It’s also fluid and malleable depending on opponents and personnel - so no more predictable winger and striker subs you plug in a different player into a position and the formation shifts around their strengths. Beyond the high-risk, high-reward nature of the formation itself, the diamond is a grit-and-hustle scheme that’s in-your-face for 90 minutes. From the preseason lineup cards and Tanner’s own comments, everything points to the Union trotting out a 4-4-2 diamond - sometimes called a 4-3-1-2 - that intends to press up the field, defend narrowly, force turnovers, and counterattack.įans should be excited by the shift. When the winds delivered new Union Sporting Director Ernst Tanner’s to Chester last fall, the immediate consensus was that Philadelphia were in store for a spiffy, new high-pressing formation. The real culprit for fans’ teeth gnashing, though, was the Union’s refusal to shift any sort of tactics mid-game or even game-to-game.
Sapong, could have earned a record high points haul. The Union often played pretty, possession-based soccer last year and, were it not for career-poor years from David Accam and C.J. The Union’s 4-2-3-1, now soccer’s most common and straightforward formation, was not really the problem, itself. In 2018, the Union performed in perfect mediocrity - right about where the pundits and fans figured them to be. It’s a new season and, after years of 4-2-3-1 or die as the team’s tactical philosophy, the Philadelphia Union suddenly have a new formation.
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