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<\/a>Franco Coria should get the start at center back on Sunday. (Photo by CHRIS ADUAMA\/aduama.com)<\/p><\/div>\n
The Revs (3-8-7, 13 points) will have their first chance to show what, if anything, they learned from that match when they take on the Philadelphia Union (7-4-7, 28 points) on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst half [against Manchester United] was good enough to compete against any team in the MLS and hopefully we can kind of take that to the next game,\u201d said Revs midfielder Benny Feilhaber.<\/p>\n
For 45 minutes the Revs starting backline managed to hold the Red Devils superstar filled attack scoreless. It wasn\u2019t until the entire back four as well as starting goalkeeper Matt Reis were substituted at halftime that Man U began to show their dominance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we play the way we played in the first half [against Manchester United] for 90 minutes against Philadelphia I\u2019m sure we can get something,\u201d said Feilhaber.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia hardly has strikers the caliber of Wayne Rooney or Dimitar Berbatov. In fact, the Union, despite sitting just a point out of first in the Eastern Conference, is only fifth in the conference and 13th in the league in goals scored with 21. Shutting down the Union shouldn\u2019t be too formidable a task.<\/p>\n
What could be a problem for the Revs, however, is finding the back of the net themselves. The team has only scored one goal from the run of play since April 23rd and that didn\u2019t change on Wednesday. And while the Revs have the league\u2019s worst offense, the Union has the second best defense in the league.<\/p>\n
But there were some positives from the Revs on Wednesday on the offensive end as well, even though it didn\u2019t show up on the scoreboard.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe positive thing about [Wednesday\u2019s friendly] was we moved the ball well and that\u2019s where we\u2019ve been struggling: to keep possession, to create chances, to move the ball on teams in MLS,\u201d said Revs captain Shalrie Joseph. \u201c[On Wednesday] we did it against probably the second-best team in the world and we can tip our hats for that and take a little positive out of that even though we still lost 4-1.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the Revs will have to do those same things on Sunday without Joseph. The star midfielder will miss Sunday\u2019s match due to suspension from yellow card accumulation.<\/p>\n
He\u2019ll be joined on the unavailable list by Ousmane Dabo (right knee irritation), Kheli Dube (Whiplash), and Ryan Cochrane (suspension).<\/p>\n
Stephen McCarthy is the likely replacement for Joseph, though the Revs could also opt to go with a more offensive 4-4-2 formation and insert Zack Schilawski or Kenny Mansally alongside Rajko Lekic at striker. Franco Coria, who stated against Manchester United, is the obvious replacement for Cochrane at center back.<\/p>\n
Regardless of what lineup the team uses, the Revs desperately need three points on Sunday if they are to turn their season around and start clawing their way back to postseason contention.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the end of the day, we have to be better over the weekend and take what we did [Wednesday] in the first half and transfer it into the MLS season and MLS games and try to be better every week,\u201d said Joseph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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