Burpo injury turns attention to Reis

by Adam Vaccaro Just moments before Preston Burpo suffered what’s been termed by the Revolution as a lower leg fracture while aggressively defending his net from New York’s Dane Richards, the Revolution’s broadcast booth was gushing with praise for the keeper. “To me, he’s the MVP so far,” said color analyst Jay Heaps. Heaps and Brad [...]

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Revs notes: Schilawski, Joseph among league leaders

Saturday was a big night for the Revolution, who posted a 3-2 victory over New York. Some housekeeping to send us into the fresh week… The Revolution managed to at last kill off a 9 game winless streak, which included 7 league matches. Since April 10, New England had gone 0-7-2 and 0-5-2 in MLS [...]

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Joseph fuels Revolution victory, but Burpo lost in process

by Adam Vaccaro In hosting the New York Red Bulls at Gillette Stadium, the Revolution experienced a night of highs and lows. The highs? In his second match back from a five game suspension, captain Shalrie Joseph took full control of his club and led his team to victory. His presence on the field showed [...]

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Second half thoughts: New York Red Bulls at New England Revolution

The Revolution enter tonight’s second half with a 2-1 lead over New York. New England suffered a major injury and will miss goalie Preston Burpo in the second half, but the players will need to keep their focus if they want to record their first victory since April 10. A quick note: I haven’t been [...]

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First half thoughts: New York Red Bulls at New England Revolution

Here are some running thoughts from the first half of tonight’s match pitting the New England Revolution against Red Bull New York at Gillette Stadium. A great ball in in the second minute from Pat Phelan set up Shalrie Joseph. Joseph put a head on the ball and sent it wide left. Already, each team [...]

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Lineups

The Revolution’s lineup for tonight’s match is interesting. The club is indeed switching back to its 4-4-2 formation, and Joseph Niouky will be filling in for the injured Cory Gibbs on the back line. Chris Tierney will be plugged into the center-mid spot that Niouky has occupied most of the season, which puts him in, [...]

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Pregame notes: New York Red Bulls @ New England Revolution

The Revolution (2-6-2) will play host this evening to the New York Red Bulls (5-4-0). The match, scheduled for eight, really needs to be considered a must-win for New England. New York has struggled of late after getting off to a very strong start, but the Revs have failed to post a victory in 7 [...]

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Injury report: Three upgraded, three out

Today’s  Revolution injury report is now available to the public. Edgaras Jankauskas has been upgraded from doubtful to questionable. Jankauskas is starting to be labeled by most as a bust, or at least a disappointment, but the Revs are in desparate need of anybody who can score. Perhaps he’ll help the club put the ball in net [...]

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Revs’ injury woes grow

The Revolution released today’s injury report minutes ago and guess what? It’s grown. Already without Taylor Twellman, Matt Reis, Shalrie Joseph, Emmanuel Osei, and Mike Videira, the club will miss Darrius Barnes this week as well.  Barnes suffered a right foot sprain Saturday night against Columbus and was substituted out as a result.

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This week in Revolution soccer

It was an unusual week for the Revolution, from Monday’s big-news beginning to the very tense match that closed it out.  Let’s run through it real quick, story by story. The Revs’ tumultuous week got started almost immediately following the club’s 2-1 loss to the Colorado Rapids last Saturday night.  Before lunchtime on Monday, it [...]

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