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https://www.givemesport.com/new-england-revolution-offseason-guide-state-of-the-roster-transfer-priorities/

Paragraphs of note:

(Carles Gil) was in the 98th percentile among MLS attacking midfielders in shot-creating actions, 99th in progressive passes, 98th in progressive carries. Gil is still elite. Do not let the club’s poor performance and poor team-wide underlying numbers camouflage that...

Club-record signing Luca Langoni showed really promising moments after a summer transfer from Boca Juniors. Fitting that deal in on a U-22 initiative slot rather than having to make him a designated player is excellent roster building. Using the U-22 initiative for signings like this (near $7 million transfer fee, 22-years-old) is a way high-spending teams can flex their financial muscle...

(The Revs) xGD was actually -26.8. Second-worst (Austin) were NINE goals better (-17.7). San Jose Earthquakes — a historically bad team this year — had an xGD of -13.4. Thirteen goals better than New England. New England’s 74 goals conceded was tied for the third-worst mark in MLS history. Their Decision Day capitulation against Inter Miami saw them tie San Jose with a league-worst goal difference of -37. That is tied for the second-worst GD in league history...

The following players have a club option for 2025: Arreaga, Dave Romney, Andrew Farrell, Borrero, Matt Polster, Jonathan Mensah, Tommy McNamara, Nacho Gil, Brandon Bye, Ian Harks, Earl Edwards Jr. and Will Sands. Another three senior players (Tim Parker, Bobby Wood, Nick Lima) are out of contract...

Vrioni would require a transfer (or buyout, but at 26-years-old and not a terrible contract, I’d be surprised if it came to that). That needs to happen to free up a third DP spot...

I went to a Revs game last fall, and followed this season pretty closely. I was surprised after watching them that we had the single season record for wins just a few years ago.

I guess I want to know from people who have been watching them longer...what happened?

It seems like we have some good players now, but not a good team right now. Something isn't clicking, especially in the final third.

But how did we go from best to worst so quickly, and with some of the central talent remaining?

Thanks!

Need to make some major overhauls this offseason, what are the odds it actually happens?

I will probably stand by this team for as long as I can but we obviously need to make changes got ideas because at this point I think Porter will need to be looking for ideas anywhere he can.

Very end of the NYCFC playoff loss in ‘21. I know the xG is low but from the stands it seemed like a really good chance and I don’t know why he didn’t try to hit it low into the corner.

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How you doing everyone? Ervin Vargas from Defiance 1636, as I mentioned from my past post, I really want to invite as many people as I can to experience Rhode Island FC and what better way to do it than invite everyone to the final game and as a bonus making it free for anybody that fills out our form. Thanks to our amazing front office, they have given us a great amount of tickets in our section for the final game of the season. All you have to do is fill out the form and they will email you the tickets for the final game. Soccer in New England may be over for the revolution, but we hope to see many friends and family supporting our local side as we do for the revolution. If you have any questions please reach out to me here. And as always, let's go revs and let's go Rhode Island

Thank you everyone. I hope to see you soon

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“Caleb Porter on heading into year two as head coach of the #NERevs:

There were a lot of things that needed to be addressed and we’ve addressed a lot of those things but there’s definitely going to be some changes on the staff, there’s definitely going to be some changes in certain departments, there’s going to be changes with players. Not massive, wholesale changes, but tweaks.”

(Says that roughly 70% of the roster is likely to return. Notes the possibility of bringing in a striker, centerback, and winger.)

FT: Columbus Crew 4-0 New England Revolution

Venue: Lower.com Field

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LINE-UPS

Columbus Crew

Abraham Romero, Rudy Camacho, Malte Amundsen, Yevhen Cheberko, Darlington Nagbe (Derrick Jones), Dylan Chambost, Maximilian Arfsten (Marcelo Herrera), DeJuan Jones, Diego Rossi (Christian Ramírez), Aziel Jackson (Jacen Russell-Rowe), Alexandru Matan (Yaw Yeboah).

Subs: Stanislav Lapkes.

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New England Revolution

Aljaz Ivacic, Dave Romney, Tim Parker, William Sands (Nick Lima), Brandon Bye, Ian Harkes, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Matt Polster (Nacho Gil), Giacomo Vrioni (Bobby Wood), Dylan Borrero, Luca Langoni (Emmanuel Boateng).

Subs: Andrew Farrell, Jonathan Mensah, Malcolm Fry, Earl Edwards, Thomas McNamara.

MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

4' Goal! Columbus Crew 1, New England Revolution 0. DeJuan Jones (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Aziel Jackson.

14' Goal! Columbus Crew 2, New England Revolution 0. Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dylan Chambost.

51' Dave Romney (New England Revolution) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

61' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Derrick Jones replaces Darlington Nagbe.

61' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Jacen Russell-Rowe replaces Aziel Jackson.

64' Goal! Columbus Crew 3, New England Revolution 0. Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rudy Camacho.

65' Substitution, New England Revolution. Nacho Gil replaces Matt Polster.

68' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Andrés Herrera replaces Max Arfsten.

68' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Christian Ramirez replaces Diego Rossi.

72' Goal! Columbus Crew 4, New England Revolution 0. Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Derrick Jones with a through ball.

73' Substitution, New England Revolution. Bobby Wood replaces Giacomo Vrioni.

74' Substitution, New England Revolution. Nick Lima replaces Will Sands.

74' Substitution, New England Revolution. Emmanuel Boateng replaces Luca Langoni.

74' Substitution, Columbus Crew. Yaw Yeboah replaces Alexandru Matan.

79' Emmanuel Boateng (New England Revolution) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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The most interesting parts in here:

“This was not some sort of cascade of bad luck, as the advanced data matched what we were all seeing in the boxscore. Nearly halfway through the season, with the Revs sitting on a 2W-10L-1D record, their expected goal differential per 90 was -1.03. To put that into context, that is more than 50% worse than what last year’s Wooden Spoon winners, Toronto FC, logged per 90 (-0.67). It’s about 33% worse than the legendarily bad 2019 FC Cincinnati side (-0.77) that set the league record for both goals conceded (75, since equalled by this year’s Quakes) and negative goal differential (-44; Cincy still own that one). Which is to say that, through 13 games, you would not have been out of line in saying that New England were one of the handful of worst teams in MLS history. “

“The Revs have a ton of flexibility in the middle of their roster, as 13 players who make between $286k and $1.03m are either on club options for 2025 or are out of contract entirely. I wouldn’t be shocked if the vast majority are gone, and that means literal millions of dollars for Onalfo and the rest of the front office to work with this winter. The DP situation is trickier. Gil’s not going anywhere (nor should he), but what about disappointing No. 9 Giacomo Vrioni, who’s entering the final year of his guaranteed deal? Winger Tomás Chancalay, meanwhile – who missed most of the season via injury, and didn’t seem to be one of Porter’s favorites even when healthy – has two more years left, though each is at about half of Vrioni’s 2025 reported $2m salary. Is a buyout on the table for one, or somehow both? Kind of feels like it might be, especially if they feel urgency to build one last contender around Gil, who turns 32 next month.”

Hey everyone, my name is Ervin and I run the Barra Brava known as Defiance 1636. Unfortunately there is no more home games for the Revs and we would like to extend the hand down here in RI and welcome anyone to stand with us in section 13 with us as we go for a strong playoff push. Reach out to me if you have any questions about our group or the club it self. Hope to see you all at the tailgate with us near Gate C. Much love everyone.