"We won well against a Premier team, a team that is from one of the best leagues in the world. "Honestly, I was very surprised by how well the team played that day," Benitez said in Spanish through a team translator. We've got a few decisions to make by the weekend."Ä«enitez made his Loons debut in an international friendly 4-0 victory over English Premier League Everton, just hours after his immigration paperwork cleared. Heath could swap newly signed Paraguayan national team defender Alan Benitez at right back for Taylor on Saturday after he was a second-half sub his first two MLS games with the Loons. When asked what he expects from his backline next time out, Heath said, "What do I expect? I expect it to be better for sure." Benitez impressed "We were masters in our own downfall, really, because we just weren't aggressive enough with the first ball forward," Heath said. Heath called Boxall, Bakaye Dibassy, Kemar Lawrence and DJ Taylor - his collective back four - as "second-best all over" on Saturday. The Loons will swap veteran center back Brent Kallman for Michael Boxall in Saturday's starting 11 at Colorado after Boxall, star playmaker Emanuel Reynoso and versatile Robin Lod all picked up one yellow card too many against Portland. "We can't get away from the fact that was possibly the worst our back four has played in the last two, three years. ![]() ![]() "Nobody's given our back four - or our back five - as much praise as I have the last three years because they've been a real pillar on our team," Heath said on Tuesday. ![]() Minnesota United coach Adrian Heath called it like he saw it in reviewing Saturday's wild 4-4 draw with Portland: That wasn't the back four - or the back five, if you include goalkeeper Dayne St.
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