BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – In his short tenure in charge of the Chicago Fire, Veljko Paunovic has shown great adaptability and a willingness to be flexible with his tactics throughout the course of a game.
And so it proved again on Sunday afternoon, as the Fire head coach quickly adjusted his initial 3-5-2 formation to a 4-2-3-1 to combat the impact of Orlando City SC’s evergreen talisman Kaká, who turned back the clock with a vintage display of attacking play to earn the visitors a 2-2 draw against the basement dwellers.
Kaká, who finished the game with a goal and an assist, had been giving Matt Polster a trying time at right wingback before Paunovic moved Johan Kappelhof -- who started as part of a three-man central defensive unit -- to right back and returning Polster to a more customary central midfield role midway through the first half.