Peyton Miller is a killer. Dor needs to play more facing goal. Wynder rides the youth wave. Turner is a workhorse.
Revs take the odd goal in 5. It was a night where the bright attacking moments papered over some lost defensive shape and focus.
Wynder personified that. He was involved for the full 90. For the good, he filled his cross field switch loyalty card, and the Revs redeemed it for a goal on a nice run and ground service to Dor. And his dunk on the Cincy back line should be next week's tifo.
But, we're riding the wave of his youth - he lost Denkey on that 2nd goal, which has been a theme over his starts. The ceiling is there, so is the risk.
Peyton plays direct, with pace and together. His progress from last season to this has been astounding - he is picking the right pass and making the right runs. He continues to have a massive impact on the positive results this side has seen over the past few months.
Brooklyn played like he needs a day off. After a difficult match over the weekend, he found himself wrong sided by Barlow who finished cleanly on the rare throw-in chance. The foul he conceded at the elbow was a coat of paint away from looking even worse. As valuable as he has been on balance, he's in a rough patch at the moment. He's logged a massive amount of minutes for club and country over the past 6 weeks.
Sands was outpaced and nearly got Miller'd by Echinique who was on and off dangerous all night. Malacia should have put that early chance home but hit it right at Turner - foreshadowing Cincy's evening of great chances laced right at the keeper.
And Ilay reminded us what he can bring - he is a terrific attacking fullback - great service, good attacking ideas and tests the opponent wide.
The Jackson Yueill press was unexpected and didn't quite give the counter a threat of sealing the game. But, his late crafty clearance that forced a GK throw from near the flag was lovely and helped time tick away.
The Revs walk away with 3 - thankful Evander was only on the field for about 30min. This is one of those 'I'm glad we got that on tape and got the result' matches - there are some real defensive challenges to figure out - the midfield struggles with width and man movement. And, plenty of attacking moments to celebrate.