Player Ratings: New England Revolution at Montreal Impact

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 Sean Donahue and Julian Cardillo contributed ratings for the New England Revolution’s 2-1 loss to the Montreal Impact.

Matt Reis – Average Rating: 5 (Sean 5.5, Julian 4.5)
Made a few big saves and was quick off his line to bail out the defense on occasion. Would’ve liked to see him hold onto the ball rather than giving up a corner on a couple occasions, but otherwise not much he could do on the goals. (Sean) … Took too many risks with the ball at his feet and should have guarded his near post better on the second goal. (Julian)

Chris Tierney – Average Rating: 4.25 (Sean 3.5, Julian 5)
A few key passes going forward, but defensively got all the big plays wrong. Harsh or not, Sanna Nyassi was on the wrong side of him and Tierney got his hands up leading to the PK. Also lost Nyassi on his goal and played San Jose onside on a late chance, requiring Reis to bail the defense out. (Sean) … Much better not to get beaten for speed so often, except when he left Nyassi wide open for his goal. (Julian)

A.J. Soares – Average Rating: 4.75 (Sean 5, Julian 4.5)
Battled hard and no major mistakes outside of slipping up on the grass on one key play. (Sean) … Passing out of the back was unimpressive and seemed to lose DiVaio whenever he did something other than shoot. (Julian)

Darrius Barnes – Average: 5.75 (Sean 5.5, Julian 6)
Solid showing considering how little he’s been used this year, but lucky not to be called for a penalty on Davy Arnaud in the box. Only one (chipped) pass off target all night. (Sean) … Looked good next to Soares and got the ball away cleanly when he was under pressure. (Julian)

Kevin Alston – Average Rating: 4.5 (Sean 4.5, Julian 4.5)
Perhaps lacking in awareness a bit in the build-up to the second goal where his header allowed Justin Mapp to get forward in acres of space to line-up his cross. Unable to find anyone with his own crosses going forward. (Sean) … Good job to join in on the attack, except returning to his position was an issue. Completely absent on defending the service of Montreal’s second goal. (Julian)

Kelyn Rowe – Average Rating: 3.75 (Sean 4.5, Julian 3)
Assisted on Nguyen’s goal, but otherwise had a very quiet first half. A bit more active in the second half before being subbed. Some decent passing, though he wasted a long shot when he would’ve been better off passing. (Sean) … Did little for the attack and lost the ball too often with bad touches and poor passes. (Julian)

Clyde Simms – Average Rating: 6.25 (Sean 6, Julian 6.5)
98% passing accuracy and came pretty close with a shot from outside the box. Almost never turned the ball over and Revs clearly took a turn for the worse when he was subbed out. (Sean) … Kept the midfield calm when he was in. Should not have been subbed out. Midfield looked lost without him. (Julian)

Benny Feilhaber – Average Rating:  4.25 (Sean 4.5, Julian 4)
Had trouble finding space for himself and a few wild passes mixed in with some dangerous balls. (Sean) … Not too many passes that connect and struggled to get anything going offensively (Julian)

Ryan Guy  – Average Rating: 5 (Sean 5, Julian 5)
Perhaps would’ve been better off staying wide all game. Started the game well providing more from the right than the Revs have seen in a while. Great effort, though end product wasn’t always there. (Sean) … Positioning was good, crossing wasn’t so good. (Julian)

Lee Nguyen – Average Rating: 6.5 (Sean 6.5, Julian 6.5)
One of his best games in a while. Tried to put the offense on his back and shooting – not just the goal – was much, much better than over the weekend. Only fault is he perhaps tried to do too much towards the end. (Sean) … Obviously the key offensive catalyst. Did great on the shot from long range that caused the goal and built up a lot of other encouraging plays. (Julian)

Saer Sene – Average Rating: 4.25 (Sean 4.5, Julian 4)
Positioning, runs – excellent. End product? Not so good. One good move to force a save, but otherwise too hesitant or a step too slow. (Sean) … Aside from forcing one save out of Ricketts, his night was pretty lackluster. Too much time dribbling not enough time getting the ball wide and getting into the box. (Julian)

(sub) Blake Brettschneider  – Average Rating:  3.75 (Sean 3, Julian 4.5)
Two great chances and whiffed on both. Finishing has to be better. (Sean) … Good effort to be another body in the box, though he was unable to get on the end of anything. (Julian)

(sub) Sainey Nyassi  – Average Rating: 3.5 (Sean 4, Julian 3)
Showed obvious rust off the bench. (Sean) … Passing and crossing were very much off the mark. (Julian)

(sub) Fernando Cardenas – Average Rating: 4.75 (Sean 4.5, Julian 5)
Energy was there, but tried to take on too much himself. (Sean) … Good spark off the bench and good runs into the area. Finishing needed some work. (Julian)

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