{"id":18551,"date":"2013-03-18T13:57:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T17:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=18551"},"modified":"2013-03-18T14:45:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T18:45:23","slug":"player-ratings-new-england-revolution-at-philadelphia-union-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=18551","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: New England Revolution at Philadelphia Union"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lee Nguyen was a big part of the little offense the Revolution had on Saturday. (Photo: Chris Aduama\/aduama.com).<\/p><\/div>\n

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 Brian O\u2019Connell, Sean Donahue, and Julian Cardillo contributed ratings for the\u00a0New England Revolution\u2019s 1-0\u00a0loss at the\u00a0Philadelphia\u00a0Union<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bobby Shuttleworth<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/b> (Brian 5.5, Sean 5, Julian 6)
\nStopped a couple of tough shots, looked strong off his line, nothing else he could’ve done on McInerney goal. (Brian) \u2026 Made a pair of good saves, but punched out some crosses he probably should\u2019ve caught, leading to chances, didn\u2019t look comfortable with the ball at his feet, and distribution could\u2019ve been better. (Sean) \u2026 Came up with some important stops, but maybe should have been the one to organize the defense better on McInerny’s goal. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Kevin Alston<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.17<\/b> (Brian 5.5, Sean 5, Julian 5)
\nMatched well with Sheanon Williams, looked strong, \u00a0but for second straight week, didn’t involve himself too heavily in the attack. (Brian) \u2026 Solid defensively, but offered little going forward and turned the ball over on 55% of the throw-ins he took. (Sean) \u2026 \u00a0Looked reasonably comfortable on the left but didn’t venture forward as much as he could have. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Jose Goncalves<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5<\/b> (Brian 5, Sean 5, Julian 5)
\nMade some nice recoveries and tackles, but it looks like he gave way too much space\u00a0to\u00a0McInernery on the goal (on the replay, Rowe appears to look in his direction and point to McInerney). (Brian) \u2026 Lucky to be bailed out by Farrell after getting beaten far too easily by Keon Daniel in the box in the 74th<\/sup> minute. Made a few saving tackles, but distribution wasn\u2019t great and not as good a showing as his opening day performance. (Sean) \u2026 A few iffy tackles and some questionable decision making when on the ball, but his positioning was pretty good and he stopped alot of potentially dangerous situations from unfolding. (Julian)<\/p>\n

A.J. Soares<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.33<\/b> (Brian 4.5, Sean 4.5, Julian 4)
\nAllowed a dangerous 33rd minute\u00a0Sheanon Williams\u00a0throw-in to slup into the box; looked like he should’ve been marking McInerney on the goal. Not his best game. (Brian) \u2026 Caught in no man\u2019s land on the goal and far too many long balls out of the back rather than keeping possession. Overall positioning wasn\u2019t great. (Sean) \u2026Positioning: mediocre. Passing out of the back: terrible. Way too many giveaways by the third-year pro. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Andrew Farrell<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/b> (Brian 5, Sean 5.5, Julian 6)
\nActive game, but lost the ball far too often; good runs forward, but generally inconsistent with the ball. (Brian) \u2026 Like the rest of the defense, gave the ball away too cheaply, but made some nice defensive plays, including stopping Daniel after he beat Goncalves. (Sean) Decent positioning and didn’t linger on the ball as much as he has in the past. (Julian)<\/b><\/p>\n

Lee Nguyen<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.83<\/b> (Brian 6, Sean 6, Julian 5.5)
\nBest player on the field; pointed the attack in the right direction with a few keen passes, and made solid contributions defensively. (Brian) \u2026 One of the few players who created anything going forward though his set pieces still weren\u2019t great. (Sean) \u2026 Great runs and passing out of midfield, though he sometimes stayed on the ball for far too long. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Scott Caldwell<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.33<\/b> (Brian 5.5, Sean 5, Julian 5.5)
\nMade some very clever passes, has the vision of veteran; a quietly consistent performance. (Brian) \u2026 Avoided rookie mistakes, but the Revolution needed him to take more risks and venture forward and he never proved to be the link they needed between the defense and the attack. (Sean) \u2026 \u00a0A nice outing for his first-ever appearance. Looked composed and often made the smart pass rather than the audacious one. Maybe a little bit too conservative at times, but it’s nice to know Caldwell can actually play at this level. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Clyde Simms<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.17<\/b> (Brian 5.5, Sean 5, Julian 5)
\nAided his defensive teammates well, made the passes he needed to before coming off with what Heaps said was a “muscle” issue. (Brian) \u2026 Solid, as usual, defensively, but rarely completed a forward pass, which was part of the reason the Revolution were so lacking in the attack. (Sean) \u2026 Holding play was good, but he didn’t really do much to help on transitions from offense to defense. That may have contributed to the Revolution’s attack, which faded in and out of the game. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Kelyn Rowe<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.67<\/b> (Brian 4.5, Sean 4.5 Julian 5)
\nKudos in order for the defensive work, but going forward, too many giveways and ambitious ideas; struggled in the elements. (Brian) \u2026 After a great game off the bench last week, his passing in the offensive third was poor and he gave the ball away far too often. No complaints on the effort, but too many turnovers. (Sean) \u2026 The creativity was good, but sometimes he rushed a play or went for the more complex action rather than opting for the simple pass. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Juan Toja<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.33<\/b> (Brian 4, Sean 4, Julian 5):
\nForced off the ball too often; poor finish on his 78th minute shot, and never seemed to get on the same page with Bengtson. (Brian) \u2026 Went down far too easily at times, lucky to avoid a yellow card for persistent infringement, wasted one of the Revolution\u2019s best chances and didn\u2019t create much going forward. (Sean) \u2026 His movement off the ball, particularly his combination play with Nguyen, was solid. The finishing definitely needs some work. (Julian)<\/p>\n

Jerry Bengtson<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.17<\/b> (Brian 5.5, Sean 5, Julian 5)
\nGood holdup play, unfortunate to have his early shot kick-saved by McMath; stoppage time miss was still an incredible effort. (Brian) \u2026 Bengston\u2019s on the Revolution for his finishing, but he needed to do much better with his early breakaway. (Sean) \u2026The positioning was good, the finishing was not. Should have done better on the breakaway in the first half. (Julian)<\/p>\n

(sub) Andy Dorman<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 5<\/b> (Brian 5, Sean 5, Julian 5)
\nDecent performance off the bench, made a few nice passes, and gave the attack some life late. (Brian) \u2026 Some solid touches off the bench, but Revolution didn\u2019t play through him as much as they probably should have. (Sean) \u2026 Decent performance off the bench, made a few nice passes, and gave the attack some life late. (Julian)<\/p>\n

(sub) Chris Tierney<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.17<\/b> (Brian 4, Sean 4.5, Julian 4)
\nGenerally inconsistent showing off the bench; looked rusty. (Brian) \u2026 Wasted a great late free kick and struggled to find teammates with his crosses. (Sean) \u2026Looked tired and out of shape and his crossing was lackluster. (Julian)<\/p>\n

(sub) Chad Barrett<\/b> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.83<\/b> (Brian 5, Sean 5, Julian 4.5)
\nEffective off the bench,\u00a0put together some passes, and involved himself in the late forays into the final third. (Brian) \u2026 Looked good in his very limited touches off the bench and probably should\u2019ve come into the match earlier. (Sean) \u2026 Effective off the bench, put together some passes, and involved himself in the late forays into the final third. (Julian)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lee Nguyen was our highest rated player in an overall poor showing from the Revolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10597,"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":true,"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\/03\/nguyenfeature2.jpg?fit=490%2C240&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18554,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551\/revisions\/18554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}