On Saturday Seattle Sounders FC 2 came up against San Antonio FC, who are by far the best team in the league, who they had recently lost to and who are brutal on the counter attack. In their first meeting S2 played right into San Antonio’s hands, holding most of the possession and allowing San Antonio to patiently wait for the right moment to catch S2 out of position and punish them with their incisive counter attack. S2 allowed San Antonio to play exactly the game they wanted.
The team and Coach Ezra Hendrickson appear to have learned a lesson from that first meeting and on Saturday night were able to force San Antonio to play the game in a fashion that was uncomfortable for them.