{"id":45152,"date":"2017-04-22T23:17:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T03:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=45152"},"modified":"2017-04-23T01:02:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T05:02:48","slug":"revs-let-four-points-slip-away-in-two-game-homestand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=45152","title":{"rendered":"Revs Let Four Points Slip Away in Two Game Homestand"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. \u2013 The New England Revolution saw their six game home wining streak snapped on Wednesday in a disappointing scoreless draw against the San Jose Earthquakes in which missed opportunities were the story of the game. On Saturday, the team found the back of the net early, but sloppy set piece and counter attack defending saw them fall behind before halftime, forcing them to make a second half comeback and settle for a 2-2 draw.<\/p>\n

The end result from the week: two points out of a possible six in two home games for the Revolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are disappointed, but that\u2019s soccer,\u201d said Revolution defender Antonio Delamea after Saturday\u2019s draw. \u201cIf you\u2019re not 100% in game like we weren\u2019t in the first half [on Saturday], they punished our stupid mistakes and at the end we need to be satisfied with a draw.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the areas to point to for the disappointment: set pieces. The Revolution had 11 corner kicks on Wednesday\u2014in addition to some dangerous free kicks\u2014that resulted in nothing. On Saturday, a corner kick led to New England\u2019s equalizing goal, but that was just one of 15 the team had, not to mention several other set pieces from dangerous positions that went to waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cToo many set pieces that we didn\u2019t realize the way we want,\u201d said Delamea. \u201cWe need to work especially on this because we had maybe 9, 10 corners, but most of the were a wash.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the other end, on Saturday, a poor clearance off a D.C. free kick led to their first goal and D.C.\u2019s second goal came on a counter attack after the Revolution turned the ball over on a set piece.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look into that locker room and guys were just absolutely gutted because they put a lot into this week,\u201d said Revolution head coach Jay Heaps. \u201cTwo games back-to-back at home were difficult because the teams that came in were rested and ready to play and it was tough for us to really finish our chances the way we know we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both D.C. and San Jose had yet to pick up a point on the road this season prior to their trips to Gillette Stadium. For a New England team that\u2019s dubbed their home stadium \u201cFortress Foxboro\u201d, the week\u2019s results weren\u2019t good enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall as a team I think we\u2019re disappointed,\u201d said Revolution goalkeeper Cody Cropper. \u201cWe went into the week thinking we could take six points.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now sitting with nine points in the standings from eight games (2-3-3), the Revolution hit the road searching for points in one of their toughest matches of the season, at trip to Seattle to face the defending MLS Cup Champion Sounders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expected more,\u201d said Delamea. \u201cWe expected to celebrate here in front of our home fans, but in the end I think we didn\u2019t give enough energy to get the right result and at the end of the day, when we look back we need to be satisfied with the draws. Now in our heads it\u2019s only Seattle. It will be, I think, a harder game than today, so we need to start focusing on that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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