Full name New England Revolution
Major League Soccer, Eastern Conference
Stadium Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA (Capacity: 68,756)
Coach Steve Nicol (2002-present)
Captain: Shalrie Joseph
Vice Captain: Taylor Twellman
The Revolution are the silent team in the Boston area, ranking somewhere far behind the four major professional sports but before and the local college football and hockey teams but ahead of the minor league teams (except Pawtucket during a Red Sox slump) . While the play in the same stadium as the Patriots and appeared in three straight MLC Cups, the love hasn’t been there. In the re-played 2007-08 seasons, the Revs made it to the semifinals of the North American Champions Cup before dropping to Chivas 0-1-1.
The team’s Board of Directors expects the Revolution to make the MLS Cup this season and have remained competitive, going 8-7-4 in 19 fixtures. Their 31 points are good for second in the Eastern Conference behind Columbus (10-4-6, 34)
Current Standings (win-draw-loss):
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Eastern Conference Western Conference
Columbus 10-4-6, 34 Los Angeles 9-4-7 31
New England 8-7-4, 31 Houston 7-7-6, 28
Kansas City 9-4-5, 31 Chivas USA 6-8-3, 26
Chicago 8-5-6, 29 FC Dallas 7-4-5, 25
Toronto FC 4-9-6, 26 R Salt Lake 7-4-10, 25
D.C. United 3-5-9, 14 Colorado 5-4-6, 19
New York 1-7-11, 10
The Revolution have picked up a few players to bolster their roster. Coming to Foxboro has been Mopho Moloi (Houston), Christian Jiminez (Los Angeles), Gabriel Ferrari (Sampdoria), Francisco Mendoza (Chivas USA), Kieran McKenna (Tottenham) and Carlos Zambrano (Schalke). All are long-term additions mean to establish the Revs as a team to dominate the MLS.
Taylor Twellman leads the team in goals with 14, followed by Pat Noonan with 11.