News Flash: RSL concerned with defensive lapses

[RSL, UT]

I'm with you noxum, everyone seems to think our back line or GK is to blame when we get scored upon, but I'd say most of the time it is because we are not pressuring the ball as a midfield. We give the opposing team's midfield WAY too much space and time to pick out their passes. I'm still in shock that we did not man mark Donovan on Saturday, and floored that we did not send 2 guys at him when he touched the ball. I don't know if the team just didn't follow the game plan or if the game plan was faulty, but you've got to put a guy in his face and rough him up a little, which we did not do.