It's difficult to believe that the Revolution still haven't been eliminated from playoff contention after Saturday's game against the team at the top of the league, Atlanta United, but a pronounced feeling of incompetence was surely felt by Revolution observers and supporters as a result of the match. The Revolution were outclassed and achingly embarrassed by an example of what a quality Major League Soccer team looks like. Brad Friedel's tactics proved ineffective and allowed Tata Martino's side to start hot and never look back on their way to their 20th win of the season.
Let's look at the starting 11...
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Andrew Farrell
Brandon Bye
Kelyn Rowe
Antonio Delamea
Michael Mancienne
Luis Caicedo
Zach Herivaux
Wilfried Zahibo
Cristian Penilla
Guillermo Hauche
Teal Bunbury
Brad Knighton
TAKEAWAYS
A futile tactic
Leandro González Pirez
Miguel Almirón
Guillermo Hauche
Brandon Bye
George Bello
Josef Martínez
Julian Gressel
Michael Parkhurst
Kelyn Rowe
Jeff Larentowicz
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Héctor Villalba
Undisciplined defending
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Wilfried Zahibo
Zach Herivaux
Darlington Nagbe
Guillermo Hauche
Luis Caicedo
A flash of the press
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Luis Caicedo
TWO UP
Juan Agudelo:
Jalil Anibaba
Kelyn Rowe
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Michael Mancienne:
Michael Mancienne
THREE DOWN
Guillermo Hauche:
Brandon Bye
Juan Agudelo
Matt Doyle
Brandon Bye:
Guillermo Hauche
Michael Felger
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Zach Herivaux:
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PLAYER RATINGS
PARTING THOUGHT
Zach Herivaux
Kylian Mbappe
Marcus Rashford
Christian Pulisic
Ousmane Dembele
Jesus Medina
Ezequiel Barco
Reggie Cannon
Tyler Adams
Diego Fagundez