{"id":5641,"date":"2011-07-24T02:50:16","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T06:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=5641"},"modified":"2011-07-24T12:59:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T16:59:55","slug":"player-ratings-new-england-revolution-at-colorado-rapids-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=5641","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: New England Revolution at Colorado Rapids"},"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 Sean Donahue and Brian O\u2019Connell contributed ratings for the Revs 2-2 draw with Colorado<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Matt Reis<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 3.75 <\/strong>(Brian 4, Sean 3.5)<\/p>\n

Looked like a rookie on Kimura’s goal, and seemed to be emboldened by the thin air on his goal kicks. (Brian) \u2026 Made some big saves in the first half to keep the Rapids off the scoreboard, but much better is expected of Reis on the second goal. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Chris Tierney<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 3.5<\/strong> (Brian 4, Sean 3)<\/p>\n

Service was good, but was painfully exposed by Nyassi and Cummings. Hard to fault him with the Nyassi foul. (Brian) \u2026 Can\u2019t afford to make tackles like that in the box. Crosses were inconsistent and passing was poorer than usual. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Darrius Barnes<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.75<\/strong> (Brian 5, Sean 6.5)<\/p>\n

Contained Nyassi well, and kept the box clean with smart defending. Man-marking was very good. (Brian) \u2026 Strong defending on the Rapids speedy forwards. Great header to get the ball to Mansally leading to the penalty kick. Good passing out of the back. (Sean)<\/p>\n

A.J. Soares<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5<\/strong> (Brian 5, Sean 5)<\/p>\n

Had a few shaky moments early, but settled down as the game rolled on. Paired pretty well with Barnes. (Brian) \u2026 Troubled by Colorado\u2019s speed early, but held his own as the match went on. Passing wasn\u2019t great. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Kevin Alston<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/strong> (Brian 4.5, Sean 5)<\/p>\n

Nearly let Mullan go by him early before Phelan bailed him out while Kimura had his way with him late. (Brian) \u2026 Had some nice runs forward, but runs out of ideas in the final third. Good throw-in leading to the first goal. Did well against Nyassi in the first half, but struggled a bit in the second half. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Stephen McCarthy<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6.25<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 6.5)<\/p>\n

Another complete game put together by the rookie center half; assisted on Feilhaber’s goal, decisive in the middle, and helped his back four with the speedy Colorado attack. (Brian) \u2026 Great flick-on in Feilhaber\u2019s goal. Smart passing and did well aiding the defense. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Shalrie Joseph<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.25<\/strong> (Brian 5, Sean 5.5)<\/p>\n

Steered the attack, but failed to help the Revs in the possession department (31.5%). Of course, his penalty made it easy to forget his shortcomings. (Brian) \u2026 Kept the attack going with strong with his passing and pushing forward when needed but could\u2019ve done better with some of his opportunities. \u00a0(Sean)<\/p>\n

Pat Phelan<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5<\/strong> (Brian 5, Sean 5)<\/p>\n

Curiously pushed up in the second half, but on the whole, put in work on the defensive end. (Brian) \u2026 Did well aiding the defense, but didn\u2019t do much offensively. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Benny Feilhaber<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5 <\/strong>(Brian 5.5, Sean 5.5)<\/p>\n

Goal opened the scoring, service was good, but otherwise, didn’t find many attacking opportunities on the left. (Brian) \u2026 Good positioning for the goal. Didn\u2019t see enough of the ball, but it was a product of playing on the left and the Revs general lack of possession. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Zack Schilawski<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.25<\/strong> (Brian 4.5, Sean 4)<\/p>\n

Quiet game for the striker\/midfielder, who was caught offside twice and never threatened to score. (Brian) \u2026 Pushed back to help defend, but rarely saw the ball. Called offside (possibly incorrectly) on the one chance he had, but still couldn\u2019t finish. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Rajko Lekic<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 3.25<\/strong> (Brian 3, Sean 3.5)<\/p>\n

Seemed to have no clue what his role was; drifted wide, fell back, and pretty much did everything but score, nevermind put a shot on net. (Brian) \u2026 Offside when there was no need to be. Poor touch let him down and gifted possession to Colorado on a few occasions. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Franco Coria<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/strong> (Brian 4.5, Sean 5)<\/p>\n

Made a few good tackles, but seemed somewhat slow against Cummings and Nyassi. (Brian) \u2026 Brought into a tough situation to try and secure a point and held his own. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Sainey Nyassi<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 3.75<\/strong> (Brian 4, Sean 3.5)<\/p>\n

Not an especially memorable performance; seemed out of sync with his teammates. (Brian) \u2026 Looked to provide a spark of the bench, but didn\u2019t get anything going offensively. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Kenny Mansally<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6.75<\/strong> (Brian 7, Sean 6.5)<\/p>\n

Firestarter for the undermanned Revs; wreaked havoc for the Rapids backs, and sharpened the Revs attack late while playing smart and drawing the penalty late. (Brian) \u2026 Did exactly what was asked coming off the bench: challenged the Rapids defense and earned several dangerous set pieces, including the penalty. (Sean)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kenny Mansally provided a spark off the bench for the Revs on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5643,"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\/07\/mansallyfeature2.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\/5641"}],"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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5641"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5646,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5641\/revisions\/5646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}