2017 New England Revolution season

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New England Revolution
2017 season
OwnerRobert Kraft
Head coachJay Heaps
(until September 18)
Tom Soehn (interim)
(from September 18)
StadiumGillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
MLSConference: 7th
Overall: 15th
MLS Cup PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Kei Kamara (12 goals)
All: Kei Kamara (12 goals)
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 33,767
(Oct. 15 vs. New York City FC)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 10,487
(Apr. 19 vs. San Jose Earthquakes)

All: 2,331
(Jul. 13 vs. New York Red Bulls)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 19,367
All: 16,789
Biggest win4 goals:
NER 4–0 RSL (May 13)
NER 4–0 ORL (Sep. 2)
Biggest defeat7 goals:
ATL 7–0 NER (Sep. 30)
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The 2017 New England Revolution season was the club's 22nd season of existence, and their 22nd season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight of American soccer.

Current squad

As of September 14, 2017. Source: New England Revolution Roster

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Cody Cropper United States GK (1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 (age 31)
Milton Keynes Dons
18 Brad Knighton United States GK (1985-02-06) February 6, 1985 (age 39) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
30 Matt Turner United States GK (1994-06-24) June 24, 1994 (age 29) United States Fairfield University
Defenders
2 Andrew Farrell United States CB (1992-04-02) April 2, 1992 (age 32) United States University of Louisville
4 Benjamin Angoua Ivory Coast LB (1986-11-28) November 28, 1986 (age 37) France Guingamp
8 Chris Tierney United States LB (1986-01-09) January 9, 1986 (age 38) United States University of Virginia
15 Je-Vaughn Watson Jamaica DF (1983-10-22) October 22, 1983 (age 40)
F.C. Dallas
19 Antonio Delamea Mlinar Slovenia DF (1991-06-10) June 10, 1991 (age 32) Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
27
Joshua Smith
United States DF (1992-03-10) March 10, 1992 (age 32) United States Burlingame Dragons FC
28 London Woodberry United States CB (1991-05-28) May 28, 1991 (age 32)
Arizona United
Midfielders
5 Gershon Koffie Ghana
MF
(1991-08-25) August 25, 1991 (age 32) Sweden Hammarby Fotboll
6 Scott Caldwell United States M (1991-03-15) March 15, 1991 (age 33) United States University of Akron
11 Kelyn Rowe United States M (1991-12-25) December 25, 1991 (age 32) United States University of California, Los Angeles
12 Xavier Kouassi Ivory Coast M (1989-12-28) December 28, 1989 (age 34) Switzerland FC Sion
14
Diego Fagundez
Uruguay M (1995-02-14) February 14, 1995 (age 29) United States New England Revolution Academy
16 Daigo Kobayashi Japan M (1983-02-19) February 19, 1983 (age 41) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
21 Zachary Herivaux Haiti M (1996-02-01) February 1, 1996 (age 28) United States New England Revolution Academy
24 Lee Nguyen United States M (1986-10-07) October 7, 1986 (age 37)
Becamex Binh Duong
33 Donnie Smith United States M (1990-12-07) December 7, 1990 (age 33)
Carolina Dynamo
Forwards
7 Brian Wright Canada F (1995-03-24) March 24, 1995 (age 29) United States Burlingame Dragons
9 Krisztián Németh Hungary F (1989-01-05) January 5, 1989 (age 35)
Al-Gharafa
10 Teal Bunbury United States F (1990-02-27) February 27, 1990 (age 34) United States Sporting Kansas City
17 Juan Agudelo United States F (1992-11-23) November 23, 1992 (age 31) Netherlands FC Utrecht
23 Kei Kamara Sierra Leone F (1984-09-01) September 1, 1984 (age 39)
Columbus Crew SC
88 Femi Hollinger-Janzen Benin F (1993-12-14) December 14, 1993 (age 30) United States Indiana University

Technical staff

Position Staff
Head Coach United States Jay Heaps
First Assistant Coach United States Tom Soehn
Goalkeeping Coach Canada Remi Roy
Strength and Conditioning Coach United States Nick Downing
Technical Director United States Ross Duncan
Soccer Operations Manager United States Jason Gove
Soccer Operations Analyst United States Tim Crawford
Equipment Manager United States Scott Emmens
Head Athletic Trainer United States Evan Allen
Assistant Athletic Trainer United States Phil Madore
Massage Therapist United States Glenn O'Connor
Head Team Physician United States Scott Martin, M.D.

Last updated: May 12, 2016
Source: Club Staff

Matches and results

Preseason

January 31, 2017 Desert Friendlies
EDT
Starikov 39' Report Kamara 78' Stadium: Grande Sports World
February 3, 2017 Desert Friendlies
EDT
Report Kamara 25'
Wright 88'
Stadium: Grande Sports World
February 5, 2017 Desert Friendlies
EDT
Bowen Report Stadium: Grande Sports World
Note: 60-minute scrimmage
February 7, 2017 Desert Friendlies
EDT
Selbol 81' Report
Smith 22'
Kamara
44'
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

MLS regular season

Eastern Conference table

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5
Columbus Crew
34 16 12 6 53 49 +4 54 Knockout round
6 New York Red Bulls 34 14 12 8 53 47 +6 50
7 New England Revolution 34 13 15 6 53 61 −8 45
8 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 50 47 +3 42
9
Montreal Impact
34 11 17 6 52 58 −6 39
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored ; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Overall standings

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
13 FC Dallas 34 11 10 13 48 48 0 46
14 Real Salt Lake 34 13 15 6 49 55 −6 45
15 New England Revolution 34 13 15 6 53 61 −8 45
16 Philadelphia Union 34 11 14 9 50 47 +3 42
17
Montreal Impact
34 11 17 6 52 58 −6 39
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. ^
    CONCACAF Champions League

    Selection Procedure
    • Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[1] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2017 season, the following teams qualified:
      1. The winner of MLS Cup 2017; this berth was reallocated to the best US team in aggregate points in both 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons (New York Red Bulls) as Toronto FC won the Cup.
      2. The winner of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City).
      Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield were not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier entered at the second phase of the tournament.
      One Canada-based team qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):
      1. The winner of both the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

Matches

March 4, 2017 1
EDT
Badji 52'
Calvert Yellow card 68'
Powers Yellow card 69'
Cronin Yellow card 75'
Report Tierney Yellow card 14'
Kamara Yellow card 79'
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 16,126
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
March 18, 2017 2
EDT
Lamah Yellow card 37'
Figueroa Yellow card 54'
Urruti 71', 77'
Barrios Yellow card 89'
Report Nguyen 10' (pen.)
Agudelo Yellow card 73'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 16,150
Referee: Alan Kelly
March 25, 2017 3
EDT
Agudelo 4', 41'
Kamara 21'
Nguyen 32' (pen.)
Tierney 53' (pen.)
Report Warner 15'
Kallman 49'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 11,571
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
April 2, 2017 4
EDT
Valeri 14' Report Kouassi Yellow card 44'
Rowe Yellow card 47'
Nguyen 84'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144
Referee: Kevin Stott
April 8, 2017 5
EDT
Kamara 52'
Agudelo 72'
Report Clark Yellow card 16' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 14,725
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
New England Revolution v San Jose Earthquakes
April 19, 2017 7
EDT
Report
Bingham
Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 10,487
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
April 22, 2017 8
EDT
Nguyen 5'
Delamea Yellow card 39'
Agudelo 48'
Kouassi Yellow card 89'
Report
Le Toux
Yellow card 27' 28'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 16,591
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
April 29, 2017 9
EDT
Lodiero 75'
Bruin Yellow card 80' 85'
Alonso
88'
Report Kobayashi 15'
Agudelo 26', 54'
Stadium:
CenturyLink Field
Attendance: 43,230
Referee: Allen Chapman
New England Revolution v Real Salt Lake
May 13, 2017 11
EDT
Caldwell 4' Yellow card 29'
Kamara 18'
Fagúndez 34'
Nguyen 41'
Farrell Yellow card 79'
Report
Silva
Yellow card 84'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 21,096
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
May 21, 2017 12
EDT
Fagúndez 24', 34'
Farrell Red card 90+3'
Report Kamara 20'
Trapp Yellow card 55'
Jahn Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 18,651
Referee: Alan Kelly
May 27, 2017 13
EDT
Felipe Yellow card 78'
Muyl
Yellow card 88'
Report Nguyen 9'
Watson Yellow card 39'
Kouassi Yellow card 90+4'
Bunbury Yellow card 90+5'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,905
Referee: Ismail Elfath
May 31, 2017 14
EDT
Harrison 17'
Camargo 64'
Villa Yellow card 81'
Lopez Yellow card 90'
Report Kamara 24'
Koffie Yellow card 29'
Kouassi 86'
Rowe Yellow card 87'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 20,193
Referee: Christopher Penso
June 3, 2017 15
EDT
Angoua 17' Yellow card 27'
Fagúndez 66'
Farrell Yellow card 71'
Agudelo 85'
Report Cooper Yellow card 26' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 21,764
Referee: Armando Villarreal
June 17, 2017 16
EDT
Rowe Yellow card 21'
Delamea Mlinar 70'
Report Nikolić 18'
Solignac 61' (de Leeuw)
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 21,548
Referee: Kevin Stott
June 23, 2017 17
EDT
Vázquez)
Altidore
Yellow card 52'
Report
Delamea
Yellow card 50'
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 27,261
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
July 2, 2017 18
EDT
Sapong 4' (PK)
Ilsinho 48' (Picault, Medunjanin)
Alberg 78' (Medunjanin
)
Report Watson Yellow card 45+3'
Angoua Yellow card 68'
Stadium:
Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 16,143
Referee: Chris Penso
July 5, 2017 19
EDT
Delamea
Yellow card 77'
Report
Felipe
)
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 13,924
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
July 22, 2017 20
EDT
Fagundez Yellow card 69'
Bunbury 70' (Rowe), 73' (Farrell, Kamara
)
Report Steres 22' (Alessandrini, Garcia), 53'
Jones Yellow card 24'
Diallo Yellow card 42'
McBean Yellow card 44'
Lassiter 79'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 27,441
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
July 29, 2017 21
EDT
Koffie Yellow card 34'
Kamara 38' (Rowe, Caldwell), 85' (Farrell, Nguyen)
Agudelo 89' (Caldwell, Nguyen)
Report Onyewu Yellow card 29'
Wijnaldum Yellow card 76'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 18,584
Referee: Nima Saghafi
New England Revolution v Vancouver Whitecaps FC
August 12, 2017 23
EDT
Nguyen Yellow card 45+3'
Bunbury 53' (Rowe)
Kamara Yellow card 63'
Watson Yellow card 69'
Report Jacobson Yellow card 41' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 19,911
Referee: Ismail Elfath
August 20, 2017 24
EDT
Brillant Yellow card 59'
Allen Yellow card 75'
Villa 77'
Herrera
Yellow card 89'
Report Angoua Yellow card 53'
Bunbury 57'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 22,415
Referee: Mark Geiger
August 26, 2017 25
EDT
Canouse Yellow card 26'
Acosta 71' (Opare, Sam)
Sarvas Yellow card 81'
Report Dielna Yellow card 63'
Kamara Yellow card 65'
Stadium:
RFK Stadium

Attendance: 13,539
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
September 2, 2017 26
EDT
Kamara 26' (Caldwell, Nguyen), 75' (Nguyen), 89' (Nguyen)
Agudelo Yellow card 68'
Bunbury 90+2' (Németh, Nguyen)
Report Pereira Yellow card 56'
Aja Yellow card 66' Yellow-red card 80'
Rocha Yellow card 86'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 17,865
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Note: Kei Kamara's first career hat trick
September 9, 2017 27
EDT
Nguyen 68' (Bunbury) Yellow card 90+1' Report
Beland-Goyette
Yellow card 35'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 20,080
Referee: Armando Villarreal
September 13, 2017 28
EDT
Pirez Yellow card 23'
Walkes 45' (Garza)
Kratz 70'
Asad 74'
Villalba
90'
Report Farrell Yellow card 6'
Koffie Yellow card 8'
Kouassi Red card 16'
Mlinar Red card 38'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 42,511
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
Note: New England became the first team in MLS history to record zero shots in a match.[2]
September 16, 2017 29
EDT
Gerso 16'
Diego Rubio Yellow card 23' 45' (Gerso, Zusi), 58'
Medranda Yellow card 26'
Bunbury 4'
Németh Red card 11'
Fagúndez Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,089
Referee: Jorge González
September 23, 2017 30
EDT
Nguyen 82' (Tierney)
Kamara 87' (Nguyen, Tierney) Yellow card 90+3'
Report
Vázquez Yellow card 61'
Hasler 84' (Bradley
)
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 19,303
Referee: Alan Kelly
September 27, 2017 31
EDT
Nocerino 22' (Yotún)
Hines 32' (Yotún) Yellow card 45'
Kaká Yellow card 28' 43' (Dwyer), 77' (Dwyer)
Pereira Yellow card 33'
Dwyer 84' (Larin)
Yotún 90' (Laryea)
Report Kouassi Red card 11'
Dielna Yellow card 21'
Caldwell Yellow card 29'
Nguyen 45+1' Yellow card 90+4'
Delamea Yellow card 57'
Angoua Yellow card 86'
Stadium:
Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 23,018
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
September 30, 2017 32
EDT
Report
González Pirez
Yellow card 21'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 21,925
Referee: Dave Gantar
October 15, 2017 33
EDT
Fagundez 51' (Farrell) 90+2'
Farrell Yellow card 78'
Agudelo
Yellow card 90+4'
Report
Matarrita Yellow card 49'
Shelton 90+3' (Ring
)
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 33,767
Referee: Nima Saghafi

U.S. Open Cup

June 14, 2017 Fourth Round
EDT
Bunbury 44' (pen.)
Smith 50' (Kobayashi)
Herivaux 51'
Woodberry Yellow card 62'
Report Farrell Yellow card 24' Yellow-red card 40' Stadium: Anderson Stadium
Attendance: 1,663
Referee: Henrik Karlsson
June 28, 2017 Fifth Round
EDT
Smith
Yellow card 57'
Report Ortiz 7' (Harkes)
Jeffrey Yellow card 10'
Korb Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 2,572
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
July 13, 2017 Quarterfinal
EDT
Delamea Yellow card 14' Yellow-red card FT'
Tierney Yellow card 67'
Angoua Red card 75'
Farrell
Yellow card 89'
Report
Felipe Yellow card 90+3'
Kljestan
Yellow card 90+5'
Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 2,331
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Transfers

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
7 FW Canada Brian Wright 22 Vermont Catamounts Drafted Pre-season Undisclosed SuperDraft [3]
19 DF Slovenia Antonio Mlinar Delamea 26 Olimpija Ljubljana Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed [4]
4 DF Ivory Coast Benjamin Angoua 30
Guingamp
On Loan Pre-season Undisclosed [5]
88 FW Benin Femi Hollinger-Janzen 23 Minnesota United FC Trade Pre-season Undisclosed [6]
27 DF United States
Joshua Smith
25 Burlingame Dragons FC Drafted Pre-season Undisclosed SuperDraft [7]
5 MF Ghana Gershon Koffie 26 Hammarby Fotboll On Loan Mid-season Undisclosed [8]
DF France Claude Dielna 29 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Free Mid-season Undisclosed [9]
9 Hungary Krisztián Németh 28
Al-Gharafa
Trade from
Columbus Crew
Mid-season Undisclosed [10]

Draft picks

Round Selection Pos. Name College
1 20 FW Canada Brian Wright Vermont
2 31 MF Lesotho Napo Matsoso Kentucky
4 75 DF
Joshua Smith
San Francisco

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
3 DF United States Jordan McCrary 24 Toronto FC II United States Option Declined Pre-season [11]
88 FW Benin Femi Hollinger-Janzen 23 Minnesota United FC United States Drafted Pre-season
Exp. Draft
[12]
40 DF Guinea-Bissau Sambinha 24
Sporting B Portugal
Loan return Pre-season Free [13]
7 MF Ghana Gershon Koffie 25 Hammarby Sweden Transfer Pre-season Free .[14]
22 GK United States Bobby Shuttleworth 30 Minnesota United FC Trade Pre-season [15]

Player statistics

Top scorers

Place Position Number Name MLS MLS Cup Open Cup Total
1 FW 23 Sierra Leone Kei Kamara 11 0 0 11
2
MF
24 United States Lee Nguyen 9 0 0 9
3 FW 17 United States Juan Agudelo 8 0 0 8
FW 10 United States Teal Bunbury 7 0 1 8
4 FW 14 Uruguay Diego Fagúndez 4 0 1 5
5 DF 4 Ivory Coast Benjamin Angoua 1 0 0 1
MF
6 United States Scott Caldwell 1 0 0 1
FW 7 Canada Brian Wright 0 0 1 1
DF 8 United States Chris Tierney 1 0 0 1
MF
12 Ivory Coast Xavier Kouassi 1 0 0 1
MF
16 Japan Daigo Kobayashi 1 0 0 1
DF 19 Slovenia Antonio Delamea Mlinar 1 0 0 1
MF
21 Haiti Zachary Herivaux 0 0 1 1
MF
33 United States Donnie Smith 0 0 1 1
Total 45 0 5 50

As of September 16, 2017.

Awards

References

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  3. Gannett Company
    . Retrieved January 24, 2017.
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  5. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (January 27, 2017). "Revolution acquire defender Benjamin Angoua". Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  6. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (February 15, 2017). "Revs acquire Femi Hollinger-Janzen for Bobby Shuttleworth in trade with Minnesota United FC". Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  7. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (March 1, 2017). "Revolution Sign Defender Joshua Smith". Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  8. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (May 8, 2017). "Revolution Acquire Gershon Koffie on Loan from Hammarby IF". Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  9. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (July 28, 2017). "Revolution Sign Defender Claude Deilna". Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  10. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (August 10, 2017). "Revolution Acquire Forward Krisztián Németh in Trade with Columbus Crew SC". Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  11. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (November 28, 2016). "Revolution Exercise 12 Player Options". Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  12. ^ Hemming, Nick (December 13, 2016). "Minnesota United Stuns Revolution, Selects Femi Hollinger-Janzen in Expansion Draf". The Bent Musket. SB Nation. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  13. ^ "New England Revolution waive Guinea-Bissau defender Samba". Major League Soccer. MLSSoccer.com. August 29, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  14. ^ "HTV: Gershon Koffie klar för Hammarby – "Som att komma hem"". Hammarby Fotboll. January 15, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
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