A few clips from the Crew game, links embedded into the text:
Dylan Nealis highlights - borderline MOTM performance for me
Burke with another round of strong hold up and defensive play
A little bit of a look at how differently CCJ and Manoel played the #10 role when attacking. CCJ's play off the ball and on the ball look like a CM, while Manoel's play looks like a striker's. Not a huge surprise that we started creating chances immediately when Manoel came on, but also not a huge surprise that Nagbe got Columbus's attack going later in the 2nd half as Manoel's defensive effort waned.
Manoel came on for Edelman and it really showed, but Manoel was at times playing almost as a #10 which I thought was fairly effective. He has good instincts, shaving off his defender on Luquinas goal was excellent positioning and play reading. I hate to admit it on Dylan Nealis but it was a very strong performance, a little too much going to ground for my taste (a la Stephen Keel) but he was effective.