This season, Phoenix Rising missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016. How did it all go so horrifically wrong?
On April 23, Phoenix Rising hosted Miami FC and won, 2-1. Luis Seijas’ winner made SportsCenter’s top 10. Rising carried a six-match winning streak in all competitions. In USL play, they were 5-0-2.
This season, without Asante, no attacker came close to that production. Winger Santi Moar went from scoring 16 goals last season to just one this year. Marcus Epps, a right winger, was signed in the off-season to replicate the six goals and five assists he provided for Tulsa in 2021, but struggled mightily before being traded in July. JJ Williams, whom Epps was traded for, sparked in flashes at striker but was never consistent enough.
But in the off-season, Schantz spoke of wanting to be more versatile and capable of switching formations when needed — likely as a means of adding the sort of pragmatism required to win playoff games, a noted shortcoming of the club under Schantz. Those two players comprised the spine of Rising’s team — the stabilizing force in the middle of the pitch. Yet, Phoenix didn’t have a capable replacement for either. When Musa was out, Lambert had to play center back, creating a domino effect of instability in a midfield that often played with too many creative players and not enough players who can control a game.
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