{"id":5778,"date":"2011-07-31T15:18:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T19:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=5778"},"modified":"2011-08-01T10:02:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T14:02:02","slug":"player-ratings-new-england-revolution-at-sporting-kansas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=5778","title":{"rendered":"Player Ratings: New England Revolution at 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 Sean Donahue and Brian O\u2019Connell contributed ratings for the Revs 1-1 draw with Kansas City<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Matt Reis<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5 <\/strong>(Brian 6, Sean 5)
\nNice bounce on the pass to Lekic for the goal, and made a nice save on Kei Kamara’s shot in the 66th. A couple of hiccups, but a solid performance. (Brian) \u2026 Huge save on Kamara, but was lucky not to be punished for some of his earlier miscues. (Sean)<\/p>\n

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

Darrius Barnes<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 5)
\nPlayed confident in the rear, and limited K.C. on the right flank. Sound play from start to finish. (Brian) \u2026 Decent outing out of position at left back, but it was his mishit header that led to Soares red card. (Sean)<\/p>\n

A.J. Soares<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.75<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 5.5)
\nRed card was harsh as replays showed he made a clean tackle on C.J. Sapong. Despite the ejection, he canceled Kamara out for much of the match. (Brian) \u2026 Can\u2019t fault him on the red card, but communication between the center backs was a bit lacking.<\/p>\n

Franco Coria<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5 <\/strong>(Brian 6, Sean 4)
\nHad a shaky beginning, but recovered well by sealing up the back with good positioning. (Brian) \u2026 Let Sapong run right by him, forcing Soares into the tackle leading to his red. Slow to react to Bravo\u2019s run on the equalizing goal. Too much space giving up in the center of the defense all night. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Kevin Alston<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 8 <\/strong>(Brian 8, Sean 8 )
\nGutsy performance all around for the injured right back; single-handedly shut down K.C.’s left corridor; played his best match of the season. (Brian)\u2026 Fantastic performance from Alston, possibly the best of his career. Not only shut down his flank, but on several occasions bailed out the rest of the defense with last ditch tackles. Did all this despite carrying an obvious knock. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Stephen McCarthy<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6.5<\/strong> (Brian 7, Sean 6)
\nDistribution was sharp, touches good, and looked like he was on his way to another fine game until he came out with an injury in the 35th. (Brian) \u2026 Looked sharp until forced to leave injured. Seems to be gaining in confidence. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Shalrie Joseph<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 7.25<\/strong> (Brian 7, Sean 7.5)
\nOne-man wrecking crew; pushed up, dropped back, and commanded the midfield well. (Brian) \u2026 Faulted recently for not having the impact we\u2019re used to seeing, but Joseph was back to his dominant self on Saturday, breaking up plays defensively and playing a huge role in the offense. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Pat Phelan <\/strong>\u2013 Average Rating: 5.5<\/strong> (Brian 5.5, Sean 5.5)
\nTracked back well, but seemed hesitant about pushing up. (Brian)\u00a0 \u2026 Active in front of the defense, but rarely involved in the attack. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Benny Feilhaber<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6.5<\/strong> (Brian 6, Sean 7)
\nPasses were sharp, corners were good, and helped the Revs assert themselves. (Brian) \u2026 Great effort from Feilhaber who was active in the offense and made some big plays defensively. Some of his set pieces, particularly his corner kicks, were lacking a bit. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Zack Schilawski<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/strong> (Brian 5, Sean 5):
\nMinimal contributions to the attack – almost forgot he was on the pitch until he came off late. (Brian) \u2026 Worked hard tracking back, but didn\u2019t add much to the offense. (Sean)<\/p>\n

Rajko Lekic<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 6.25 <\/strong>(Brian 6.5, Sean 6)
\nFinished well on the goal, but once again, his positioning remains an ongoing issue. (Brian) \u2026 Good goal, but touch still was lacking at times. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Kenny Mansally<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 4.75<\/strong> (Brian 5, Sean 4.5)
\nDisappointing appearance, and soft defending led to Bunbury’s equalizer. (Brian) \u2026 Looked a bit lost on the equalizer and was a bit selfish at times in the attack. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Sainey Nyassi<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5.25<\/strong> (Brian 5.5, Sean 5)
\nLooked dangerous in space, but with the Revs sitting back late, his chances were few and far in between. (Brian) \u2026 Used his pace to good effect at times, but looked to shoot rather than pass in a few instances where he had better options. (Sean)<\/p>\n

(sub) Ryan Guy<\/strong> \u2013 Average Rating: 5<\/strong> (Brian 5, Sean 5)
\nBit on the dummy during the Bunbury goal sequence, but otherwise, had a decent showing with K.C. pushing late. (Brian) \u2026 Worked valiantly out of position, but at least partly at fault for Bunbury\u2019s goal. (Sean)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kevin Alston was our Man of the Match for his excellent performance defensively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5779,"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\/alstonfeature3.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\/5778"}],"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=5778"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5787,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5778\/revisions\/5787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}