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FOXBORO, Mass. – The reactions told you everything you needed to know.<\/p>\n

Seconds after New England\u2019s third-year defensive midfielder and Homegrown Player Scott Caldwell deposited his first career goal in the 84th minute and raced to the corner flag, all of his teammates on the field had sprinted to him and mobbed him in celebration.<\/p>\n

Head coach Jay Heaps and his coaching staff were all wearing huge smiles on their faces.<\/p>\n

Kelyn Rowe gave him a big hug just prior to his postgame interview on the field.<\/p>\n

As Chris Tierney put it, it was \u201clong overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was real excited about Scotty tonight,\u201d Heaps said, joking about Caldwell\u2019s number six, the same number Heaps wore for the Revolution. \u201cHe puts in a great effort every training session, every day and every game. He gets out there and does all the hard work. He\u2019s one of those people you just want on the field and do well. When he does, and scores a goal like that, that was special because it was his first goal so we were all excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

It took nearly 5,000 minutes of game play and before Caldwell found the back of the net in his 63rd appearance for the club. But scoring isn\u2019t even close to his top priority and in typical Caldwell fashion, it was more about the team and the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a good feeling definitely, to get that kind of monkey off my back,\u201d Caldwell said. \u201cBut it was more important to get three points and it was a great team performance the whole night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caldwell\u2019s 84th minute goal capped off an impressive 4-0 win over Real Salt Lake for New England, the club\u2019s first win against RSL in eight tries. The recently-turned 24-year-old also picked up his seventh career assist, sending in a perfectly weighted ball right to the top of the six yard box to find the head of Charlie Davies to make it 3-0 in the 50th minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cDorms and I were talking a little at halftime and I said one of us was going to get one so it just turned out that way,\u201d Caldwell said, then quickly turning the focus back on the team. \u201cLike I said it was great to get the good team performance and win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caldwell has been a rock in New England\u2019s lineup in his time with the club. Just last month, Jermaine Jones told MLSSoccer.com he endorsed Caldwell as his replacement as center defensive mid for the U.S. Men\u2019s National Team. <\/p>\n

In a video package released by MLSSoccer.com earlier this year in March, Philadelphia\u2019s Maurice Edu and New York Red Bull\u2019s Bradley Wright-Phillips both picked Caldwell as who they think is the most underrated player in the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s been such a long time coming,\u201d Tierney said of Caldwell’s goal postgame. \u201cScott is such an underrated player in my opinion. He does so much for the team. He\u2019s really stepped into a role on this team where a lot of guys look to him and really respect him. He brings it everyday. He\u2019s phenomenal in training and he\u2019s even better in games so we\u2019re really lucky to have him and it\u2019s great to see him get on the scoresheet, it\u2019s long overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fittingly, it was Caldwell that started the build up, taking a pass from Andy Dorman before springing Steve Neumann wide with one touch. Neumann\u2019s service into the area found Diego Fagundez, who laid the ball off for an oncoming Kelyn Rowe. Rowe laid a low pass through the area that Juan Agudelo slightly touched leaving a wide open shot for Neumann. Salt Lake keeper Jeff Attinella made a miraculous save to rob Neumann, and then stopped Agudelo\u2019s follow up touch. Rowe was able to get the slightest of touches to move the ball back to the top of the 18 where Caldwell hit it one time with his left foot and the ball found its way through the defense and into the back corner.<\/p>\n

It was Caldwell\u2019s first goal in a game since his senior year at Akron, where he racked up 20 goals in four years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely not the first thing on my mind each game,\u201d Caldwell said about scoring. \u201cBut I\u2019ll definitely try to get into the attack if I can to help out. It\u2019s not my first responsibility at all but it comes about that way I\u2019ll definitely look to join the attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Caldwell was greeted by all of his teammates in the corner after the goal, it was no surprise who was the first one there, despite how far he had to go to get there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI noticed the first guy that got to me was our center back Andrew Farrell so that was interesting,\u201d Caldwell said with a big grin after Farrell himself joined the postgame media scrum and asked a question. \u201cI was bracing myself for a tackle but luckily he just kind of picked me up a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caldwell, a Braintree native, becomes the second ever Homegrown Player to score for the Revolution.<\/p>\n

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