Nothing about Nashville's approach to the game on Friday night made things easy for the Revolution. For most of the game, Bruce Arena's side struggled to get anything going in the attacking third, and that theme only continued until Adam Buksa decided he would take things into his own hands.
Let's look at the starting 11...
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Diego Fagundez
Adam Buksa
Tajon Buchanan
Teal Bunbury
Lee Nguyen
Scott Caldwell
Tommy McNamara
Alexander Buttner
Henry Kessler
Andrew Farrell
DeJuan Jones
Matt Turner
TAKEAWAYS
Overcoming Nashville
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Heat map from whoscored.com.
Bruce Arena
Defending corners
- Place the team's biggest bodies and most dangerous aerial threats along the 6-yard box to free them up to clear balls away from the box
- Place the smaller players on the incoming opponents to hinder the opponents' runs
- Your free players should win the aerials against the hindered opponents
THREE UP
Tommy McNamara
Adam Buksa
Lee Nguyen
Tommy McNamara
THREE DOWN
Bruce Arena
Henry Kessler
Diego Fagundez
Tajon Buchanan
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PLAYER RATINGS
PARTING THOUGHT
Carles Gil
Lee Nguyen
Bruce Arena