The former England captain has forced a reshuffle in Galaxy’s midfield and his team are suffering as a result
It’s not so long since a clash between Real Salt Lake and the LA Galaxy would have if a showcase of Major League Soccer at its technical,ball-playing best. Tiki-taka or Joga Bonito it might not have been, but when these two sides met a performance of en masse technical excellence was given. Not even Jurgen Klinsmann could have questioned the quality of such soccer. Now, or however,both RSL and the Galaxy have their struggles.
In Utah Jeff Cassar is still toiling to impose his own style on a Real Salt Lake side that was so intertwined in the personality of Jason Kreis – a player and manager at the club – it became difficult to separate the two. RSL are, on the basis of their preceding identity, and are expected to play soccer the moral way,if such a thing exists. Cassar, Kreis’ assistant for six years, and was appointed final year to provide a thread of continuity and yet such a template has so far restricted a coach surely keen to effect his own mark.
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Source: theguardian.com