{"id":15917,"date":"2012-10-06T23:21:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T03:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=15917"},"modified":"2012-10-06T23:29:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T03:29:38","slug":"player-ratings-new-england-revolution-at-philadelphia-union-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=15917","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: New England Revolution at Philadelphia Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 Ryan Lanigan and Brian O’Connell contributed ratings for the New England Revolution\u2019s 1-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Bobby Shuttleworth<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 4.5<\/strong> (Ryan 4, Brian 5)
\nMisjudged the goal and let it sail over him. He made decent positional saves but nothing too crazy (Ryan)\u2026Had trouble on a couple of early shots before he regained his form in the second half. Good communication, save for a mild miscue with Soares in front of him in the second half. (Brian)<\/p>\n

Kevin Alston<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 5.25<\/strong> (Ryan 6, Brian 4.5)
\nGive Alston credit seeing as most of the game, he played with a rookie starting his first MLS game as his outside midfielder. Alston did well to recover when he was beat but still lacks a final third presence (Ryan)…Made some good runs forward, but allowed way too many acres for Michael Farfan to roam. High pressure forced Soares and Purdie to cover his spot on a few early instances (Brian).<\/p>\n

Darrius Barnes<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 5.875<\/strong> (Ryan 6.25, Brian 5.5)
\nAnother very solid performance from Barnes. Since returning to the lineup, he\u2019s only had one bad game and a very down moments here and there (Ryan)…Played a clean game and made a couple of nice runs into the area, one of which he nearly converted after Guy glanced a Rowe cross on frame. Solid in the air, and didn\u2019t make many mistakes (Brian).<\/p>\n

A.J. Soares<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 4.25<\/strong> (Ryan 5, Brian 3.5)
\nTough to see Soares come off with an injury. He put Alston in a tough predicament once instead of just clearing it safely (Ryan)…Communication with Shuttleworth seemed off, while he was shoved and pushed around inside the box, necessitating an early sub (Brian).<\/p>\n

Ryan Guy<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 3.5<\/strong> (Ryan 3.5, Brian 3.5)
\nGive Guy credit, he has switched from position to position. But it was Guy that was beat on the lone goal. The real question is why was Guy covering Jack McInerney? (Ryan)\u2026 Clearly out of position, he allowed Keon Daniel to slip through early before the rest of the D bailed him out. Admirable effort, but overall, there were very few things he did especially well other than play where Heaps wanted him to (Brian)<\/p>\n

Alec Purdie<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 3.5<\/strong> (Ryan 3, Brian 4)
\nIn the midfield, he looked completely outmatched and lost. He did better when he shifted back to defense (Ryan)\u2026Shook off some early nerves and played a good ball wide to Alston that just missed its connection. But just as the midfield struggled to hold the ball, so too did Purdie, who dropped back when Cardenas came on in the 61st minute (Brian).<\/p>\n

Benny Feilhaber<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 3.5<\/strong> (Ryan 4, Brian 3)
\nBenny has worked better when Juan Toja is on the pitch but his time with Toja didn\u2019t last as Benny let his emotions get the best of him (Ryan)\u2026Played a few nice passes, but anything he added to the attack was overshadowed by a pair of unnecessary cautions only minutes apart from each other, which effectively doomed any chance at a late equalizer (Brian).<\/p>\n

Clyde Simms<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 4.875<\/strong> (Ryan 4.75, Brian 5)
\nAnother game for Simms and another \u201cnot bad\u201d performance. Did his best to step up to the ref in the captains role (Ryan)\u2026Gutsy performance had to give Heaps some peace of mind with a short bench. Allowed Feilhaber to go forward and sat behind to address any defensive breaches (Brian).<\/p>\n

Kelyn Rowe<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 4<\/strong> (Ryan 4, Brian 4)
\nRowe will get better and better with time. Right now, some of his touches and passes are just a bit off (Ryan)\u2026Looked a lot more active than last week\u2019s rumored performance. Showed good vision on his passes, but didn\u2019t give the Revs much width (Brian).<\/p>\n

Diego Fagundez<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 3.5<\/strong> (Ryan 3.5, Brian 3.5)
\nNothing great from Diego in Philly. He never synced up with Jerry and didn\u2019t create too many chances (Ryan)\u2026Sent a perfect ball back to Bengtson before the Honduran banked it off the post, but aside from that, he was all too quiet on the night, and failed to register a single shot (Brian).<\/p>\n

Jerry Bengtson<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 3.5<\/strong> (Ryan 3.5, Brian 3.5)
\nIt\u2019s not critical to say that Bengtson should have scored a goal. He\u2019s proved elsewhere that he can score goals, making his first opportunity one that should have been converted (Ryan)\u2026 How did he miss manage to bank it with an open net nearby? The struggles continue for the Honduran striker, who resorted to appealing for PKs on tough challenges inside the 18 (Brian).<\/p>\n

Fernando Cardenas<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 4<\/strong> (Ryan 4, Brian 4)
\nCardenas should have done better with his one on one with MacMath and he probably knows that. He got caught trying too many things when simplicity was probably the best option (Ryan)\u2026Added spark by firing a decent shot in the 67th minute, but he absolutely needed to pull the trigger on his 70th minute chance (Brian).<\/p>\n

Juan Toja<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 4.5<\/strong> (Ryan 4.5, Brian 4.5)
\nHe makes the team better when he comes on the field and almost had the game-tying assist on a free kick (Ryan)\u2026Made all the passes he needed to, but he failed to put his footprint in the midfield (Brian).<\/p>\n

Dimitry Imbongo<\/strong> \u2013 Average rating: 4.25<\/strong> (Ryan 4.5, Brian 4)
\nHe brought some energy and he seems to genuinely want to help the team win. He earns plenty of fouls in the attacking third but needs more time to develop with the ball at his feet (Ryan)\u2026 Created a little havoc late, but the big man was forced off the ball far too easily (Brian).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Darrius Barnes was our Man of the Match in Saturday’s 1-0 loss to the Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15919,"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":[20,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DB25.png?fit=511%2C272&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15917"}],"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=15917"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15922,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15917\/revisions\/15922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}