Profligacy costs MLS All-Stars against Manchester United – Major League Soccer News
Barclays Premier League champions Manchester United thrashed Major League Soccer All-Stars 4-0 at Red Bull Arena on July 27. The score line, however, is not a true projection of the game, according to All-Stars head coach Hans Backe.
"I understand that sounds strange when you lose four-nil,” he said, “but I have the feeling that we deserved better."
Backe added to his comments, further narrowing it down to the first half. "Even if you lose 4-0, I can say I'm quite pleased with the performance," the New York Red Bulls coach said after the match. "The first half is a very, very even first half. Possession-wise
it's, I don't know, 50-50."
Even United boss Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson concurred to his counterpart. "I think it was a tighter game than the score line showed for the first half," Ferguson said in the press conference. "I think the MLS team was more dangerous than us."
The All-Stars were down two goals at the end of first 45 minutes. United’s Brazilian import http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Park-Ji-Sung-c29147 scored one goal apiece prior to the half-time whistle.
On the other hand, All-Stars head coach singled out the former Red Devils winger, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Los-Angeles-Galaxy-c39818 midfielder played the entire 90 minutes of the game.
Backe was satisfied with the 36-year-old’s play in the midweek match but was not content with the 4-3-3 formation that started the game. According to him the players were overmatched for the positions they were deployed at.
In the wake of a failing formation, the tactician shuffled players, putting http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shalrie-Joseph-c33235 in the attacking midfield and shifted Beckham into the central midfield. Owing to his playmaking skills, the player created several chances.
The All-Stars outshot United 13 to 11 with 5 tries on target against the visitors’ 6, but profligacy in front of the goal cost them dearly.
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