In that the team has not been able to close games out, a prime example being their most recent 85' giving up a goal, snatching a tie from the hands of victory. They were not doing their typical pressing and relented on a soft goal, they look the same on the scoreboard. Literally last night when I was asked by an A Lic. Coach by USSF as to how they are doing, I cited the record and the fact that they had had given away a few games.
Coach Struber in addressing this stated "We improved so many things in the last few weeks, and especially we can see today against the opponent on this level, how close we are to beat the opponent with out young team. Yeah, I am very happy with so many things, but in the end, I am a professional coach and I will win; I cannot always speak about development. The performance I saw, 70 minutes of a top team from Red Bull, and then we lost a little bit of hunger."
Fabio & Kimala, not exactly the M& M Boys of Marris and Mantle, but the have gotten together with a total of 10 assists, Patruk has a point in each of the trio of home games he has played in. Fabio a hand in 8 goals since May 1.
Miami with the most anemic of offenses in the Conference have netted but 9 times, as just written, a pair of players on NY have 10 assists between them. They have but one goal scorer over their last 5, giving Gonzalo Higuain over half on the year. That is a sign of a rather unbalanced attack as well. Their last visit here was July 1 taking on Montreal, taking the 1-0 loss.
There must be a focus, often lost in 'TRAP" games, keeping a focus, not playing to the level of their opponents, a statement game opportunity was missed with the Union, they must make a statement in 2 nights with a far weaker team on the other side.