Player Review
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After doing the MLS Foundations milestones, I wanted to try out a new defense with Opara and Long. With no good MLS GK, I decided to pick up Base Yashin to give normal links to my defense and see what the Black Spider has to offer. After playing a Weekend League with him, he's definitely the best Base Icon GK that I've used. Like a real spider, he just crawls around in his box and is able to get to many shots. He definitely can make saves that popular goalies like Pope can't. There were some flaws in that his short height meant he was very susceptible to chip shots and his kicking isn't as spectacular compared to top goalies in Ederson or Ter Stegen. He also isn't gonna save absolutely everything as there were many times my defense failed and he was just left with no chance to make a good save. Lastly, his price is a lot for a goalie. All in all, Yashin was a really good goalie and is probably the best icon goalie in my opinion. He's definitely worth a try if you need the links such as in my case with Opara and Long.
PS: He sadly doesn't get his hat. Only his Prime Icon Card has it
Reflexes
Positioning
Diving
Handling
Very Good In His Box
NO HAT :(
Height
Kicking
Not the Fastest Rushing Out of Goal
Sometimes Gives Up Easy Goals (Most good goalies in this game do that though)
Price (better goalies that are cheaper