One of the least inspired performances I've seen from our team. Here goes nothing:
Villa - 6 - Tried hard. Had a couple of opportunities. Tried to hold up play some. Dropped deep again to try and kickstart the run of play. Looked like he had given up later in the match
Maxi - 6 - Obviously was the cog offensively. NJRB played him the right way and it disrupted our offense. Bully him. Bump him. Run him over. When a ref lets them play like that, he's rendered useless at certain points in the match
Harrison - 4 - Provided nothing. Gave the ball away. Wasn't a factor tracking back either. One of his worst performances
McNamara - 3 - Just a brutal outing from the USMNT call-up. He's nothing more than a depth player and a late match poacher
Ring - 8 - He was fantastic. Our engine building out of the back. How many times did he clean up the crap left by White, Callens and Brilliant?
Lopez - 3 - Provided nothing also. At some point, we need to see Awuah as a like for like. Stupid fouling, inability to link up play. I've spoken before about him having a role on this squad as a "kill the game" type player. Tonight was one of his most invisible performances
Sweat - 6 - Thought he played well. Provided a little something going forward. Certainly deserves to be in the rotation at that LB, LCB spot. I think, at this point, he is a known quantity and has earned a role on this team
White - 4 - Tough night for him. Got abused defensively down the flank, had trouble in distribution and provided nothing going forward. One of this worst performances this year
Brillant - 4 - Yikes. Awful giveaway leading to the goal. Ring cleaned up for him multiple times. He's your 3rd CB and nothing more. He's certainly not a PV type player. Can't play the role PV wants his CBs to play
Callens - 6 - I thought he was mediocre tonight. Did some good things in taking strong angles to cut off play but he also makes some dumb decisions
Johnson - 8 - I thought he had a strong match. Between him and Ring, I think they both deserve MOTM honors. Despite the goal, he had multiple game saving saves. He was strong in distribution tonight and commanded his box well. Really thought he played well
Sterzer - 1 - I don't know how much of this is on him and how much is on PV. He was the wrong sub at the wrong time. He played out of position and was brutal. He went in for a playmaker. The move there is Lewis for Maxi or Okoli for Maxi and change the formation. This is as much, to me at least, on PV as it is on Sterzer. I wonder if we see him again anytime soon
Lewis - n/a - I don't think he did anything of note
Okoli - n/a - See above
Just awful tonight
