{"id":31124,"date":"2015-01-27T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=31124"},"modified":"2015-01-27T09:28:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T14:28:57","slug":"davies-taste-of-mls-cup-loss-lingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=31124","title":{"rendered":"Davies: Taste of MLS Cup Loss Lingers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. \u2013 It\u2019s safe to say that Charlie Davies did not take last month\u2019s MLS Cup loss in stride.<\/p>\n

Back at training on Friday for the first time since last month\u2019s championship loss to the LA Galaxy, the 28-year-old striker admitted that it wasn\u2019t easy to shake off the emotions stemming from the setback.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took me a good two weeks of being depressed,\u201d Davies said. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to look back at it and feel disgusted, but I think the better way is to look back, and feel a sense of happiness, and to be so proud of these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

And the guys are all back, too \u2013 well, at least most of them. With the exceptions of A.J. Soares (out of contract) and Patrick Mullins (expansion draft), everyone who suited up for the Revolution in last month\u2019s title match will be back in 2015.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, many are picking the Revolution to win the Eastern Conference again. With a full season of Jermaine Jones ahead, and Lee Nguyen ready to prove that 2014 wasn\u2019t a fluke, there are few reasons to bet against the local XI this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be able to work with Jermaine for the whole year,\u201d Revolution coach Jay Heaps said, \u201cand work with him for a couple of weeks of preseason, as well , and with him and Lee and the entire group.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Jones and Nguyen aren\u2019t the only ones who’ll need to rise the challenge if the Revolution want to cast themselves as bonafide Cup contenders. After relatively quiet 2014 campaigns, Diego Fagundez and Kelyn Rowe will both attempt to channel the form that saw the former score 13 goals and the latter collect eight assists the year before. <\/p>\n

Another player looking to bounce back this season is Andrew Farrell, who may be asked to slide from right back to center back in the wake of Soares\u2019 departure. The experience he gained there as a fill-in last year (10 games) should help his cause.<\/p>\n

Then, of course, is Davies. As electric as he was during the postseason (four goals in five playoff games), the Boston College alum didn\u2019t post the kind of numbers (three goals in 18 games) he would\u2019ve liked to have during the regular season.<\/p>\n

But stats only tell a part of the story, at least according to Davies. To him, the best way to avoid another heart-wrenching loss on the last day of the season goes beyond the numbers listed on the back of their soccer cards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just have to get back to building as a team and trying to understand how to, when games aren\u2019t going as well as they should for us, find ways to still be impactful and get a result,\u201d Davies said. \u201cObviously, we\u2019ll have that taste (from the MLS Cup final) in our mouth for awhile, and we\u2019ll use that as motivation for this year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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