2018 New England Revolution season

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New England Revolution
2018 season
OwnerRobert Kraft
Jonathan Kraft
(The Kraft Group)
PresidentBrian Bilello
Head coachBrad Friedel
StadiumGillette Stadium
Foxborough, Massachusetts
MLSConference: 8th
Overall: 16th
MLS Cup PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupFourth round (3-2 loss vs. Louisville City)
Top goalscorerLeague: Teal Bunbury
Cristian Penilla
(11)

All: Teal Bunbury
Cristian Penilla
(11)
Highest home attendance36,573 (July 14 vs LA Galaxy
Lowest home attendance10,507 (May 30 vs Atlanta United FC
Average home league attendance18,347 (league)
← 2017
2019 →

The 2018 New England Revolution season was the team's 23rd season of existence, and their 23rd season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight of American soccer.

Current squad[edit]

As of June 12, 2018. 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) England 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 DF (1992-04-02) April 2, 1992 (age 32) United States University of Louisville
3 Jalil Anibaba United States DF (1988-10-19) October 19, 1988 (age 35) United States Houston Dynamo
4 Claude Dielna France DF (1987-12-14) December 14, 1987 (age 36) England Sheffield Wednesday
8 Chris Tierney United States DF (1986-01-09) January 9, 1986 (age 38) United States University of Virginia
12 Nicolas Samayoa Guatemala DF (1995-08-02) August 2, 1995 (age 28) United States Florida Gulf Coast University
19 Antonio Delamea Mlinar Slovenia DF (1991-06-10) June 10, 1991 (age 32) Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
91 Gabriel Somi Syria DF (1991-08-24) August 24, 1991 (age 32) Sweden Östersunds FK
Midfielders
Isaac Angking United States MF (2000-01-24) January 24, 2000 (age 24) United States New England Revolution Academy
6 Scott Caldwell United States MF (1991-03-15) March 15, 1991 (age 33) United States University of Akron
11 Kelyn Rowe United States MF (1991-12-25) December 25, 1991 (age 32) United States University of California, Los Angeles
14 Diego Fagúndez Uruguay MF (1995-02-14) February 14, 1995 (age 29) United States New England Revolution Academy
15 Brandon Bye United States MF (1995-11-29) November 29, 1995 (age 28) United States Western Michigan University
16 Mark Segbers United States MF (1996-04-18) April 18, 1996 (age 28) United States University of Wisconsin
17 Luis Caicedo Colombia MF (1996-05-18) May 18, 1996 (age 27) Colombia Cortuluá
21 Zachary Herivaux Haiti MF (1996-02-01) February 1, 1996 (age 28) United States Beaver Country Day School
23 Wilfried Zahibo France MF (1993-08-21) August 21, 1993 (age 30) Spain Nàstic
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) Qatar 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
70 Cristian Penilla Ecuador FW (1991-05-02) May 2, 1991 (age 32) Mexico C.F. Pachuca
88 Femi Hollinger-Janzen Benin F (1993-12-14) December 14, 1993 (age 30) United States Indiana University

Staff[edit]

Title Name
President Brian Bilello
General manager Mike Burns
Head coach Brad Friedel
Assistant coach Mike Lapper
Assistant coach Marcelo Nevelef
Goalkeepers coach Ruben Garcia
Director of scouting and player personnel Remi Roy
Director of soccer operations Jason Gove
Soccer operations coordinator Tyler Fletcher
Soccer operations coordinator Kevin Santos
Equipment manager Scott Emmens
Analyst Tim Crawford
Team video coordinator Todd Kingston
Head of fitness Anton McElhone
Head athletic trainer Evan Allen
Assistant athletic trainer Phil Madore

Last updated: February 10, 2018
Source: New England Revolution

Matches and results[edit]

Preseason[edit]

February 24, 2018 Mobile Mini Sun Cup New England Revolution 1–1
(4–3 p)
Houston Dynamo Tucson, Arizona
Farrell Yellow card 40'
Németh 48'
Delamea Yellow card 58'
Report García Yellow card 43'
Elis Yellow card 45+2', 63' (pen.)
Leonardo Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Penalties

MLS regular season[edit]

Eastern Conference table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Philadelphia Union 34 15 14 5 49 50 −1 50 Knockout round
7 Montreal Impact 34 14 16 4 47 53 −6 46
8 New England Revolution 34 10 13 11 49 55 −6 41
9 Toronto FC 34 10 18 6 59 64 −5 36
10 Chicago Fire 34 8 18 8 48 61 −13 32
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 goal differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Overall standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 13 13 8 54 67 −13 47
15 Montreal Impact 34 14 16 4 47 53 −6 46
16 New England Revolution 34 10 13 11 49 55 −6 41
17 Houston Dynamo 34 10 16 8 58 58 0 38 2019 CONCACAF Champions League
18 Minnesota United FC 34 11 20 3 49 71 −22 36
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 2018 season, the following teams qualified:
      1. The winner of MLS Cup 2018 (Atlanta United FC);
      2. The winner of the 2018 U.S. Open Cup (Houston Dynamo)
      Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters' Shield werw not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier entered at the second phase of the tournament.
      One Canada-based team qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):
      1. The winner of the 2018 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

Matches[edit]

March 3, 2018 1 Philadelphia Union 2–0 New England Revolution Chester, Pennsylvania
17:00 EST (UTC−05:00) Fontana 43' (Sapong, Bedoya)
Sapong Yellow card 63' 69' (Burke)
Report Delamea Red card 24'
Dielna Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 86'
Farrell Yellow card 59'
Zahibo Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium
Attendance: 16,452
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
March 10, 2018 2 New England Revolution 2–1 Colorado Rapids Foxborough, Massachusetts
13:30 EST (UTC−05:00) Bye Yellow card 24'
Fagúndez 48' (Penilla)
Rowe Yellow card 63'
Bunbury Yellow card 86'
Tierney 90+3' (F.K.)
Report Mcbean Yellow card 17'
Jackson 66' (Blomberg)
Martínez Yellow card 74'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 13,305
Referee: Armando Vilarreal
April 6, 2018 5 New England Revolution 4–0 Montreal Impact Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Bunbury 20' (Zahibo)
Farrell 45' (Fagúndez)
Fagúndez 71' (Rowe)
Zahibo 80' (Rowe)
Caicedo Yellow card 85'
Report Taïder Red card 14'
Raitala Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 10,908
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
May 5, 2018 9 Montreal Impact 4–2 New England Revolution Montreal, Quebec, Canada
13:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Duvall Yellow card 38'
Jackson-Hamel 45+2' 52'
Edwards 62'
Piatti 68'
Report Caicedo Yellow card 59'
Zahibo 78' 86'
Fagúndez Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 15,622
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
May 26, 2018 12 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–3 New England Revolution Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
17:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Reyna Yellow card 17'
Ghazal 26' (O.G.)
Kamara Yellow card 30'
Techera 49' (de Jong, Davies), 51', 74' (Reyna, Felipe)
Report Bunbury Yellow card 11' 59' (Fagúndez, Bye)
Penilla 48'
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 22,120
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
May 30, 2018 13 New England Revolution 1–1 Atlanta United FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Zahibo Yellow card 54'
Anibaba Yellow card 73'
Németh Yellow card 81'
Bunbury 88' (pen.)
Report Martínez 23' (Gressel, Nagbe)
Gressel Yellow card 36'
Guzan Yellow card 88'
Williams Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 10,547
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
June 2, 2018 14 New England Revolution 2–1 New York Red Bulls Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Delamea Yellow card 31'
Fagúndez 45+1' (Németh, Bunbury)
Bunbury 78' (Penilla)
Rowe Yellow card 81'
Wright-Phillips 8' (Davis) Yellow card 69'
Bezecourt Yellow card 30'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 21,576
Referee: José Carlos Rivero
June 30, 2018 17 New England Revolution 3–2 D.C. United Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Penilla 18' (Németh) 78' (pen.)
Delamea Yellow card 27'
Caicedo Yellow card 41'
Bunbury 45+1' (Anibaba)
Report Asad 42' (Stieber) 73' (pen.)
Mattocks Yellow card 77'
Fisher Yellow card 78'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 19,371
Referee: Allen Chapman
July 7, 2018 18 New England Revolution 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Fagundez Yellow card 41'
Rowe Yellow card 81'
Preview Lodeiro Yellow card 42'
Delem Yellow card 90+3'
Nouhou Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 16,484
Referee: Nima Saghafi
August 4, 2018 22 Orlando City SC 3–3 New England Revolution Orlando, Florida
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) PC Yellow card 6'
Kljestan Yellow card 39'
Dwyer 45',Yellow card 90+4'
Tarek 71'
Sutter 90+3'
Yotún Red card 90+8'
Report Agudelo 7'
Penilla 18'
Bye Yellow card 38'
Bunbury 76'
Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 23,879
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
August 11, 2018 23 New England Revolution 2–3 Philadelphia Union Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Farrell 46'
Zahibo 64'
Delamea Yellow card 75'
Rowe Yellow card 90+3'
Report Elliott 14', 24'
Blake Yellow card 57'
Picault Yellow card 63', 76' (pen.)
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 19,516
Referee: Allen Chapman
August 19, 2018 24 D.C. United 2–0 New England Revolution Washington, D.C.
18:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Acosta 13'
Canouse Yellow card 58'
Steiber 89'
Report Caicedo Yellow card 12'
Agudelo Yellow card 29'
Caldwell Yellow card 56', Yellow card 73' Red card
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 20,198
Referee: Ted Unkel
September 1, 2018 26 New England Revolution 1–1 Portland Timbers Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Caldwell 58', Yellow card 76'
Caicedo Yellow card 60'
Mancienne Yellow card 87'
Penilla Yellow card 90+1'
Report Blanco Yellow card 19'
Olum Yellow card 67', 70'
Clark Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 16,040
Referee: José Carlos Rivero
September 5, 2018 27 New York City FC 0–1 New England Revolution Bronx, New York
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Castellanos Yellow card 47'
Ring Yellow card 89'
Report Machado Yellow card 15'
Wright 71'
Penilla Yellow card 89'
Bye Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 18,884
Referee: Armando Villarreal
September 22, 2018 29 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Mlinar Yellow card 31'
Bye Yellow card 36'
Caldwell 62',Yellow card 80'
Bunbury Yellow card 69'
Penilla 70'
Report Katai 19'
McCarty Yellow card 58'
Mancienne 67' (o.g.)
Kappelhof Yellow card 78'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 24,388
Referee: Joe Dickerson
September 29, 2018 30 Toronto FC 4–1 New England Revolution Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Giovinco 36'
Morrow Yellow card 27'
Osorio Yellow card 39'
Janson 53'
Vázquez 58' (pen.)
Auro Jr. Yellow card 65'
Delgado 81'
Report Penilla 10'
Caldwell Yellow card 18'
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 24,710
Referee: Ismail Elfath
October 6, 2018 31 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New England Revolution Atlanta, Georgia
15:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Bello 17'
Gressel 52'
Report Zahibo Yellow card 16'
Herivaux Yellow card 38'
Hauche Yellow card 56'
Caicedo Yellow card 64'
Agudelo 90+2'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 45,122
Referee: Kevin Stott
October 28, 2018 34 New England Revolution 1–0 Montreal Impact Foxborough, Massachusetts
16:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Rowe Yellow card 69'
Fagúndez 74', Yellow card 75'
Farrell Yellow card 83'
Zahibo Yellow card 89'
Report Taïder Yellow card 90+2' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 28,832
Referee: Armando Villarreal

2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup[edit]

Kickoff times are in EDT (UTC-04) unless shown otherwise

June 5, 2018 Fourth Round Louisville City Kentucky 3–2 Massachusetts New England Revolution Louisville, Kentucky
16:00 Jimenez 11' (Ownby) Yellow card 85'
Lancaster 37' (Davis)
Ownby 62'
Report Segbers 5'
McMahon 37' (O.G.)
Agudelo Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium: Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium
Attendance: 5,196
Referee: Aaron Hernandez

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

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
MF United States Isaac Angking 18 United States New England Revolution Academy Free signing Pre-season Undisclosed [2]
91 DF Sweden Gabriel Somi 26 Sweden Östersunds FK Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed [3]
23 MF France Wilfried Zahibo 24 Spain Gimnàstic Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed [4]
70 FW Ecuador Cristian Penilla 26 Mexico Pachuca On loan Pre-season Undisclosed [5]
3 DF United States Jalil Anibaba 29 United States Houston Dynamo Free Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed [6]
15 DF United States Brandon Bye 22 United States Western Michigan University Drafted Pre-season Undisclosed SuperDraft [7]
12 DF Guatemala Nicolas Samayoa 22 United States Florida Gulf Coast University Drafted Pre-season Undisclosed SuperDraft [6]
16 DF United States Mark Segbers 21 United States University of Wisconsin Drafted Pre-season Undisclosed SuperDraft [7]
17 MF Colombia Luis Caicedo 21 Colombia Cortuluá On loan Mid-season Undisclosed [8]
25 FW Argentina Guillermo Hauche 25 Argentina Racing Club Free Transfer Mid-season Undisclosed [9]

Out[edit]

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
4 DF Ivory Coast Benjamin Angoua 31 France Guingamp Option Declined Pre-season [10]
12 MF Ivory Coast Xavier Kouassi 23 Switzerland FC Sion Option Declined Pre-season [10]
33 MF United States Donnie Smith 27 United States Charlotte Independence Option Declined Pre-season [10]
27 DF United States Josh Smith 25 Option declined Pre-season [10]
15 DF Jamaica Je-Vaughn Watson 34 United States Charlotte Independence Option declined Pre-season [10]
28 DF United States London Woodberry 26 United States Nashville SC Option declined Pre-season [10]
22 MF Japan Daigo Kobayashi 34 United States Las Vegas Lights FC Option declined Pre-season [10]
5 MF Ghana Gershon Koffie 26 Sweden Hammarby IF Loan return Pre-season [10]
23 FW Sierra Leone Kei Kamara 33 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC Trade Pre-season [11]

On Loan[edit]

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
16 MF United States Mark Segbers 21 United States Orange County SC Loan Mid-season [12]
88 FW Benin Femi Hollinger-Janzen 24 United States Tulsa Roughnecks FC Loan Mid-season [13]
12 DF Guatemala Nicolas Samayoa 22 United States Las Vegas Lights FC Loan Mid-season [14]

Player statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Position Number Name MLS MLS Cup Open Cup Total
1 FW 10 United States Teal Bunbury 11 0 0 11
MF 70 Ecuador Cristian Penilla 11 0 0 11
3 FW 14 Uruguay Diego Fagúndez 7 0 0 7
4 MF 23 France Wilfried Zahibo 4 0 0 4
5 DF 2 United States Andrew Farrell 2 0 0 2
MF 6 United States Scott Caldwell 2 0 0 2
FW 17 United States Juan Agudelo 2 0 0 2
4 FW 7 Canada Brian Wright 1 0 0 1
DF 8 United States Chris Tierney 1 0 0 1
DF 15 United States Brandon Bye 1 0 0 1
FW 16 United States Mark Segbers 0 0 1 1
MF 27 Colombia Luis Caicedo 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 1 0 1 2
Total 44 0 2 45

As of October 2, 2018

Disciplinary record[edit]

Number Nation Position Name MLS U.S. Open Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
3 United States DF Jalil Anibaba 2 0 0 0 2 0
4 France DF Claude Dielna 6 1 0 0 5 1
6 United States MF Scott Caldwell 2 0 0 0 2 0
8 United States DF Chris Tierney 1 0 0 0 1 0
9 Hungary FW Krisztián Németh 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 United States FW/MF Teal Bunbury 3 0 0 0 2 0
11 United States MF Kelyn Rowe 2 0 0 0 2 0
14 Uruguay MF Diego Fagúndez 5 0 0 0 5 0
15 United States MF/DF Brandon Bye 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 United States FW Juan Agudelo 0 0 1 0 1 0
19 Slovakia DF Antonio Delamea Mlinar 2 1 0 0 2 1
23 France MF Wilfried Zahibo 2 0 0 0 2 0
27 Colombia DF/MF Luis Caicedo 4 0 0 0 4 0
30 United States GK Matt Turner 1 0 0 0 1 0
91 Syria DF/MF Gabriel Somi 3 0 0 0 3 0
TOTALS 35 2 1 0 36 2

As of June 9, 2018

References[edit]

  1. ^ Strauss, Brian (April 6, 2017). "MLS clubs have resolution over qualifying for future CCL after format change". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  2. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (January 2, 2018). "Revolution Sign Homegrown Player Isaac Angking". Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  3. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (January 5, 2018). "Revolution acquire defender Gabriel Somi". Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  4. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (January 11, 2018). "Revolution Add Midfielder Wilfried Zahibo". Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  5. ^ Lemieux, Jeff (January 23, 2018). "Speedy, versatile Penilla brought to New England to "unlock some defenses"". Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  6. ^ a b revolutionsoccer.net (February 9, 2018). "Revolution Sign Jalil Anibaba and Nicolas Samayoa". Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  7. ^ a b revolutionsoccer.net (February 10, 2018). "Revolution sign first-round SuperDraft picks Brandon Bye and Mark Segbers". Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  8. ^ revolutionsoccer.net (March 8, 2018). "Revolution Acquire Midfielder Luis Alberto Caicedo Mosquera". Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  9. ^ revolutionsoccer.net. "Revolution sign Argentine forward/midfielder Guillermo Hauche". Retrieved June 27, 2019.
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  11. ^ "Revs acquire SuperDraft picks from Whitecaps FC in trade for Kei Kamara". revolutionsoccer.net. December 10, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  12. ^ "New England Revolution Loan Winger Mark Segbers to Orange County SC for the 2018 Season". orangecountysoccer.com. March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  13. ^ "NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTIONRevolution Loan Striker Femi Hollinger-Janzen To Tulsa Roughnecks". trifectanetworksports.com. April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  14. ^ "LIGHTS FC ADDS DEFENDER NICO SAMAYOA TO ROSTER ON LOAN FROM NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION OF MLS". lasvegaslightsfc.com. June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2018.