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Berhalter is the full on disaster he had the potential to be by Irishlawyer
An "inside guy" hire based on both real and figurative nepotism.
Talk about small-timey? Trap and Steffen get brought right in from Columbus. Any other Crew players he can jam on the roster?
He played his hybrid 4-3-3 versus the Venezuelan 4-5-1 and his system was completely exposed. They could not break through the 5 midfielders at all. Once that happened, he failed to make any adjustments.
He is limited as a tactician and, like some other small timey coaches, he wants to force his players into his system rather than play to their strengths. By the lack of passion and effort in this last game, all I can think is that the players know that this is the case as well.