{"id":4547,"date":"2011-04-24T02:24:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T06:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=4547"},"modified":"2011-04-24T02:28:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T06:28:20","slug":"player-ratings-new-england-revolution-vs-sporting-kansas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=4547","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: New England Revolution vs. Sporting Kansas City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 Carl Setterlund and Sean Donahue contributed ratings for the\u00a0Revs\u2019 3-2 win over Sporting Kansas City<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Matt Reis \u2013<\/strong> Average rating: 6.25<\/strong> (Carl 7, Sean 5.5)
\nOn a sloppy, messy night Reis largely remained in control and showed he can still rise to the occasion. (Carl) \u2026 Made some key saves, but should\u2019ve stopped Kansas City\u2019s first goal. (Sean)<\/p>\n

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Benny Feilhaber was our Man of the Match on Saturday. (Photo by CHRIS ADUAMA\/aduama.com) <\/p><\/div>\n

Kevin Alston<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/strong> (Carl 5, Sean 4.5)
\nHad a few mishaps due to the weather but averted disaster. Oh wait\u2026 except for that phantom penalty he gave up. (Carl) \u2026 Some dreadful passing out of the back and awful shooting going forward, but managed to use his pace to recover from most of his defensive errors. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Franco Coria<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6.5<\/strong> (Carl 6.5, Sean 6.5)
\nI flat out like this guy\u2019s style. Only chink in the armor I saw was that he was a bit too relaxed leading up to KC\u2019s first goal. (Carl) \u2026 Goes hard into tackles, but manages to time them perfectly each time. It takes a lot to beat Coria on the ground or in the air. (Sean)<\/p>\n

A.J. Soares<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6<\/strong> (Carl 6, Sean 6)
\nIt was a game that didn\u2019t flatter too many defenders, but Soares continues to look more like a veteran than a rookie out there. (Carl) \u2026 Solid, if quiet, performance from the center back. No noticeable errors. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Didier Domi<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5<\/strong> (Carl 5, Sean 5)
\nGot broken down a little bit on Kamara\u2019s goal and showed signs of trying to compensate for his nicked up, aging legs. (Carl) \u2026 Beat on Kamara\u2019s goal. Tried to get forward, but was rarely found by his teammates. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Zak Boggs<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6<\/strong> (Carl 6, Sean 6)
\nCompeted well and showed he\u2019s worthy of a starting nod even as Stevie Nicol\u2019s attacking options have increased. (Carl) \u2026 Excellent assist on the winning goal, but most of the Revs attacks came through Perovic on the left in the early going. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Stephen McCarthy<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.25 <\/strong>(Carl 5, Sean 5.5)
\nHe was a little bit a disappearing act after he got booked early on, I thought, but maybe that\u2019s just because I couldn\u2019t stop ogling Feilhaber. (Carl) \u2026 Solid patrolling the midfield next to Feilhaber in the first half. Kept it simple. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Benny Feilhaber<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 7.25<\/strong> (Carl 7.5, Sean 7)
\nEarly returns seem to indicate that Feilhaber\u2019s skill set is just what the Revs needed. I don\u2019t want to get ahead of myself, but we\u2019ve rarely seen that type of high-quality passing since the heyday of Steve Ralston. (Carl) \u2026 Great distribution by Feilhaber all match and an excellent job setting up Perovic\u2019s goal. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Marko Perovic<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6.75<\/strong> (Carl 6.5, Sean 7)
\nIt\u2019s a shame he picked up that knee injury because he seemed to gel with the talent around him and was rounding into pretty good form. (Carl) \u2026 By far his best game since coming back from injury. Perovic looked back to the form that made him team MVP last year until he was forced out of the game with a knee injury. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Shalrie Joseph<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6.75<\/strong> (Carl 7.5, Sean 6)
\nHis equalizer couldn\u2019t have come at a bigger time. I\u2019m actually grading him down a half a point for flubbing that big chance just before halftime, so kind of a backhanded compliment there. (Carl) \u2026 Looked poor while playing striker in the first half, but was his usual self in the second half when he was moved back into the midfield and scored the crucial equalizing goal for the Revs. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Rajko Lekic<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6<\/strong> (Carl 6.5, Sean 5.5)
\nObviously his goal was huge and it was a skillful header. He was sticking his nose in dirty places, drawing fouls and whining to the referee all night like a good striker should. (Carl) \u2026 Great goal, but Lekic\u2019s touch was lacking most of the night and he should have done better with some other chances. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Kenny Mansally<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/strong> (Carl 5.5, Sean 5.5)
\nI thought Mansally was a little more in the middle of things than usual. I\u2019m predicting increased minutes in the near future. (Carl) \u2026 Great free kick to set-up Joseph\u2019s goal and solid job filling in when Perovic went out injured. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Zack Schilawski<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/strong> (Carl 5, Sean 4.5)
\nHe didn\u2019t play poorly per se, but Lekic showed why Shilawski\u2019s overall style of play is just less conducive to results. (Carl) \u2026 Forgot he was on the pitch shortly after he entered. (Sean)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 Carl Setterlund and Sean Donahue contributed ratings for the\u00a0Revs\u2019 3-2 win over Sporting Kansas City. Matt Reis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4548,"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":false,"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\/2011\/04\/feilhaberfeature.jpg?fit=490%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547"}],"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=4547"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4554,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4547\/revisions\/4554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}