New England's soccer club finished their season by taking three points from a desperate Montreal Impact team on Sunday afternoon, but any short-term positive memory will remain overshadowed by the fact that this season was nothing but disappointing. Diego Fagundez was the one to put the ball in the back of the net in the second half to put the Revolution in the lead, and that was enough to win the game. Brad Friedel made all of the right moves for the team's final game of the season, but the moves that supporters will want him -- and Mike Burns -- to get right are those from now until March.
Let's look at the starting 11...
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Matt Turner
Antonio Delamea
Michael Mancienne
Brandon Bye
Zach Herivaux
Kelyn Rowe
Diego Fagundez
Luis Caicedo
Cristian Penilla
Juan Agudelo
Teal Bunbury
TAKEAWAYS
Responding to a scheme
Remi Garde
Game management
Andrew Farrell
Wilfried Zahibo
THREE UP
Diego Fagundez:
Juan Agudelo:
Michael Mancienne:
Alejandro Silva
Jalil Anibaba
Claude Dielna
THREE DOWN
Zach Herivaux:
Brad Friedel
Daniel Lovitz
Kelyn Rowe:
Luis Caicedo
Diego Fagundez
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Luis Caicedo:
Ignacio Piatti
PLAYER RATINGS
PARTING THOUGHTS
Cody Cropper
Femi Hollinger-Janzen
Cristian Penilla:
Brandon Bye:
Brian Wright:
Gabriel Somi:
Jalil Anibaba:
Kelyn Rowe:
Matt Turner:
Claude Dielna:
Andrew Farrell:
Antonio Delamea:
Teal Bunbury:
Diego Fagundez:
Michael Mancienne:
Mike Burns
Brad Friedel
Luis Caicedo:
Chris Tierney:
Brad Knighton:
Guillermo Hauche:
Cristhian Machado:
Isaac Angking:
Zach Herivaux:
Wilfried Zahibo:
Scott Caldwell:
Juan Agudelo:
Juan Agudelo
I want to thank all of the Revolution fans and BSJ subscribers that followed my breakdowns week in and week out this season. Although you Revolution fans are few and far between compared to the rest of the franchises in New England, you truly do care about your team, and there's something to be said for that given their lack of success in recent history. Hang in there, I think there are positive things ahead for the club as a whole. -- TCB