GAME PREVIEW: Instead of losing again the same way, some changes this week would be welcome.

Photo Credit: Kari Heistad

New England Revolution (3-2-1,10 points) versus Columbus Crew (3-3-1, 10 points)

4/21, 7:30pm EST, ESPN +

New England has three losses in their last three attempts in Columbus.

Overall by a 6-1 scoreline.

Good thing Columbus couldn’t score if the goal was like this currently.

Columbus has been nowhere near good enough these last three outings.

Three losses and two of those came against teams that were in last place before the game started.

It’s getting to the point where Berhalter needs to find someone to do the job.

Either the current starters will pick it up now or find one or two other players in your 28 man roster that will.

Columbus is still (somehow) in a decent position in the Major League Soccer standings but one or two more losses and they won’t be.

Crewture’s projected Crew lineup:

I think it’s rather a bad sign when your down 1-0 and sub Federico Higuain out second half not with the Federico understudy Eduardo Sosa but with wing back Hector Jimenez?

I wouldn’t be much against throwing in a Eduardo Sosa or a Edward Opoku to see what they could do.

Berhalter is always talking about giving 19 year olds breaks this season for I don’t know what apparent reason. Ever needed a break at nineteen? Apparently Milton Valenzuela does. What about giving the 33 year old Federico a rest then?

Not that Federico has been bad and needs to sit, he’s been the most consistent and number two on the Crew’s goal scoring chart. Nevertheless, when as a team you have scored a lone goal the last three games you have to shake something up. Awaken things up a bit in front of goal somehow.

Either some new guys do great or we have a fourth loss.

But, if we keep things stagnant they’ll remain as they are anyways. Another loss.

Opoku from what I saw I think could add something. He was instrumental in an assist and setting up the play and Afful’s assist for a 2-1 win against the Charleston Battery in preseason and then fell off the map.

Or hell debut one of the two at striker for Zardes, who has been bad the last few games.

Or make one of the two a substitute for Zardes instead of Jahn.

As Jahn has come onto the field about twenty times in a row and hasn’t scored from anywhere but a penalty area.

Or make both striker. Trying anything else at this point would likely be more positive.

I would also go back to Abubukar at center back as Josh Williams looked slow, out of sorts, and perhaps like he hasn’t played all season.

How about starting him out with 20 minutes at the end of a game compared to 90 the first week he is available?

And Ricardo Clark scored a goal in his one appearance this year, so likely Artur and Trapp need a one game rest as well. ? They’ll both play. Yet the only thing that would work to get me to two strikers except three in the back.

New England’s projected lineup:

New England lost last week by a 1-0 scoreline as well to F.C. Dallas. The loss put a halt to a Revolution four game unbeaten streak. This is the lineup New England trotted out for that loss:

Antonio Delamea could take back the center back spot from Jalil Anibaba.

Anibaba won the spot for last week’s game but was less than inspiring in a 1-0 loss to F.C. Dallas.

Krisztian Nemeth should return to Caicedo’s position in midfield this week and Caicedo will likely return to central midfield for Scott Caldwell.

Whereas the lone striker up top for the Revolution could be Teal Bunbury or Juan Agudelo may get a second opportunity this week.

PREDICTION: Nothing this crazy different will happen. The Crew will just attempt to attack the problem the same way until it doesn’t work for another three games.

New England 2-0. Goals by Bunbury, Nemeth.