Get in there! Portland might be doing a lot of sawing this season.
3.6.2013: Darlington Nagbe- Renewed Life Under College Coach Caleb Porter?
Darlington Nagbe, scored 19 goals and 19 assists in 73 games under Caleb Porter at The Akron University.
Porter said about Nagbe, "he'll set up more goals then he'll score."
The midfielder is best off when you don't over coach or put pressure on him.
"The less you say to Nagbe, the better off he is." Porter said it's best if you left him play, and give him freedom.
The 2010 Hermann Trophy winner seems to have his spark back again with his old college coach, a coach that knows when to push Darlington's buttons.
“Part of it is just telling Darlington, instead of a midfielder, he needed to play more like a striker and get at their right back and go after him,” Porter said of Nagbe’s matchup with Kosuke Kimura. “We knew that was perhaps a matchup we could win. The light bulb went on. And he was a handful in that second half. I felt he was a big part of us turning the game around.”Portland despite the tie, jumps up to number 4 in the Talk.MLS power rankings because their second half performance was one of the most impressive 45's this weekend.
If Portland can get that defense sorted, or rather Mikael Silvestre's touches around goal, they'll be a top contender.
A Caleb Porter coached Nagbe, along with Diego Valeri and a talented Ryan Johnson (a hot Jamaica's top choice striker) shows Portland is onto something.
Overall, there much more dangerous offensively this season and their defense will "get sorted out" according to Porter.
Nagbe's goal in 3-3 comeback tie with New York Red Bull, almost had a couple assists as well in a strong second half:
Darlington Nagbe MLS 36 (Good guy hope he finds even more success under Porter again in 2013):
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