BSJ Match #2 Breakdown: Revolution 2, Rapids 1 -- Tierney, homegrown players lift Revs

Apr 13, 2018 • 2:00 pm

The Revolution were looking to respond with a win against the Colorado Rapids after a rough season opener in Philadelphia, losing 2-0 to the Union after losing two of their starting center backs to red cards, and playing the majority of the game (the second red card was issued in the 86th minute) with 10 men.

Brad Friedel and the Revolution proved to be up for the challenge as they earned a 2-1 win over the Rapids on their home opener in Foxborough. The win was driven by solid performances from the Revolution's homegrown players (Diego Fagundez and Scott Caldwell) and an organized back four.

Let's look at the starting 11:

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Claude Dielna

Antonio Delamea

Jalil Anibaba

Andrew Farrell

Brandon Bye

Gabriel Somi

Chris Tierney

Teal Bunbury

Kelyn Rowe.

Matt Turner

PLAYER RATINGS

I want to add a quick note regarding the rating system that I am going to use for the player ratings. I am going to include the overall match rating assigned to each player by WhoScored.com (one of the more accurate and reliable performance indicators available for professional soccer). Their scale is from 1-10 (1 being extremely poor and 10 being excellent) and is based on an algorithm that includes over 200 raw statistics garnered by the website in real-time. I'm also going to include my grade of the players. My scale will also be from 1-10 (1 being extremely poor and 10 being excellent), however it will only increase/decrease by half points and will include factors determined - by me - outside of the statistics.

Back Four

Andrew Farrell

6.93

7.5