Player Ratings: New England Revolution vs. Kansas City Wizards

After each match the contributors to New England Soccer Today will rate the performances of the Revolution players who made an appearance on a 1 to 10 scale (1 horrendous, 5 average, 10 perfection). This week Brian O’Connell and Sean Donahue contributed ratings for the Revs’ 1-0 victory over Kansas City.

Bobby Shuttleworth – Average Rating: 6.75 (Brian 6.5, Sean 7)
Wasn’t tested much, but communicated well with his defenders. Solid effort. (Brian) … Good positioning and distributed well. Helped organize the defense and earned his first career shutout. (Sean)

Seth Sinovic – Average Rating: 6 (Brian 6, Sean 6)
Another good performance, rendered Kei Kamara obsolete in the second half (Brian) … Very solid performance defensively, though didn’t contribute much on his few ventures forward (Sean)

Emmanuel Osei – Average Rating: 4.25 (Brian 4, Sean 4.5)
Guilty of a few mental errors deep in his own end. (Brian) … Some poor marking on a few occasions, but didn’t get punished for his mistakes like he has been in recent weeks. (Sean)

Darrius Barnes – Average Rating: 6.75 (Brian 6.5, Sean 7)
Featured well in front of Shuttleworth, easily the best in back. (Brian) … Another strong performance at center back. Barnes’ play has been a key to the Revs’ success in the past couple games. (Sean)

Chris Tierney – Average Rating: 5.75 (Brian 5.5, Sean 6)
Beautiful ball on the Joseph goal, but didn’t add much more to the attack. (Brian) … Held his own out of position at right back. Possibly his best performance as a defender. (Sean)

Shalrie Joseph was New England Soccer Today's man of the match for the Revolution against Kansas City. (Photo by CHRIS ADUAMA/aduama.com)

Kenny Mansally – Average Rating: 5.5 (Brian 5, Sean 6)
Had a few flashes in the second frame, but wasn’t especially sharp on the ball. (Brian) … Made some nice runs cutting inside and was very active in the attack (Sean)

Shalrie Joseph – Average Rating: 7.5 (Brian 7.5, Sean 7.5)
A one-man wrecking crew. Smooth finish on his goal. Best player on the pitch. (Brian) … Excellent goal. Looked sharp attacking and controlled the midfield for the Revs. (Sean)

Jason Griffiths – Average Rating: 4.75 (Brian 5, Sean 4.5)
Struggled with possession, slowly improved near the finish. (Brian) … Seemed to have good ideas in the attack, but his execution was off all night. Decision making seemed a bit slow, possibly due to lack of playing time recently. (Sean)

Sainey Nyassi – Average Rating: 5 (Brian 5, Sean 5)
Made a few good runs, but his crosses were painfully lacking, (Brian) … Not one of his best performances. Earned some dangerous free kicks, but his crossing and shooting let him down. (Sean)

Marko Perovic  – Average Rating: 5.25 (Brian 5, Sean 5.5)
Good on set pieces, but was absent in the attacking third. (Brian) … Combined very well with Joseph on his early shot that hit the post, but otherwise didn’t see enough of the ball to make much of an impact. (Sean)

Ilija Stolica – Average Rating: 4.25 (Brian 4, Sean 4.5): A non-factor for much of the night, largely due to the lack of quality service. (Brian) … Rarely saw the ball to make an impact. (Sean)

(sub) Zack Schilawski – Average Rating: 4.5 (Brian 4, Sean 5): – Like Stolica, lacked the service to add anything to the attack. (Brian) … Worked hard to put pressure on the Wizards defense and help the Revs maintain their lead, but didn’t have the opportunity to make an impact offensively. (Sean)

(sub) Kheli Dube – NR
Didn’t have the time to register an impact.