{"id":32377,"date":"2015-03-09T11:12:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=32377"},"modified":"2015-03-09T14:34:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T18:34:19","slug":"freis-save-moment-of-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=32377","title":{"rendered":"Frei&#8217;s Save &#8216;Moment of Swing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_32379\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stefan-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32379\" data-attachment-id=\"32379\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?attachment_id=32379\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stefan-01.png?fit=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Stefan-01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo credit: Max Aquino\/prostamerika.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stefan-01.png?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stefan-01.png?fit=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32379\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stefan-01.png?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"Photo credit: Max Aquino\/prostamerika.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stefan-01.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stefan-01.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Max Aquino\/prostamerika.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The final score may not suggest it, but there was a moment in Sunday\u2019s 3-0 loss to the Sounders in which the Revolution uncovered a tantalizing opportunity to make it contest.<\/p>\n<p>Despite going down early following a Clint Dempsey strike from the spot, the locals nearly put the match back in level terms right before half. And in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Kelyn Rowe pounced on a Sounders giveaway in the middle third and sprinted toward goal before firing a shot that was ticketed for the twine before Stefan Frei made a stunning save to keep the Revolution from climbing back in.<\/p>\n<p><script height=\"338px\" width=\"600px\" src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/iframe.js#ec=VtanR0czrSqz5vYPDXThfWKmFPCQfbdb&#038;pbid=4bfc225f82bf46c48dfb065eda97f74f\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a moment of swing, for sure,\u201d Revolution left back Chris Tierney told the media after the match. \u201cI thought it was in the net.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tierney wasn\u2019t the only one who thought the Sounders\u2019 keeper had been beat. The strike \u2013 which came from about 30-yards \u2013 approached Frei with blistering pace, and the only thing that kept it from reaching the back of the net was his sensational reaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a terrific save,\u201d Rowe told the media after the match. \u201cI thought it went in and he put it far post. It\u2019s one of those where we try to take advantage of balls that we win off the back line in their half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Revolution weren\u2019t the only one effusive in their praise for Frei. Nor were they the only ones who recognized how fortunes may have shifted had he failed to make the stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a world-class save that he made going down to his right at a key point in the game,\u201d Sounders coach Sigi Schmid told the media. \u201cMaking key saves at key moments is what truly separates the truly outstanding goalkeepers from the rest. Tonight, I thought he made a world class save in a key moment of the game for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What made Frei\u2019s save even more important was the fact that almost immediately after, Obafemi Martins quickly killed any momentum the Revolution hoped to gain from Rowe\u2019s blast. He steered a Tyrone Mears cross into the New England net, putting a dagger into the guests\u2019 collective psyche with the interval on tap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was right before half and wasn\u2019t easy,\u201d Rowe said. \u201cBut that happens in games and you have to learn from it. I\u2019m glad it happened now, and not in the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the end result of Sunday\u2019s match in Seattle wasn\u2019t a backbreaker in terms of the bigger picture, as evidenced by how the reigning Eastern Conference champions started their 2014 campaign. But in the immediate aftermath, Tierney couldn\u2019t help but wonder how Sunday\u2019s match would\u2019ve played out had Rowe\u2019s effort made it through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t have the sharpness to take the chances we did create in the first half,\u201d Tierney said. \u201cHad we snuck a goal it might have been a different story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final score may not suggest it, but there was a moment in Sunday\u2019s 3-0 loss to the Sounders in which the Revolution uncovered a tantalizing opportunity to make it contest. Despite going down early following a Clint Dempsey strike from the spot, the locals nearly put the match back in level terms right before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32378,"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":[3],"tags":[891,1300,49,888,63,1032,892],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frei-1.png?fit=601%2C415&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32377"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32377"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32393,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32377\/revisions\/32393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}