As I mentioned in my season preview, don't forget who this team was before Carles Gil arrived. The New England Revolution struggled in the season opener, looking like they were two competitive games out of form in comparison to Montreal. The Impact looked more comfortable with each other and simply worked their way out of an early goal deficit to overcome New England by a score of 2-1.
Let's take a look at the starting 11...
Headshots from revolutionsoccer.net.
Henry Kessler
Andrew Farrell
Adam Buksa
Gustavo Bou
Wilfried Zahibo
Diego Fagundez
Scott Caldwell
Teal Bunbury
Cristian Penilla
Brandon Bye
DeJuan Jones
Matt Turner
TAKEAWAYS
Set pieces
Fitness
- Cristian Penilla
- Gustavo Bou
- Andrew Farrell
Carles Gil
The tactical
match up
Thierry
Henry
Saphir Taider
Samuel Piette
Bojan
THREE UP
Wilfried Zahibo:
Teal Bunbury:
Andrew Farrell:
MLSsoccer.com
THREE DOWN
Gustavo Bou:
Bruce Arena:
Michael Mancienne
Henry Kessler
Brandon Bye
Tajon Buchanan
Adam Buksa:
Adam Buksa
Joel
Waterman
Romell
Quioto
DeJuan Jones
PLAYER RATINGS
PARTING THOUGHT
Matt Turner