2017 New England Revolution season

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.

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)
← 2016
2018 →

Current squad

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

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

Technical staff

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

Last updated: May 12, 2016
Source: Club Staff

Matches and results

Preseason

January 31, 2017 Desert Friendlies Minnesota United FC 1–1 New England Revolution Casa Grande, Arizona
12:30 EDTStarikov 39'ReportKamara 78'Stadium: Grande Sports World
February 3, 2017 Desert Friendlies New York Red Bulls 0–2 New England Revolution Casa Grande, Arizona
13:30 EDTReportKamara 25'
Wright 88'
Stadium: Grande Sports World
NK Istra 1961
February 5, 2017 Desert Friendlies New England Revolution 1–0 NK Istra 1961 Casa Grande, Arizona
EDTBowen ReportStadium: Grande Sports World
Note: 60-minute scrimmage

MLS regular season

Eastern Conference table

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
5Columbus Crew34161265349+454MLS Cup Knockout Round
6New York Red Bulls34141285347+650
7New England Revolution34131565361−845
8Philadelphia Union34111495047+342
9Montreal Impact34111765258−639
Source: MLS

Overall standings

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPts
13FC Dallas341110134848046
14Real Salt Lake34131564955−645
15New England Revolution34131565361−845
16Philadelphia Union34111495047+342
17Montreal Impact34111765258−639
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

Matches

March 4, 2017 1 Colorado Rapids 1–0 New England Revolution Commerce City, Colorado
18:00 EDTBadji 52'
Calvert  68'
Powers  69'
Cronin  75'
ReportTierney  14'
Kamara  79'
Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 16,126
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
March 18, 2017 2 FC Dallas 2–1 New England Revolution Frisco, Texas
20:00 EDTLamah  37'
Figueroa  54'
Urruti 71', 77'
Barrios  89'
ReportNguyen 10' (pen.)
Agudelo  73'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 16,150
Referee: Alan Kelly
March 25, 2017 3 New England Revolution 5–2 Minnesota United FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
14:00 EDTAgudelo 4', 41'
Kamara 21'
Nguyen 32' (pen.)
Tierney 53' (pen.)
ReportWarner 15'
Kallman 49'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 11,571
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
April 2, 2017 4 Portland Timbers 1–1 New England Revolution Portland, Oregon
21:00 EDTValeri 14'ReportKouassi  44'
Rowe  47'
Nguyen 84'
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 21,144
Referee: Kevin Stott
April 8, 2017 5 New England Revolution 2–0 Houston Dynamo Foxborough, Massachusetts
14:00 EDTKamara 52'
Agudelo 72'
ReportClark  16'Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 14,725
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
April 15, 2017 6 Chicago Fire 3–0 New England Revolution Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00 EDTSchweinsteiger 45'
Nikolić 47', 73'
Kappelhof  77'
ReportWatson  21'   27'Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,914
Referee: Ted Unkel
April 22, 2017 8 New England Revolution 2–2 D.C. United Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDTNguyen 5'
Delamea  39'
Agudelo 48'
Kouassi  89'
ReportJeffrey 26'
Le Toux  27' 28'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 16,591
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
May 27, 2017 13 New York Red Bulls 2–1 New England Revolution Harrison, New Jersey
19:30 EDTWright-Phillips 47'
Royer 74'
Felipe  78'
Muyl  88'
ReportNguyen 9'
Watson  39'
Kouassi  90+4'
Bunbury  90+5'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,905
Referee: Ismail Elfath
May 31, 2017 14 New York City FC 2–2 New England Revolution New York, New York
19:30 EDTHarrison 17'
Camargo 64'
Villa  81'
Lopez  90'
ReportKamara 24'
Koffie  29'
Kouassi 86'
Rowe  87'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 20,193
Referee: Christopher Penso
June 3, 2017 15 New England Revolution 3–0 Toronto FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDTAngoua 17'  27'
Fagúndez 66'
Farrell  71'
Agudelo 85'
ReportCooper  26'Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 21,764
Referee: Armando Villarreal
June 23, 2017 17 Toronto FC 2–0 New England Revolution Toronto, Ontario, Canada
20:00 EDTMoor 11' (Endoh, Cooper)
Giovinco  22' 90+6' (Vázquez)
Altidore  52'
ReportDelamea  50'Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 27,261
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
July 5, 2017 19 New England Revolution 2–3 New York Red Bulls Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDTBunbury 21' (Fagundez)
Nguyen 26'
Angoua  55'
Delamea  77'
ReportWright-Phillips 23'  78'
Royer  44' 55' (PK)
Zizzo  47'
Davis  76'
Verón 90' (Felipe)
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 13,924
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
July 22, 2017 20 New England Revolution 4–3 LA Galaxy Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDTNguyen 16' (Fagundez)
Kamara 34' (Fagundez)
Farrell  38'
Delamea  56'
Tierney  66'
Fagundez  69'
Bunbury 70' (Rowe), 73' (Farrell, Kamara)
ReportSteres 22' (Alessandrini, Garcia), 53'
Jones  24'
Diallo  42'
McBean  44'
Lassiter 79'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 27,441
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
August 5, 2017 22 Chicago Fire 4–1 New England Revolution Bridgeview, Illinois
20:30 EDTPolster 8' (João Meira)
Juninho 39' (Doody)
Accam  45+1'
de Leeuw 49' (Doody)  64'
Campbell  80'
Solignac 90+2' (Doody)
ReportKamara 24' (Nguyen)
Angoua  44'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 20,214
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
August 12, 2017 23 New England Revolution 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
20:00 EDTNguyen  45+3'
Bunbury 53' (Rowe)
Kamara  63'
Watson  69'
ReportJacobson  41'Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 19,911
Referee: Ismail Elfath
August 20, 2017 24 New York City FC 2–1 New England Revolution New York, New York
18:00 EDTBrillant  59'
Allen  75'
Villa 77'
Herrera  89'
ReportAngoua  53'
Bunbury 57'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 22,415
Referee: Mark Geiger
August 26, 2017 25 D.C. United 1–0 New England Revolution Washington, D.C.
19:00 EDTCanouse  26'
Acosta 71' (Opare, Sam)
Sarvas  81'
ReportDielna  63'
Kamara  65'
Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 13,539
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
September 2, 2017 26 New England Revolution 4–0 Orlando City SC Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:00 EDTKamara 26' (Caldwell, Nguyen), 75' (Nguyen), 89' (Nguyen)
Agudelo  68'
Bunbury 90+2' (Németh, Nguyen)
ReportPereira  56'
Aja  66'   80'
Rocha  86'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 17,865
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Note: Kei Kamara's first career hat trick
September 9, 2017 27 New England Revolution 1–0 Montreal Impact Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDTNguyen 68' (Bunbury)  90+1'ReportBeland-Goyette  35'Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 20,080
Referee: Armando Villarreal
September 13, 2017 28 Atlanta United FC 7–0 New England Revolution Atlanta, Georgia
19:00 EDTMartínez 2' (Almirón), 31' (pen.), 39' (pen.)
Pirez  23'
Walkes 45' (Garza)
Kratz 70'
Asad 74'
Villalba 90'
ReportFarrell  6'
Koffie  8'
Kouassi  16'
Mlinar  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.[1]
September 16, 2017 29 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 New England Revolution Kansas City, Kansas
20:30 EDTGerso 16'
Diego Rubio  23' 45' (Gerso, Zusi), 58'
Medranda  26'
Bunbury 4'
Németh  11'
Fagúndez  90+2'
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 19,089
Referee: Jorge González
September 27, 2017 31 Orlando City SC 6–1 New England Revolution Orlando, Florida
19:30 EDTNocerino 22' (Yotún)
Hines 32' (Yotún)  45'
Kaká  28' 43' (Dwyer), 77' (Dwyer)
Pereira  33'
Dwyer 84' (Larin)
Yotún 90' (Laryea)
ReportKouassi  11'
Dielna  21'
Caldwell  29'
Nguyen 45+1'  90+4'
Delamea  57'
Angoua  86'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 23,018
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
October 15, 2017 33 New England Revolution 2–1 New York City FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
17:00 EDTDielna  49'
Fagundez 51' (Farrell) 90+2'
Farrell  78'
Agudelo  90+4'
ReportHarrison  26'
Herrera  44'
Matarrita  49'
Shelton 90+3' (Ring)
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 33,767
Referee: Nima Saghafi
October 22, 2017 34 Montreal Impact 2–3 New England Revolution Montreal, Quebec, Canada
16:00 EDTFagundez 19'
Angoua  45+3'
Németh 46' (Fagundez)
Tierney  84'
Rowe 90+6' (Kamara)
ReportCiman  43'
Bernier 45+3' (PK)
Romero  51'
Dzemaili  62'
Mancosu 90' (Tabla)
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 20,681
Referee: Rubiel Vasquez

U.S. Open Cup

June 14, 2017 Fourth Round New England Revolution 3–0 Rochester Rhinos Providence, Rhode Island
19:30 EDTBunbury 44' (pen.)
Smith 50' (Kobayashi)
Herivaux 51'
Woodberry  62'
ReportFarrell  24'   40'Stadium: Anderson Stadium
Attendance: 1,663
Referee: Henrik Karlsson
June 28, 2017 Fifth Round New England Revolution 2–1 D.C. United Boston, Massachusetts
19:30 EDTFagundez 44'
Woodberry  37'
Wright 48'
Smith  57'
ReportOrtiz 7' (Harkes)
Jeffrey  10'
Korb  90+4'
Stadium: Jordan Field
Attendance: 2,572
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
July 13, 2017 Quarterfinal New England Revolution 0–1 New York Red Bulls Boston, Massachusetts
19:30 EDTDelamea  14'   FT'
Tierney  67'
Angoua  75'
Farrell  89'
ReportLong  22'
Wright-Phillips 87' (Felipe)
Felipe  90+3'
Kljestan  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
7FW Brian Wright22Vermont CatamountsDraftedPre-seasonUndisclosedSuperDraft[2]
19DF Antonio Mlinar Delamea26Olimpija LjubljanaTransferPre-seasonUndisclosed[3]
4DF Benjamin Angoua30GuingampOn LoanPre-seasonUndisclosed[4]
88FW Femi Hollinger-Janzen23Minnesota United FCTradePre-seasonUndisclosed[5]
27DF Joshua Smith25Burlingame Dragons FCDraftedPre-seasonUndisclosedSuperDraft[6]
5MF Gershon Koffie26Hammarby FotbollOn LoanMid-seasonUndisclosed[7]
DF Claude Dielna29Sheffield Wednesday F.C.FreeMid-seasonUndisclosed[8]
9 Krisztián Németh28Al-GharafaTrade from Columbus CrewMid-seasonUndisclosed[9]

Draft picks

RoundSelectionPos.NameCollege
120FW Brian WrightVermont
231MF Napo MatsosoKentucky
475DF Joshua SmithSan Francisco

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
3DF Jordan McCrary24Toronto FC II Option DeclinedPre-season[10]
88FW Femi Hollinger-Janzen23Minnesota United FC DraftedPre-seasonExp. Draft[11]
40DF Sambinha24Sporting B Loan returnPre-seasonFree[12]
7MF Gershon Koffie25Hammarby TransferPre-seasonFree.[13]
22GK Bobby Shuttleworth30Minnesota United FCTradePre-season[14]

Player statistics

Top scorers

PlacePositionNumberNameMLSMLS CupOpen CupTotal
1FW23 Kei Kamara110011
2MF24 Lee Nguyen9009
3FW17 Juan Agudelo8008
FW10 Teal Bunbury7018
4FW14 Diego Fagúndez4015
5DF4 Benjamin Angoua1001
MF6 Scott Caldwell1001
FW7 Brian Wright0011
DF8 Chris Tierney1001
MF12 Xavier Kouassi1001
MF16 Daigo Kobayashi1001
DF19 Antonio Delamea Mlinar1001
MF21 Zachary Herivaux0011
MF33 Donnie Smith0011
Total450550

As of September 16, 2017.

Awards

References