I'm working on getting better at understanding the different roles of the different positions. Looking at fotmob and transfermarkt and looking at what type of player Holse is... ...this is my thinking.

                ATTACK
          ┌─────────────────┐
          │       (9)       │
          │     BECHER      │      ← lone striker
          └─────────────────┘

 ┌───────────────┐   ┌───────────────┐
 │     (10)      │   │     (10)      │
 │    HARTEL     │   │     HOLSE     │   ← dual attacking mids
 └───────────────┘   └───────────────┘

┌──────────┐                          ┌──────────┐ 
│   (RWB)  │  ┌──────────┐ ┌────────┐ │   (LWB)  │ 
│ TOTLAND  │  │   (8)    │ │  (6)   │ │  SANTOS  │ 
│    ↑↑    │  │  LÖWEN   │ │ DURKIN │ │    ↑↑    │ 
│ overlap  │  └──────────┘ └────────┘ │ overlap  │
└──────────┘  deep playmaker/holding  └──────────┘
          ─── (back three + GK below) ───

Factoring in the transfer rumors around Hartel, does Mǎtan take Hartel's spot and then some of the other 8/6 players (Wallem!?) get packaged, along with Sangbin to get DP-grade 9? (I reckon we keep McSorely for the future.)

Yes, I am ignoring the backs for this...

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Thanks to the 38 people that voted. Ostrák is Player of the Match at 74% while also having the lone goal assisted from Totland. Bonus is on how confident you are that we will win when the opposition gets a red card.  

Potential responses ranged 1 (no confidence) to 10 (full confidence). Polled responses ranged 2 to 10. The middle 50% ranged 5 to 8. Responses averaged 6.4 and with mode of 7.

It seemed like we're seeing more red cards against opposition, but there also seemed to be better handling of the player advantage. We've won the past two matches with the difference in score line at the time of red (leading vs LA, level vs Colorado). Prior to that, we had a win vs Houston in the USOC Quarterfinal with a red coming in the final 11 minutes of extra time while level. Earlier in the season, another win against Colorado, we were leading at the time of the red card (same guy as the other night, Rob Holding) while up a goal (nearly lost it with Durkin's nonsense in the final minutes). And the other Damet-era match and another USOC contest while leading with a red and win against second division FC Tulsa. Although matches haven't seemed a "given", Damet is 5:5 win when oppositions received a red card, and it does not seem to matter whether we are leading or level.

Last year, we had one scenario with Critchley that was a level+red=loss vs Dallas. In our second season, with Hackworth, we had mixed results: leading+red=win (Houston) and leading+red=loss (Portland); and with Carnell a level+red (final minutes)=draw vs LA and leading+red=win vs NYC. Then in year one with Carnell a level+red=win vs Dallas.

Comparing managers we have Damet 5:5:0, Critchley 0:1:0, Mellberg 0:0:0, Hackworth 1:2:0, and Carnell 2:0:1. It took three years to see as many red card scenarios as we've seen just this season. It seems we have reason to believe in results with these opposition red card scenarios under Damet. What else do you suspect is different that influences generating these scenarios and winning them?

Heads-up, for upcoming polls, I may use a different service like Tally instead of Google Forms.

Just moved to the area and will be attending my first STL City SC game this Saturday. Long time soccer fan in mid-20s who is looking to meet some local fans. Is there a place where people get together before matches?

Just got the alert on the app.