I know this is totally arbitrary but if we look at the 21 regular season games after the #Crew96 traded for Daniel Gazdag they have 8 wins, 7 draws, and 6 losses (31 points) if we look at the same 21 game range in the 2022 season, they had 7 wins, 11 draws, and 3 losses (32 points)
During that 21 game stretch in 2025, the Crew scored 33 goals and gave up 34. They were scoreless 3 times and held other teams scoreless 2 times. During that 21 game stretch in 2022, the Crew scored 27 goals and gave up 22. They were scoreless 7 times and held other teams scoreless 8 times.
The 21 game 2025 stretch had 12 multi goal games The 21 game 2022 stretch had 10 multi goal games. It is really hard to look at 2025 and consider this a success by any metric.
The attacking high risk, high reward approach is scoring wise, not much different than the season when Caleb Porter was sacked. The defense is worse. The strategy seems to have been found out and with Nagbe out, the team is struggling to fill the hole in the midfield.
Am I saying that someone needs sacked in 2025? Nope. Not at all. I'm saying that the good times are over and barring a complete change in performance in the last 6 games, this 2025 season will be a massive failure.
That last six games in 2022 had 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses. (6 points) Other than Toronto at home, I don’t see games I can confidently see a win. Maybe the Atlanta game on the road.
Also, I don’t want to see Daniel Gazdag starting in the next few games. Enough with this unlock selling job. He adds nothing to this attack and he doesn’t prevent goals.
Not only Gaz and Nancy, but I'm also befuddled by the (slow) downward spiral Yes, we've had injuries as we have in the past, but we look lackluster, uncreative and unmotivated. We look gassed Feels like we peaked in that Cincy comeback win and have had nothing in the tank since
There’s no leader/culture-setter. Nancy pitched the strategy, Cucho set the tone, the team followed along. Who is that bought-in, tone-setting leader now?
I was thinking today about Cucho chugging that beer he caught in Cinci. I can't picture anyone on our current roster having that level of fire or passion.
I worked on a team with someone who was a bit wild. He wasn’t the best but he was important in ways that were hard to measure. If your best person is also that wild one, that is really hard to replace.
That photo is still the background on my tablet I see it every day
I’d like to see Gazdag play in midfield, and have Habroune or Picard play in the front 3. Otherwise, he’s gonna have to ride the bench. It’s becoming clear he doesn’t fit in the attack.
I’d like to see him not play.
I’m not against that outcome either, but I’d like to see him get some time there.