{"id":18653,"date":"2013-03-23T21:58:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T01:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=18653"},"modified":"2013-03-24T00:14:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T04:14:20","slug":"player-ratings-sporting-kansas-city-at-new-england-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=18653","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: Sporting Kansas City at New England Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rookie Andrew Farrell put in a good performance, despite the Revolution’s struggles with the wind. (Photo: Chris Aduama\/aduama.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

After each match the contributors to New England Soccer Today will rate the performances of the New England Revolution players who made an appearance on a 1 to 10 scale (1 horrendous, 5 average, 10 perfection). This week Brian O\u2019Connell and Sean Donahue contributed ratings for the\u00a0New England Revolution\u2019s 0-0 draw with Sporting Kansas City<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Matt Reis<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating:\u00a0 6.25<\/b> (Brian 5.5, Sean 7)
\nConfident inside his own area, but distribution struggled given the conditions. Shook off an early episode of miscommunication with Caldwell and snuffed out a Bieler breach in the second half. (Brian) \u2026 It wasn\u2019t Reis\u2019 busiest night, but he was quick off his line-up when he needed to be and made a huge 73rd minute save to deny Claudio Bieler on a breakaway and preserve the shutout. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Kevin Alston<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/b> (Brian 4.5, Sean 5)
\nSlow to react on Sapong’s 18th minute shot; throw-ins were ineffective, but strung together some decent passes. (Brian) \u2026 Solid showing defensively facing some physical attackers, but lost C.J. Sapong on his 19th minute chance. Rarely ventured forward and found teammates with just seven of his 19 throw-ins. (Sean)<\/p>\n

A.J. Soares<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.5<\/b> (Brian 4, Sean 5)
\nA clinic on playing it out of the back it was not; had nearly twice as many passes off target as on target; otherwise did a decent job of winning balls inside the defending third. (Brian) \u2026 Played strong in the air to defend Kansas City\u2019s long balls, but his distribution out of the back \u2013 even given the conditions \u2013 was poor, mostly blasting long balls forward and finding teammates just 34% of the time. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Jose Goncalves<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/b> (Brian 4, Sean 5.5)
\nFell into the same trap as Soares, trying to hoof it down the field whenever the opportunity presented itself. Shout for penalty was a bit of a stretch. (Brian) \u2026 Distribution was only slightly better than Soares, but made some key plays defensively to help preserve the shutout. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Andrew Farrell<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.75<\/b> (Brian 5.5, Sean 6)
\nHad the best day amongst the back four in terms of passing accuracy; provided width heavily involved in the defensive effort. (Brian) \u2026 Given the conditions, Farrell was one of the better players on the pitch at finding teammates with his passes. Had a few decent forays forward, including one that led to a penalty shout when his cross was blocked by a Sporting defender\u2019s upper arm. Only found teammates with seven of 14 throw-ins. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Lee Nguyen<\/b> – Average Rating: 5<\/b> (Brian 5, Sean 5)
\nCoughed it up too often, and looked the most uncomfortable with the wind wreaking havoc. (Brian) \u2026 Struggled to get much going offensively in the conditions and had trouble adjusting his set pieces to the wind. Still, did an OK job helping the Revs maintain possession and unlike many of his teammates was smart with his throw-ins, finding teammates on all seven. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Cylde Simms<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/b> (Brian 5, Sean 6)
\nAnother Simms-like performance – short passes, often back to his defenders, rarely pressed the issue. (Brian) \u2026 One of a few players to leave the match with a decent passing percentage, though as per usual, his forward passes were few and far between. Made a crucial sliding block on Sapong\u2019s 19th minute shot to keep Kansas City off the scoreboard. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Scott Caldwell<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.75<\/b> (Brian 5.5, Sean 6)
\nConnected on a team-high 38 passes, and bolstered the defense with 10 recoveries; another solid outing by the Homegrown player. (Brian) \u2026 Solid passing despite the wind. Some good plays defensively, but like the rest of the team, was unable to get anything going offensively. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Kelyn Rowe<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.25<\/b> (Brian 5, Sean 5.5)
\nSolid defensive stand made up for the lack of consistency when he crossed the halfway line. Passes went awry too often. (Brian) \u2026 Struggled to get anything going offensively, but salvaged his night with some big plays defensively. Has shown lots of improvement over last season in his defensive game. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Juan Toja<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/b> (Brian 5.5, Sean 5.5)
\nInvolved himself often, and nearly squeezed one through on a 77th minute free kick (Brian) \u2026 Had the only decent shot of the night for the Revolution, coming close with a late free kick. Solid passing numbers given the conditions, but couldn\u2019t get anything going around the box. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Chad Barrett<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: \u00a04.75<\/b> (Brian 4.5, Sean 5)
\nShowed good fight chasing down long ball after long ball, but the tempo of the game conspired against him. (Brian) \u2026 Effort was there, but didn\u2019t see much of the ball and despite physicality couldn\u2019t get on the end of many long balls as he was often isolated up top. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Ryan Guy<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.5<\/b> (Brian 4.5, Sean 4.5)
\nBeat up pretty badly in an unremarkable cameo that saw him lose possession far too often. (Brian) \u2026 Worked hard up top and paid for it by taking several hard hits, but was unable to create anything offensively in his time on the pitch. (Sean)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew Farrell was among the better players in a tough outing for the Revolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[20,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/farrellfeature.jpg?fit=490%2C240","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18653"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18653"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18656,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18653\/revisions\/18656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}