'They dug in': In praise of Austin FC for staving off the (seemingly) inevitable
Austin FC showed grit and resilience in its Saturday night win over SKC. However, several results around the conference made the playoff table match increasingly dire.
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Austin FC showed grit and resilience in its Saturday night win over SKC. However, several results around the conference made the playoff table match increasingly dire.
Austin FC had a historic PK win and will go to a yet-unknown destination in the Leagues Cup quarterfinals. But interim head coach Davy Arnaud is also looking for wins in MLS.
Winning 3-0 and setting up a marquee match to get to the final eight of a tournament are positives Austin FC can take away from Sunday's match. But Davy Arnaud thinks there's still work to be done with his new style of play.
Myrto Uzuni sees Leagues Cup as an opportunity to show how Austin FC can play. Interim head coach Davy Arnaud looks for his team to further master a new style of play.
Myrto Uzuni and Oleksandr Svatok start Thursday 180 minutes of winning soccer away from a trip to the World Cup. They could be facing off against each other for one of those final spots.
Calling a scoreless draw a new standard might be surprising, but in the context of how Verde played in this match, the assessment from both coach and veteran players makes sense. While most of the team now gets some rest, two players will vie for a place in the World Cup this coming week.
Myrto Uzuni is possibly on the move to Turkey. For now, the only concrete move to report on this week is a very specific amount of GAM.
On Thursday, Austin FC head coach Nico Estévez touted new arrival Joseph Rosales as being positionally flexible. Which is good, given the current injury-riddled Verde attack.
Certainly, you remember at least two of the PKs that Austin FC missed this season. But do you remember the ones they made?
Just looking at raw numbers, Myrto Uzuni's already contributed more in one season than Emiliano Rigoni did in a season and a half worth of matches. But that doesn't tell the whole story.
With three dramatic 2-1 wins in their most recent four matches, the September version of Austin FC is more fun than the version that dropped points earlier in the season.
Thanks to goals from Osman Bukari and Myrto Uzuni — plus an own-goal — Verde did something they haven't done for much of this season.