For the New England Revolution, this season will -- and should -- be seen as a success after falling to Atlanta United FC in Round 1 of the 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs. After 70 minutes of battling and keeping one of the league's best clubs honest, the Colonial jerseys conceded a goal that buried their hopes of advancing past Atlanta and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. After Franco Escobar rifled a shot past Matt Turner, the Revs looked deflated and only generated two chances for the remaining 25 minutes of play.
Let's look at the starting 11...
Headshots from revolutionsoccer.net.
Scott Caldwell
Wilfried Zahibo
DeJuan Jones
Antonio Delamea
Andrew Farrell
Brandon Bye
Carles Gil
Cristian Penilla
Gustavo Bou
Teal Bunbury
Matt Turner
TAKEAWAYS
Containing Atlanta
Brad Guzan
Graphic from MLSsoccer.com.
Graphic from MLSsoccer.com.
The managers' moves
Frank de Boer
Florentin Pogba
Hector Villalba
I don't care that he made a move, I'm not going to allow him to draw a move out of me.
Frank de Boer
Bruce Arena
Diego Fagundez
Juan Fernando Caicedo
Juan Agudelo
Antonio
Delamea
Jalil Anibaba
Headshots from revolutionsoccer.net.
Examining the goal
Darlington Nagbe
Ezequiel Barco
Franco Escobar
THREE UP
Andrew Farrell
Brandon Bye
Carles Gil
Three Up
Graphic from MLSsoccer.com.
Matt Turner
Josef Martinez
THREE DOWN
Carles Gil
Josef Martinez
Gustavo Bou
Juan Fernando Caicedo
Bruce Arena
Scott Caldwell
Luis Caicedo
Takeaways
PLAYER RATINGS
PARTING THOUGHT