2018 New England Revolution season

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.

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)
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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   GK (1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 (age 31)   Milton Keynes Dons
18 Brad Knighton   GK (1985-02-06) February 6, 1985 (age 39)   Vancouver Whitecaps FC
30 Matt Turner   GK (1994-06-24) June 24, 1994 (age 29)   Fairfield University
Defenders
2 Andrew Farrell   DF (1992-04-02) April 2, 1992 (age 32)   University of Louisville
3 Jalil Anibaba   DF (1988-10-19) October 19, 1988 (age 35)   Houston Dynamo
4 Claude Dielna   DF (1987-12-14) December 14, 1987 (age 36)   Sheffield Wednesday
8 Chris Tierney   DF (1986-01-09) January 9, 1986 (age 38)   University of Virginia
12 Nicolas Samayoa   DF (1995-08-02) August 2, 1995 (age 28)   Florida Gulf Coast University
19 Antonio Delamea Mlinar   DF (1991-06-10) June 10, 1991 (age 32)   Olimpija Ljubljana
91 Gabriel Somi   DF (1991-08-24) August 24, 1991 (age 32)   Östersunds FK
Midfielders
Isaac Angking   MF (2000-01-24) January 24, 2000 (age 24)   New England Revolution Academy
6 Scott Caldwell   MF (1991-03-15) March 15, 1991 (age 33)   University of Akron
11 Kelyn Rowe   MF (1991-12-25) December 25, 1991 (age 32)   University of California, Los Angeles
14 Diego Fagúndez   MF (1995-02-14) February 14, 1995 (age 29)   New England Revolution Academy
15 Brandon Bye   MF (1995-11-29) November 29, 1995 (age 28)   Western Michigan University
16 Mark Segbers   MF (1996-04-18) April 18, 1996 (age 28)   University of Wisconsin
17 Luis Caicedo   MF (1996-05-18) May 18, 1996 (age 27)   Cortuluá
21 Zachary Herivaux   MF (1996-02-01) February 1, 1996 (age 28)   Beaver Country Day School
23 Wilfried Zahibo   MF (1993-08-21) August 21, 1993 (age 30)   Nàstic
Forwards
7 Brian Wright   F (1995-03-24) March 24, 1995 (age 29)   Burlingame Dragons
9 Krisztián Németh   F (1989-01-05) January 5, 1989 (age 35)   Al-Gharafa
10 Teal Bunbury   F (1990-02-27) February 27, 1990 (age 34)   Sporting Kansas City
17 Juan Agudelo   F (1992-11-23) November 23, 1992 (age 31)   FC Utrecht
70 Cristian Penilla   FW (1991-05-02) May 2, 1991 (age 33)   C.F. Pachuca
88 Femi Hollinger-Janzen   F (1993-12-14) December 14, 1993 (age 30)   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

January 31, 2018 New England Revolution 4–3 New York Red Bulls Bradenton, Florida
20:32 EST Wright   32' (Caldwell)
Penilla   39'
Rowe   61' (PK)
Hollinger-Janzen   70' (Rowe, Wright)
Report Muyl   11'
Wright-Phillips   13'
Rivas   76'
Stadium: IMG Academy
February 24, 2018 Mobile Mini Sun Cup New England Revolution 1–1
(4–3 p)
Houston Dynamo Tucson, Arizona
Farrell   40'
Németh   48'
Delamea   58'
Report García   43'
Elis   45+2',   63' (pen.)
Leonardo   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   63'   69' (Burke)
Report Delamea   24'
Dielna   36'   86'
Farrell   59'
Zahibo   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   24'
Fagúndez   48' (Penilla)
Rowe   63'
Bunbury   86'
Tierney   90+3' (F.K.)
Report Mcbean   17'
Jackson   66' (Blomberg)
Martínez   74'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 13,305
Referee: Armando Vilarreal
March 31, 2018 4 Houston Dynamo 0–2 New England Revolution Houston, Texas
20:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Beasley   35'
Machado   69'
Fuenmayor   86'
Report Bunbury   15' (Penilla, Caicedo)
Somi   52'
Fagúndez   64'
Penilla   71' (Somi)
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 17,156
Referee: Sorin Stoica
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   85'
Report Taïder   14'
Raitala   89'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 10,908
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
April 21, 2018 7 Columbus Crew 2–2 New England Revolution Columbus, Ohio
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Farrell   9' (O.G.)
Zardes   43' (Higuaín, Santos)
Higuaín   66'
Report Dielna   11'
Bunbury   14' (Penilla, Zahibo)
Zahibo   36'
Penilla   45+1' (Agudelo)
Fagúndez   60'
Somi   67'
Turner   88'
Stadium: Mapfre Stadium
Attendance: 11,264
Referee: Chris Penso
May 5, 2018 9 Montreal Impact 4–2 New England Revolution Montreal, Quebec, Canada
13:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Duvall   38'
Jackson-Hamel   45+2'  52'
Edwards   62'
Piatti   68'
Report Caicedo   59'
Zahibo   78'  86'
Fagúndez   90+1'
Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 15,622
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
May 12, 2018 10 New England Revolution 3–2 Toronto FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Penilla   4', 7'
Tierney   23'
Caldwell   40'
Bunbury   46'
Caicedo   68'
Fagúndez   73'
Report Delamea   55' (o.g.)
Giovinco   89' (pen.),   90'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 19,596
Referee: Mark Geiger
May 26, 2018 12 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–3 New England Revolution Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
17:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Reyna   17'
Ghazal   26' (O.G.)
Kamara   30'
Techera   49' (de Jong, Davies), 51', 74' (Reyna, Felipe)
Report Bunbury   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   54'
Anibaba   73'
Németh   81'
Bunbury   88' (pen.)
Report Martínez   23' (Gressel, Nagbe)
Gressel   36'
Guzan   88'
Williams   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   31'
Fagúndez   45+1' (Németh, Bunbury)
Bunbury   78' (Penilla)
Rowe   81'
Wright-Phillips   8' (Davis)   69'
Bezecourt   30'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 21,576
Referee: José Carlos Rivero
June 9, 2018 15 Chicago Fire 1–1 New England Revolution Bridgeview, Illinois
20:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Schweinsteiger   63' (Katai) Report Dielna   31'
Bunbury   82' (Fagundez)   83'
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 14,415
Referee: Kevin Stott
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   27'
Caicedo   41'
Bunbury   45+1' (Anibaba)
Report Asad   42' (Stieber)   73' (pen.)
Mattocks   77'
Fisher   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   41'
Rowe   81'
Preview Lodeiro   42'
Delem   90+3'
Nouhou   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   6'
Kljestan   39'
Dwyer   45',  90+4'
Tarek   71'
Sutter   90+3'
Yotún   90+8'
Report Agudelo   7'
Penilla   18'
Bye   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   75'
Rowe   90+3'
Report Elliott   14', 24'
Blake   57'
Picault   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   58'
Steiber   89'
Report Caicedo   12'
Agudelo   29'
Caldwell   56',   73'  
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',   76'
Caicedo   60'
Mancienne   87'
Penilla   90+1'
Report Blanco   19'
Olum   67',   70'
Clark   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 New York, New York
19:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) Castellanos   47'
Ring   89'
Report Machado   15'
Wright   71'
Penilla   89'
Bye   90'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 18,884
Referee: Armando Villarreal
September 15, 2018 28 Los Angeles FC 1–1 New England Revolution Los Angeles, California
22:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Beitashour   41'
Ureña   52'
Report Caldwell   37'
Bunbury   67'
Caicedo   77'
Bye   82'
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Mark Geiger
September 22, 2018 29 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Mlinar   31'
Bye   36'
Caldwell   62',  80'
Bunbury   69'
Penilla   70'
Report Katai   19'
McCarty   58'
Mancienne   67' (o.g.)
Kappelhof   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   27'
Osorio   39'
Janson   53'
Vázquez   58' (pen.)
Auro Jr.   65'
Delgado   81'
Report Penilla   10'
Caldwell   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   16'
Herivaux   38'
Hauche   56'
Caicedo   64'
Agudelo   90+2'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 45,122
Referee: Kevin Stott
October 18, 2018 33 Real Salt Lake 4–1 New England Revolution Sandy, Utah
21:30 EDT (UTC−04:00)
Report
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 19,536
Referee: Jair Marrufo
October 28, 2018 34 New England Revolution 1–0 Montreal Impact Foxborough, Massachusetts
16:30 EDT (UTC−04:00) Rowe   69'
Fagúndez   74',   75'
Farrell   83'
Zahibo   89'
Report Taïder   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   3–2   New England Revolution Louisville, Kentucky
16:00 Jimenez   11' (Ownby)   85'
Lancaster   37' (Davis)
Ownby   62'
Report Segbers   5'
McMahon   37' (O.G.)
Agudelo   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   Isaac Angking 18   New England Revolution Academy Free signing Pre-season Undisclosed [2]
91 DF   Gabriel Somi 26   Östersunds FK Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed [3]
23 MF   Wilfried Zahibo 24   Gimnàstic Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed [4]
70 FW   Cristian Penilla 26   Pachuca On loan Pre-season Undisclosed [5]
3 DF   Jalil Anibaba 29   Houston Dynamo Free Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed [6]
15 DF   Brandon Bye 22   Western Michigan University Drafted Pre-season Undisclosed SuperDraft [7]
12 DF   Nicolas Samayoa 22   Florida Gulf Coast University Drafted Pre-season Undisclosed SuperDraft [6]
16 DF   Mark Segbers 21   University of Wisconsin Drafted Pre-season Undisclosed SuperDraft [7]
17 MF   Luis Caicedo 21   Cortuluá On loan Mid-season Undisclosed [8]
25 FW   Guillermo Hauche 25   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   Benjamin Angoua 31   Guingamp Option Declined Pre-season [10]
12 MF   Xavier Kouassi 23   FC Sion Option Declined Pre-season [10]
33 MF   Donnie Smith 27   Charlotte Independence Option Declined Pre-season [10]
27 DF   Josh Smith 25 Option declined Pre-season [10]
15 DF   Je-Vaughn Watson 34   Charlotte Independence Option declined Pre-season [10]
28 DF   London Woodberry 26   Nashville SC Option declined Pre-season [10]
22 MF   Daigo Kobayashi 34   Las Vegas Lights FC Option declined Pre-season [10]
5 MF   Gershon Koffie 26   Hammarby IF Loan return Pre-season [10]
23 FW   Kei Kamara 33   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   Mark Segbers 21   Orange County SC Loan Mid-season [12]
88 FW   Femi Hollinger-Janzen 24   Tulsa Roughnecks FC Loan Mid-season [13]
12 DF   Nicolas Samayoa 22   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   Teal Bunbury 11 0 0 11
MF 70   Cristian Penilla 11 0 0 11
3 FW 14   Diego Fagúndez 7 0 0 7
4 MF 23   Wilfried Zahibo 4 0 0 4
5 DF 2   Andrew Farrell 2 0 0 2
MF 6   Scott Caldwell 2 0 0 2
FW 17   Juan Agudelo 2 0 0 2
4 FW 7   Brian Wright 1 0 0 1
DF 8   Chris Tierney 1 0 0 1
DF 15   Brandon Bye 1 0 0 1
FW 16   Mark Segbers 0 0 1 1
MF 27   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
           
3   DF Jalil Anibaba 2 0 0 0 2 0
4   DF Claude Dielna 6 1 0 0 5 1
6   MF Scott Caldwell 2 0 0 0 2 0
8   DF Chris Tierney 1 0 0 0 1 0
9   FW Krisztián Németh 1 0 0 0 1 0
10   FW/MF Teal Bunbury 3 0 0 0 2 0
11   MF Kelyn Rowe 2 0 0 0 2 0
14   MF Diego Fagúndez 5 0 0 0 5 0
15   MF/DF Brandon Bye 1 0 0 0 1 0
17   FW Juan Agudelo 0 0 1 0 1 0
19   DF Antonio Delamea Mlinar 2 1 0 0 2 1
23   MF Wilfried Zahibo 2 0 0 0 2 0
27   DF/MF Luis Caicedo 4 0 0 0 4 0
30   GK Matt Turner 1 0 0 0 1 0
91   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.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h Lemieux, Jeff (November 27, 2017). "Revolution roster trimmed to 14 players as Friedel's group begins to take shape". Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  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.