After battling for 97 minutes in a stadium (Children's Mercy Park) where they struggle historically, New England escaped with a road point to carry them into next week. Each side in the match collected their fair share of bookings, penalties, and goals en route to the draw. Juan Fernando Caicedo and Juan Agudelo led the way on the attack while former Revolution forward Krisztian Nemeth put two goals on the score sheet for Sporting Kansas City.
Let's look at the starting 11...
Headshots from revolutionsoccer.net.
Brad Friedel
Juan Agudelo
Juan Fernando Caicedo
Carles Gil
DeJuan Jones
Tajon Buchanan
Scott Caldwell
Andrew Farrell
Brandon Bye
Jalil Anibaba
Edgar Castillo
TAKEAWAYS
Defending in the midfield
Kelyn Rowe
Gianluca Busio
Johnny Russell
Graham Zusi
Purposeful service
- beating the player trying to block the cross (playing between legs, bending around an outstretched leg, playing over sliding players, etc.)
- and playing the service where teammates can get to it, but opposing defenders can't
Passing from the back
Jalil Anibaba
Claude Dielna
- Farrell - 50%
- Anibaba - 46.7%
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THREE UP
Tajon Buchanan
Juan Agudelo
Juan Fernando Caicedo
TWO DOWN
Jalil Anibaba
Brandon Bye
PLAYER RATINGS
PARTING THOUGHT
Brandon Bye
Jalil Anibaba
Antonio Delamea
Michael Mancienne
Luis Caicedo
DeJuan Jones