{"id":22747,"date":"2013-11-03T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T19:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=22747"},"modified":"2013-11-03T14:34:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T19:34:01","slug":"the-morning-after-nevskc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=22747","title":{"rendered":"The Morning After: #NEvSKC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo credit: Chris Aduama\/aduamaphotography.com<\/p><\/div>\n

No doubt, it was a victory four years in the making. Four looooong<\/em> years in the making.<\/p>\n

Despite a rocky start, the Revolution found a way to break through in the second half and grab a hard-fought 2-1 first leg Conference semifinal victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Here\u00a0some facts, figures and\u00a0assorted potpourri\u00a0from the Revolution win:<\/p>\n

-The win gave the Revolution their first postseason victory since a 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire on Nov. 1,\u00a0 2009.<\/p>\n

-Andy Dorman’s 55th minute goal was the first of his postseason career. Entering Saturday’s contest, the veteran midfielder had earned two assists in nine career postseason contests.<\/p>\n

-A.J. Soares led the Revolution in passing accuracy at an 87 percent clip. Finishing a distant second and third on the\u00a0 team’s passing accuracy chart were Dimitry Imbongo (71 percent) and Andy Dorman (63 percent), respectively. As a team, the Revolution only completed 59.8 percent of their passes.<\/p>\n

-Teal Bunbury led all Kansas City starters with a 93 percent passing accuracy rate. Graham Zusi (82 percent)\u00a0and Jacob Peterson (81 percent)\u00a0finished second and third, respectively. Kansas City finished the evening with a 75.6 percent completion rate.<\/p>\n

-The 15,164 attendance figure was the highest number present for a Revolution home\u00a0postseason game since the team’s 1-0 Eastern Conference final clash against Chicago on Nov. 6, 2005, which had an announced\u00a0crowd of 18,118.<\/p>\n

-Soares was the most active Revolution defender, as he recorded 12 clearances (five effective) and two interceptions.<\/p>\n

-Not surprisingly, Matt Besler put together a superlative night, and led all defenders by recording 18 clearances (14 effective) and recorded eight interceptions.<\/p>\n

-Revolution coach Jay Heaps on\u00a0Lee Nguyen’s\u00a0goal-line clearance in the 18th minute: “It was a good ball in from them. I\u2019ve got to be honest, I\u2019ve got to look at the film to see who headed it, but I saw Lee (Nguyen) make a good play on the back post. Some games we put two players on the post, sometimes we put one player on the post. But tonight we made the right call and put two players on the post.”<\/em><\/p>\n

-Kansas City coach Peter Vermes on Dorman’s goal: “Did you see the replay? When all three guys \u2013 when the shot\u2019s taken \u2013 all three guys are offside. They can\u2019t get an unfair advantage on that situation. It\u2019s an easy call. It obviously doesn\u2019t go that way, but we haven\u2019t gotten any of those calls all year long, and we can\u2019t ask for them now. Just like C.J. (Sapong) in the box, when he\u2019s manhandled, taken and pulled down; it\u2019s right in front of the referee, and he doesn\u2019t want to call it.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Tweet of the night:<\/p>\n

Job done for the Night. #LAREVOLUTION# #NERevs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Goncalves Jose (@Oneswitz) November 3, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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