We played a 3-6-1 vs. JAM. Convince me otherwise

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/06/05/armchair-analyst-experimentation-passivity-and-l-usmnt

Twellman called it a 3-4-2-1, so basically 3-6-1

Edit: and Doyle calls it a 3-6-1

 

Whatever it was, it made me very impressed with Jamaica. And playing Jamaica on home soil after an extended camp... I don't think I'm supposed to be coming away impressed with Jamaica.

 

Looked like a 3-5-2 to me. Of course, since our midfield struggled so much, it was more of a 3-7-0 because the two forwards came back so much.

 

I agree. I posted this in another thread, but it's a bit nutty that this is Berhalter's alternative system rather than a traditional 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1. I'm withholding real judgements on Berhalter until after the Gold Cup or at least a few games of it, but this game was definitely a complete mess. We'll see what happens with the "A" team.

 

It has been repeatedly referred to as a 3421, which is a 361 formation.

 

Uh oh, is that criticism I hear? What, you thought GGG was going to win all his games? I can promise you bad games in the future! Please stop booing, he's very sensitive to people being upset that he wasted their time by being an idiot!

 

Holden and GB called it a 3-4-2-1. Essentially a modern XMass tree.

Sargeant
Mihailovic Roldan
Robinson Yueill Trapp Arriola
Ream Omar Miazga
Steffen​

 

It was the long awaited 3-crap-1 formation.

 

Mihailovic. He appeared to playing the left side, but not as advanced as Sargent.

I thought that he was playing forward as Sargent was only making runs on the right side and center. If he truely was a single forward, I would have thought that some of his play would have been more on the left side of the field.

Who knows? Obviously Mihailovic didn't....

 

From someone in the upper level midfield stands with a great view down on the action, Mihailovic was definitely not playing up top with Sargent. It was Sargent up there by himself.

 

I’m sorry you said a 3-6-1?

I didn’t see any forward that night. All I saw were players who looked like they weren’t coached properly.

 

I'd struggle to say he was playing high. He was playing closer to a (very bad) CAM than he was a forward it seemed.

Telling too that whenever we'd get the ball wide, the options were Sargent in the box not making a run to get open, then, basically nothing.

 

Likely because nobody uses that description anymore, similar to how you will almost never see anyone specify a 4-5-1 (4-2-3-1, 4-1-4-1, 4-3-2-1) anymore. Modern formations are more tactically nuanced and segmented.

 

It was a 361. Probably why I though Chad Deering would have been an improvement.

 

That’s what I saw. I think 3G was playing like he would if Mihailovic was Pulisic and Roldan was Wes. Wes/Roldan dropped into the mid making it 5 and Pulisic/Mihailovic becomes the second forward making it 2.

 

If we had any sort (now, maybe I should say a much better) youth development program, you would be highly impressed. Immense natural talent on the island, just the development is lacking. There are now a few "academies" popping up and in the next 10 years we should see the fruits of this.

 

Yeah, that's us, the modern USMNT, unlike those blighters of 2002 we are more tactically nuanced and segmented.

 

Why does this even matter? Seriously, outside of calling it BAD is just putting lipstick on a pig.

Why would anyone care what a bunch of TV folks are deciding what to call a formation? The formation is nothing more than a base, that shifts with the ebbs and flows of the game.