FOXBOROUGH -- Even with the World Cup going on -- and thank you to those who have commented about our coverage “from” Russia; we do it with love -- and with no matches to worry about until next Saturday, June 30 when DC United comes to Route 1, the Revolution took to the training pitch to the south of Gillette Stadium for the first time in nearly two weeks Tuesday morning.
And even though there are no league matches looming on the immediate horizon -- the Revs will play its Under-23 Academy side in a closed-door friendly on Saturday -- the competition in training on this bye week was just as intense as it would be in any other week.
While the players took time away from the club over the Father’s Day weekend, manager Brad Friedel started preparing for a United (2-6-4, 8 points, 11th in the Eastern Conference) side that will host Philadelphia Wednesday in the US Open Cup.
“(The time off) gives you a little time so if anyone has any niggles and bumps, you can mend them a little bit,” Friedel said Tuesday. “But now all preparations go for DC United.”
The Revs are coming off a long near-three-week stretch which saw the team play six matches during that time. Friedel noted the quick turnarounds gave short amounts of time to correct things.
“There were a few things we could do on the field, but a lot of it was done inside the classroom, so to speak, so it’s nice to do most of it on the field when you have this much run-up time to DC United,” he said, noting the tweaks. “When you’re recovering the players, you have to show them visually the things instead of doing them physically on the field.”
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