first half of 2026.
Will SEA target Santos/Polvara like SD? #STLvSEA
First, fired, first, fired is a hell of a CV
"From winning Coach of the Year in 2025 to potentially being out the door in 2026 - that’s the true Bradley Carnell experience."
Hate to see it. 🥰
More time to sit down, watch, and really think through the match.
I’m also trying to be mindful that with a new manager it’s hard to draw too many strong conclusions early. The plan is to return next week with some takeaways from the first three games and what they might mean going forward.
With the loss of some of our favorite data sources and the arrival of a few new ones, the format may change slightly, but they will be back!
As the season approached, I also realized Mondays just don’t work for my schedule anymore. So I’m thinking Wednesdays instead.
I’ve realized that I never sent an update on why there haven’t been any breakdowns yet — my favorite thing to do and something #AllForCITY seem to enjoy as well.
First off: yes, they’ll absolutely be back!
A different xG model than OPTA/Fbref, app.americansocceranalysis.com#!/mls
His STL tenure is -4.32 G-xG
No chance Woobens Pacius is anything other than a level 12 Wizard
Agreed. They’ve already slightly made their bed in that the better option is leading the golden boot in Los Angeles
So it becomes a question of which side of the story do you believe?
Good Q:
Some of the data paints him as one of the unluckiest finishers in the league, due for positive regression…
But other metrics tell a story that may resonate more with #AllForCITY fans: the quality of the shots lags behind the quality of the chances created.
A really poor shot
