{"id":11552,"date":"2012-05-03T01:25:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T05:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=11552"},"modified":"2012-05-03T01:26:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T05:26:02","slug":"reis-reaches-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=11552","title":{"rendered":"Reis Reaches Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"470\" height=\"269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k0J1XXawm6A?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nMatt Reis became the sixth goalkeeper in MLS history to earn 100 career wins with the New England Revolution\u2019s 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rapids at Gillette Stadium Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Despite falling behind 1-0 in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> minute on a Jaime Castrillon header, the Revolution battled back with two first-half goals and Reis stopped six shots en route to the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It\u2019s] kind of a relief,\u201d Reis said of the win. \u201cIt\u2019s something the last three games, it\u2019s been there, and in the back of my mind. It\u2019s finally a hurdle to get over and move on and focus on the rest of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Revolution head coach Jay Heaps, who played seven seasons as a defender in front of Reis, not only praised his goalkeeper\u2019s skill but also his longevity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt is one of the special players in this league,\u201d Heaps said. \u201cOne of my big things, a stat they never show, is availability. He\u2019s a guy that can be available for a coach\u2019s selection. Matt Reis has shown over his career he\u2019s always ready and he\u2019s always available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reis showed his skill in the second half, getting a paw to stop Castrillon\u2019s attempt at a second goal. Former Revolution midfielder Jeff Larentowicz sent a ball to the far post in the 69<sup>th<\/sup> minute, Castrillon out jumped his defender and his header was inches away from tying the game before Reis was able to quickly knock the ball over the bar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou feel confident with him back there, especially the second half,\u201d Heaps added. \u201cWe have a young back line and Matt shows he\u2019s confident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Revolution Sharlie Joseph, who made his 250<sup>th<\/sup> appearance, arrived the same year as Reis and praised the goalie\u2019s personality on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s Matty,\u201d Joseph said of Reis\u2019 nonchalance about the milestone. \u201cYou gotta love Matty. Matty\u2019s just easy going and the greatest teammate I\u2019ve ever had in this locker room. For him it\u2019s just another day and another game.\u00a0 He\u2019s going to look forward to probably playing at 50.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New England\u2019s 2011 first round draft pick AJ Soares played consistently as the center back in front of Reis for 2011 season and has continued to do the same in the eight games this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s such a great guy,\u201d Soares said. \u201c[He\u2019s] very deserving of any award he gets, he really deserves more. [He\u2019s a] huge leader for us, a big guy in the locker room. I\u2019m just glad that we could finally get this for him. He had a huge hand in it tonight. He made some really great saves. For a guy like him, he\u2019s had such a fantastic career; hopefully he can get a lot more wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As it often happens, Reis has been able to teach Soares a lot of the league and the game as they continue to play together. Reis\u2019 skill and intelligence for the game have been apparent according to Soares.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a big time goalie,\u201d he said. \u201cLike I say every week when someone asks me about him, he proves he\u2019s one of the best players in the league, not just one of the best goalies, one of the best players in the league. I\u2019m just really glad he could get that 100<sup>th<\/sup> win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reis joins Kevin Hartman (172), Zach Thornton (131), Nick Rimando (124), Joe Cannon (109), and Scott Garlick (107) in the 100-win club.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, the team gathered together in the locker room to honor Reis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a nice little ceremony in here and got a jersey with the number 100 on it,\u201d Reis said. \u201cThat was nice. I\u2019ll get that signed and put it up in the garage with all my over stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reis will be back in action with the Revolution in search of win 101 as they travel to Real Salt Lake on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revs &#8216;keeper records 100th win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5457,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/reisfeature9.jpg?fit=490%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11554,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11552\/revisions\/11554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}