We're a month into the 2019 MLS season, and the New England soccer club has found itself sitting at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. Needless to say, their four-game opportunity to gain ground in the East is not much of an opportunity any longer with six points dropped, with six potential points to earn after a disheartening loss to Atlanta United FC.
Let's look at the starting 11...
Headshots from revolutionsoccer.net.
Brad Friedel
Brandon Bye
Jalil Anibaba
Andrew Farrell
Luis Caicedo
Wilfried Zahibo
Carles Gil
Scott Caldwell
Cristian Penilla
DeJuan Jones
Juan Fernando Caicedo
Cody Cropper
TAKEAWAYS
A guilty midfield:
Darlington Nagbe
Josef Martinez
Julian Gressel
Cody Cropper
Luis Caicedo
Scott Caldwell
Ezequiel Barco
Staying onside:
Luis Caicedo
Diego Fagundez
THREE UP
Juan Fernando Caicedo
Cody Cropper
- In the 59th minute, showing a brilliant hold on a point-blank shot from Hector Villalba
- In the 65th minute, stopping a breakaway shot from Josef Martinez
- And in the 87th minute, making a kick save on Gressel who took a shot from the line of the six yard box
Tajon Buchanan
Brad Guzan
THREE DOWN
The midfield
The back line
Andrew Farrell
Brandon Bye
Luis Caicedo
PLAYER RATINGS
PARTING THOUGHT