New formation fails second trial, S2 lose 2-0

After it’s success in Tacoma against Vegas last week, Seattle Sounders 2 again lined up in a 3-4-2-1 to face St. Louis FC in Missouri. What worked so well against a wide open Vegas side, left S2 rather impotent offensively against a more disciplined and compact St. Louis (who were also playing a 3-4-3 variation) side.

The formation just didn’t balance enough creativity for S2 to break through St. Louis’s lines and their press was not good enough to rattle St. Louis or create turnovers. After St. Louis scored two early goals, S2 just didn’t have the energy to make the formation work. Lamar Neagle did draw a penalty late but David Estrada missed the kick. If he had made it, they might have…