2019 New England Revolution season

New England Revolution
2019 season
Owner	Robert Kraft; Jonathan Kraft; (Kraft Group)
President	Brian Bilello
Head coach	Bruce Arena
Stadium	Gillette Stadium; Foxborough, Massachusetts
MLS	Conference: 7th; Overall: 14th
MLS Cup Playoffs	First Round
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 16
Highest home attendance	28,602; (September 29 vs. NYCFC)
Lowest home attendance	9,422; (April 24 vs. Montreal Impact)
Average home league attendance	16,737
Biggest win	4–0; (July 17 vs. Vancouver)
Biggest defeat	1–6; (May 4 at Philadelphia); 0–5; (May 8 at Chicago Fire)
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2019 New England Revolution season was the team's 24th season of existence, and their 24th season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight of American soccer.

Current squad

As of January 19, 2019^[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Cody Cropper	United States
2	DF	Andrew Farrell	United States
3	DF	Jalil Anibaba	United States
5	MF	Isaac Angking (HGP)	United States
6	MF	Scott Caldwell (HGP)	United States
7	FW	Brian Wright	Canada
8	DF	Edgar Castillo	United States
9	FW	Juan Fernando Caicedo (Int)	Colombia
10	FW	Teal Bunbury	United States
11	FW	Tajon Buchanan (GA)	Canada
12	FW	Justin Rennicks (HGP)	United States
14	FW	Diego Fagúndez (HGP)	Uruguay
15	DF	Brandon Bye	United States
17	FW	Juan Agudelo	United States
18	GK	Brad Knighton	United States
19	DF	Antonio Delamea Mlinar	Slovenia
21	MF	Zachary Herivaux (HGP)	Haiti
22	MF	Carles Gil (Int)	Spain
23	MF	Wilfried Zahibo (Int)	France
27	MF	Luis Caicedo (Int)	Colombia
28	DF	Michael Mancienne (Int)	England
29	MF	Nicolas Firmino (HGP)	Brazil
30	GK	Matt Turner	United States
70	FW	Cristian Penilla (Int)	Ecuador
7	FW	Gustavo Bou (Int)	Argentina

Staff

Title	Name
President	Brian Bilello
Technical director	Curt Onalfo
Head coach & sporting director	Bruce Arena
Assistant coach	Richie Williams
Goalkeepers coach	Kevin Hitchcock
Director of scouting and player personnel	Remi Roy
Director of soccer operations	Jason Gove
Soccer operations coordinator	Tyler Fletcher
Equipment manager	Scott Emmens
Analyst	Tim Crawford
Team video coordinator	Todd Kingson
Head of fitness	Vacant
Head athletic trainer	Evan Allen
Assistant athletic trainer	Phil Madore

Last updated: March 30, 2019
Source: New England Revolution

Transfers

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
29	MF	Nicolas Firmino	17	New England Revolution Academy	Home grown	Pre-season	Undisclosed		^[2]
12	FW	Justin Rennicks	20	Indiana University	Home grown	Pre-season	Undisclosed		^[3]
8	DF	Edgar Castillo	32	Colorado Rapids	Trade	Pre-season	Undisclosed		^[4]
9	FW	Juan Fernando Caicedo	29	Independiente Medellin	On loan	Pre-season	Undisclosed		^[5]
27	MF	Luis Caicedo	22	Cortuluá	Loan Purchase Option	Pre-season	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	^[6]
70	FW	Cristian Penilla	27	CF Pachuca	Loan Purchase Option	Pre-season	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	^[6]
11	FW	Tajon Buchanan	21	Syracuse University	Draft	Pre-season	Undisclosed
22	FW	Carles Gil	26	Deportivo La Coruña	Transfer	Pre-season	Undisclosed	2,000,000
24	MF	DeJuan Jones	21	Michigan State	Draft	Pre-season	Undisclosed
7	FW	Gustavo Bou	29	Club Tijuana	Transfer	Mid-season	Undisclosed	7,000,000	^[7]

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Source
4	DF	Claude Dielna	31	Portland Timbers	Option Declined	Pre-season	^[8]
25	MF	Guillermo Hauche	25		Option Declined	Pre-season	^[8]
88	FW	Femi Hollinger-Janzen	25	Birmingham Legion FC	Option Declined	Pre-season	^[8]
13	MF	Cristhian Machado	28	Royal Pari FC	Option declined	Pre-season	^[8]
12	DF	Nicolas Samayoa	23	Comunicaciones F.C.	Option declined	Pre-season	^[8]
28	DF	Mark Segbers	22	Swope Park Rangers	Option declined	Pre-season	^[8]
8	DF	Chris Tierney	32		Retirement	Pre-season	^[9]
11	MF	Kelyn Rowe	27	Sporting Kansas City	Trade	Pre-season	^[4]
91	DF	Gabriel Somi	27		Mutual Agreement	mid-season	^[10]

Matches and Results

Exhibitions

January 31, 2019 Preseason	New England Revolution	0–0	Shanghai Shenhua F.C.	Marbella, Spain
09:00 EST		Report	Li Xiaoming 72'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

February 1, 2019 Preseason	New England Revolution	2–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Marbella, Spain
09:00 EST	Penilla 35' Wright 73'	Report	Beauguel 82' Bucha 85'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

February 3, 2019 Preseason	New England Revolution	0–2	Krasnodar	Marbella, Spain
09:00 EST	Fagundez 55'	Report	Ignatyev 50' Suleymanov 78'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

February 6, 2019 Preseason	New England Revolution	3–1	FC Dynamo Kyiv	Marbella, Spain
09:00 EST	Agudelo 54' Gil 68' Fagúndez 87'		33'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center

February 14, 2018 Preseason	New England Revolution	1–3	Louisville City FC	Bradenton, Florida
15:00 EST	Caicedo 47' Anibaba 50' Rennicks 68' Zahibo 77'	Report	Williams 3' McCabe 29' Rasmussen 65' Jane 85'	Stadium: IMG Academy

February 16, 2019 Preseason	New England Revolution	0–1	Minnesota United FC	Orlando, Florida
16:50 EST	Caicedo 38'	Report	Ibarra 67' Alonso 68'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium

February 20, 2019 Preseason	Orlando City SC	6–2	New England Revolution	Orlando, Florida
19:30 EST	Rosell 29' (pen.), 63' Bye 32' (o.g.) Colmán 47' Patiño 49' Higuita 51' Powers 56' (pen.)	Report	Penilla 11' Turner 55' Buchanan 60' Bunbury 81', 90'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium

February 21, 2019 Preseason	Greenville Triumph	1–4	New England Revolution	Bradenton, Florida
19:30 EST	12'	Report	Fagundez 16' Wright 66', 76' Trialist 68' Penilla 72'	Stadium: IMG Academy
Note: 80-minute scrimmage

February 23, 2019 Preseason	New England Revolution	2–1	KR Reykjavik	Bradenton, Florida
15:00 EST	Penilla 11' (pen.) Delamea 60' L. Caicedo 84'	Report	Aðalsteinsson 5' Bjerregaard 70'	Stadium: IMG Academy

May 15, 2019 Midseason	New England Revolution	0–3	Chelsea F.C.	Foxborough, Massachusetts
20:00 EST		Report	Barkley 3' 62' Giroud 29'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 27,329 Referee: Nima Saghafi

MLS

March 2, 2019 1	FC Dallas	1–1	New England Revolution	Frisco, Texas
16:30 EST	Barrios 13' Ziegler 56' Badji 71'	Report	Gil 57' Zahibo 19' Mlinar 70'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Ismail Elfath

March 9, 2019 2	New England Revolution	0–2	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, Massachusetts
14:00 EST	Zahibo 35' Bye 86'	Report	Zardes 26', 90+6' Trapp 36' P. Santos 77'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 13,808 Referee: David Gantar

March 17, 2019 3	Toronto FC	3–2	New England Revolution	Toronto, Ontario
19:30 EST	Akinola 14', 79' Hamilton 45' Altidore 80'	Report	Gil 9' (pen), 52', 45+2'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 23,271 Referee: Ted Unkel

March 24, 2019 4	New England Revolution	0–2	FC Cincinnati	Foxborough, Massachusetts
16:00 EST	Mlinar 52' Fagúndez 74'	Report	Manneh 44' Saief 65' Bertone 73'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,605 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

March 30, 2019 5	New England Revolution	2–1	Minnesota United FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
14:00 EST	Anibaba 10', 72' Gil 45+2' Bye 62' Castillo 74'	Report	Opara 12' Quintero 26' Métanire 54' Alonso 70'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,657 Referee: Allen Chapman

April 6, 2019 6	Columbus Crew	1–0	New England Revolution	Columbus, Ohio
19:30 EST	Jonathan 20' Jo. Williams 42' Higuaín 54'	Report	Mancienne 9' 64' Agudelo 45+1'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 10,942 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

April 13, 2019 7	New England Revolution	0–2	Atlanta United FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EST	Penilla 53' Anibaba 53' Caldwell 89'	Report	Barco 29', 49' Larentowicz 71' Robinson 83'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 15,016 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

April 20, 2019 8	New England Revolution	1–0	New York Red Bulls	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EST	Agudelo 52' Penilla 73'	Report	Wright-Phillips 51'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 14,514 Referee: Drew Fischer

April 24, 2019 9	New England Revolution	0–3	Montreal Impact	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EST	Caldwell 58'	Report	Piette 72' Shome 79' Jackson-Hamel 85', 90+3'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 9422 Referee: Nima Saghafi

April 27, 2019 10	Sporting Kansas City	4–4	New England Revolution	Kansas City, Kansas
20:30 EST	Németh 33', 67', 83' Rwatubyaye 41' Gutierrez 60' (pen.), 70', 90+3'	Report	Caicedo 16', 35' Agudelo 42' Anibaba 43' 89' Bye 45+1' 55' Gil 49' Jones 66' Castillo 84' Cropper 90+5'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,511 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

May 4, 2019 11	Philadelphia Union	6–1	New England Revolution	Chester, Pennsylvania
19:30 EST	Elliott 11', 24' Ilsinho 47', 77' Picault 63' Santos 69', 74' Przybylko 82' Accam 88'	Report	Caicedo 13', 35'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 15,565 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

May 8, 2019 12	Chicago Fire	5–0	New England Revolution	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00 EST	Nikolić 28', 40' Kappelhof 55' Bronico 78' Gaitán 85' Frankowski 89'		Caicedo 58'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 6,074 Referee: Timothy Ford

May 11, 2019 13	New England Revolution	3–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EST	Agudelo 18' Penilla 29' (pen.) Gil 68' Turner 90+5'	Report	Cummings 25' Qazaishvili 88'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 20,610 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.

May 18, 2019 14	Montreal Impact	0–0	New England Revolution	Montreal, Quebec
13:00 EDT	Piatti 79' Shome 82' Brault-Guillard 89' Piette 90+5'	Report	Caicedo 21' Farrell 56' Agudelo 66'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 15,559 Referee: Ramy Touchan

May 25, 2019 15	New England Revolution	1–1	D.C. United	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EST	Penilla 45' Farrell 53' Turner 56' Agudelo 61' Bunbury 65'	Report	Rooney 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 20,131 Referee: David Gantar

June 2, 2019 16	LA Galaxy	1–2	New England Revolution	Carson, California
22:30 EST	Ibrahimović 24', 84' F. Álvarez 73'	Report	Penilla 45' Bunbury 60' Agudelo 90'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 20,828 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

June 26, 2019 17	New England Revolution	1–1	Philadelphia Union	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:00 EST	Bye 31' Gil 33' Bunbury 61'	Report	Aaronson 11' Trusty 28' Medunjanin 45' Wagner 65' Przybylko 84'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 11,571 Referee: Nima Saghafi

June 29, 2019 18	New England Revolution	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EST	Mlinar 45', 52' Farrell 54' Agudelo 83' Bunbury 90'	Report	Cerén 25' Quioto 43' Cabezas 81' Fuenmayor 85'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 17,372 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

July 4, 2019 19	Colorado Rapids	1–2	New England Revolution	Commerce City, Colorado
21:00 EST	Wilson 36' Vines 54' Rubio 71' Smith 72' Abubakar 81' Acosta 90+1' 90+1'	Report	Bunbury 8' Bye 40' Caicedo 52' Turner 71' Mlinar 78'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 15,584 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

July 12, 2019 20	D.C. United	2–2	New England Revolution	Washington, D.C.
19:00 EST	Jara 37', 43' Arriola 40' Birnbaum 67' Amarikwa 86'	Report	Bunbury 4' J. Caicedo 23' Gil 32' Zahibo 49' 63' L. Caicedo 81' Turner 83'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 18,903 Referee: Ted Unkel

July 17, 2019 21	New England Revolution	4–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:00 EST	Bou 45+1' Caicedo 71' Farrell 77' Fagundez 82' Gil 86' Bunbury 90'	Report	Godoy 49' Cornelius 58'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,575 Referee: Robert Sibiga

July 21, 2019 22	FC Cincinnati	0–2	New England Revolution	Cincinnati, Ohio
6:00PM EDT	Cruz 54'	Report	Gil 9' Delamea 55'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 25,095 Referee: Kevin Stott

July 27, 2019 23	New England Revolution	4–1	Orlando City SC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
20:00	Bou 3' Penilla 46' Gil 60' (pen.) Bye 67' Fagundez 75'	Report	Méndez 27' Rosell 36' Akindele 77'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 19,043 Referee: Alan Kelly

August 3, 2019 24	New England Revolution	0–2	LAFC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EST	Zahibo 74'	Report	Rossi 8' Zimmerman 66' Blessing 72'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 25,515 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

August 10, 2019 25	Seattle Sounders FC	3–3	New England Revolution	Seattle, Washington
16:00 EST	Shipp 2' 65' Lodeiro 66' Kim Kee-hee 89'	Report	Michael Mancienne 27' 54' Bou 35' Andrew Farrell 46' Carles Gil 87' (pen.)	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 38,826 Referee: David Gantar

August 17, 2019 26	New York Red Bulls	1–1	New England Revolution	Harrison, New Jersey
19:00 EST	Rzatkowski 18'	Report	Bou 65'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 18,177 Referee: Chris Penso

August 24, 2019 27	New England Revolution	2–1	Chicago Fire	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EST	Zahibo 17' Mancienne 30' Bou 86' 87'	Report	Gaitán 1' Calvo 41' Azira 90+1'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 16,236 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

August 31, 2019 28	New England Revolution	1–1	Toronto FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EST	Farrell 37' Bou 86'	Report	Mavinga 57' Benezet 74'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 16,588 Referee: Timothy Ford

September 7, 2019 29	NYCFC	2–1	New England Revolution	New York, New York
15:30 EST	Moralez 10' Ibeagha 22' Parks 42' Medina 70' 90+6' Ring 88'		J. Caicedo 2' Delamea 9' Farrell 71' Turner 74' Zahibo 81' Agudelo 89' Gil 90+6'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 21,236 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

September 14, 2019 30	Orlando City SC	3–3	New England Revolution	Orlando, Florida
19:30 EST	Smith 15' Nani 22', 54' Dwyer 47' Jansson 60' Higuita 88'	Report	Akindele 15' (o.g.) Penilla 35' Bou 41' Delamea 90'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 22,419 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

September 21, 2019 31	New England Revolution	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30 EST	Delamea 46'	Report	Putna 87'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 24,270 Referee: Armando Villarreal

September 25, 2019 32	Portland Timbers	2–2	New England Revolution	Portland, Oregon
22:30 EST	Ebobisse 49', 81' Mabiala 88' Blanco 90+8'	Report	Mancienne 67' Fagundez 68' Bou 87' Gil 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 25,218 Referee: Ramy Touchan

September 29, 2019 33	New England Revolution	2–0	NYCFC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
17:00 EST	Bye 61' Bunbury 66' Bou 89'	Report	Callens 82'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 28,602 Referee: Nima Saghafi

October 6, 2019 34	Atlanta United FC	3–1	New England Revolution	Atlanta, Georgia
16:00 EST	Nagbe 3' J. Martínez 49' Gressel 57'	Report	Penilla 8' Caicedo 14' Zahibo 83'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 44,617 Referee: Ismail Elfath

U.S. Open Cup

The Revolution will enter the 2019 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.

June 11 Fourth Round	New York Red Bulls	2–3 (a.e.t.)	New England Revolution	Montclair, New Jersey
7:30PM EDT	Barlow 19' Cásseres 54' Muyl 67' Tarek 104'	Report	Agudelo 2' Caicedo 41' 90+5' Bunbury 85', 109'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 2,185 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

June 19 Round of 16	Orlando City SC	2–1 (a.e.t.)	New England Revolution	Orlando, Florida
7:30 PM EDT	Michel 96', 119' Akindele 101' Klještan 105+1' DeJohn 120+4'	Report	Agudelo 95' Castillo 115' Rennicks 117'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 5,556 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

References

^ "New England Revolution Roster". Major League Soccer. November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
^ revolutionsoccer.net (November 27, 2018). "Revolution Sign Homegrown Player Nicolas Firmino". Retrieved January 8, 2019.
^ mlssoccer.net (January 18, 2019). "Revolution Sign Justin Rennicks to Homegrown Deal". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Revolution acquire left back Edgar Castillo from Colorado in exchange for Kelyn Rowe". revolutionsoccer.net. December 10, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
^ Lemieux, Jeff (January 8, 2019). "New England Revolution acquire Colombian forward Juan Fernando Caicedo". Retrieved December 20, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Jason Lind (November 2, 2018). "New England exercise permanent transfer options for Penilla, Caicedo". mlssoccer.net. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
^ Dell’Apa, Frank (July 10, 2019). "Revolution continue a spending spree with acquisition of Argentinian striker Gustavo Bou". Retrieved September 30, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lemieux, Jeff (November 27, 2018). "Roster trimmed to 19 players as Revs have "flexibility" to build for next season". Retrieved January 8, 2019.
^ "New England Revolution defender Chris Tierney announces retirement". mlssoccer.net. November 15, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
^ "New England Revolution, Gabriel Somi mutually agree to part ways". mlssoccer.net. June 21, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

[1] "New England Revolution Roster". Major League Soccer. November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

[2] revolutionsoccer.net (November 27, 2018). "Revolution Sign Homegrown Player Nicolas Firmino". Retrieved January 8, 2019.

[3] ssoccer.net (January 18, 2019). "Revolution Sign Justin Rennicks to Homegrown Deal". Retrieved January 18, 2019.

[revolutionsoccer.net-4] "Revolution acquire left back Edgar Castillo from Colorado in exchange for Kelyn Rowe". revolutionsoccer.net. December 10, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

[5] Lemieux, Jeff (January 8, 2019). "New England Revolution acquire Colombian forward Juan Fernando Caicedo". Retrieved December 20, 2018.

[auto-6] Jason Lind (November 2, 2018). "New England exercise permanent transfer options for Penilla, Caicedo". mlssoccer.net. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

[7] Dell’Apa, Frank (July 10, 2019). "Revolution continue a spending spree with acquisition of Argentinian striker Gustavo Bou". Retrieved September 30, 2019.

[RosterCuts-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lemieux, Jeff (November 27, 2018). "Roster trimmed to 19 players as Revs have "flexibility" to build for next season". Retrieved January 8, 2019.

[9] "New England Revolution defender Chris Tierney announces retirement". mlssoccer.net. November 15, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

[10] "New England Revolution, Gabriel Somi mutually agree to part ways". mlssoccer.net. June 21, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

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