The ol 3-5-2
November 1st, 2008 by Sangy Farha | Filed under Uncategorized.Is it ever a good sign when the gaffer has to pack the midfield and subtract from the back four. Usually this sounds like some insane Kevin Keegan experiment from his first go around with Newcastle. Yet the beauty of any formantion from the antediluvian W to the 4-4-2 is that when properly used positive results can be attained. When Real Salt Lake went to the 3-5-2 today against Chivas, I questioned the sanity of taking away from your defensive four in the waning minutes of a tied game. This only taught me to never question authority, Eastern Europeans, and the power of the backheel as some dude whose name I can’t pronounce nor spell came to score a beauty in the 90th minute to snatch a victory from the face of a tie. Go Real Salt Lake a team who I should mention was the absolute worst professional sport team in the norther hemisphere not too long ago.

Curious … did they have a sub in as one of their 5? Am thinking that’s a big part of what makes a difference — having fresh legs that can get back on D.
Also … did you see the goal that Chicago just scored against New England (MLS playoffs) at the very end of the first half?
I think that was a 3-5-2 formation as well.
It was off a rebound … the same play that works pretty well for me in Fifa ‘08.
Clearly 3-5-2 is the new 4-4-2.