{"id":33270,"date":"2015-04-05T14:21:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T18:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=33270"},"modified":"2015-04-05T14:21:35","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T18:21:35","slug":"dorman-caldwell-both-rise-to-the-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=33270","title":{"rendered":"Dorman & Caldwell Both Rise to the Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Going into Saturday\u2019s match in Colorado, Revolution coach Jay Heaps wanted to see his team employ a possession-oriented approach early on. But to do so, Andy Dorman, who hadn’t started since First Kick, would have to rise to the occasion.<\/p>\n

With Daigo Kobayashi sidelined due to a hamstring strain, Heaps plugged in Dorman, and the veteran central midfielder didn\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought Andy was really good,\u201d Heaps told the media after the match. \u201cI think we challenged those two, Andy and Scotty, because in Seattle, we didn\u2019t love the way they matched up. Tonight, they were much better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pressed into the lineup for the first time since the Revolution’s season-opening loss to the Sounders, Dorman collected a team-high four interceptions and completed 72.2 percent of his passes. Partnered alongside Caldwell, who connected on 82.9 percent of his passes, the duo was able to absorb pressure and stifle the Rapids in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n

By staying faithful to their defensive duties, the Revolution were able to protect the early lead they secured thanks to Juan Agudelo\u2019s wunderstrike<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cScotty and Dorman really held that lead for us,\u201d Revolution midfielder Kelyn Rowe told the media after the match. \u201cThey\u2019re pulling guys back and making sure nothing\u2019s going through and at this elevation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Playing at altitude certainly took a toll on the Revolution. Jose Goncalves had to come off in the 67th minute for an undisclosed injury that Heaps said had been bothering the center back as the game went on. Additionally, Heaps told the media that there were some \u201ctired guys\u201d in the locker room following the match.<\/p>\n

Despite the physical toll, Rowe believes the squad held up long enough to keep the sheet clean, even though the Rapids certainly threatened during the second half. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t want to go crazy running and pressing because you\u2019re not going to last long,\u201d Rowe said. \u201cThese guys know what it\u2019s like, so it was good for us to keep the shutout, it\u2019s huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was also quite a departure from the last time Dorman and Caldwell were partnered together, a game in which the Revolution were on the opposite end of a shutout. With the lessons learned from that 3-0 loss in Seattle, the duo was able to put together a solid performance and help their club capture its first win in Colorado in nearly 13 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did really well,\u201d Rowe said. \u201cCredit Scott and Dorman for sitting in the hole and winning second balls and making sure we were clearing our lines.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The defensive efforts of Andy Dorman and Scott Caldwell helped steer the Revs to victory on Saturday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33241,"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":[3],"tags":[186,66,891,49,1274,191,892],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Dorman-1.png?fit=600%2C415","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33270"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33271,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33270\/revisions\/33271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}