Unfortunately no one from the Revs is at the reserves game right now to tweet, so I have no idea who's actually playing for us. NE Revolution @NERevolution The #Revs reserves match against @impactmontreal reserves is underway! Follow Montreal’s handle for updates. 30 minutes in, game is 1-1 right now. Impact de Montréal @impactmontreal Impact ties it up! Felipe scores from a Warner cross to make it 1-1 after @NErevolution had opened the scoring in the 1st minute #IMFC
Well this really is a freakin' waste since you can't tell anything. But the Revs are winning. Impact de Montréal @impactmontreal Les #Revs prennent l'avance dès le début de la 2e demie / #Revstake the lead early in the 2nd half. 2-1 for @NERevolution
Impact de Montréal @impactmontreal Pointage final / Full time : Impact 1-2 @NERevolution #IMFC #Revs#ReserveLeague
I found this on their website - actually surprised we beat them given these lineups... Roster news Montreal GK – Greg Sutton, Evan Bush D – Shavar Thomas, Nelson Rivas, Jeb Brovsky, Tyson Wahl M – Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Justin Mapp, Davy Arnaud, Collen Warner, Patrice Bernier, Miguel Montano F – Andrew Wenger, Bernardo Corradi, Sanna NyassiNew England GK - Matthew Mozynski, Bobby Shuttleworth D - Darrius Barnes, John Lozano, Tyler Polak, Mitchell Taintor M - Diego Fagundez, Jack Hilger, Dominik Machado, Alec Purdie, Michael Roach, Kelyn Rowe, Jeremiah White F - Blake Brettschneider, Devin Devoy, Bjorn Runstrom
GK - Matthew Mozynski (U16), Bobby ShuttleworthD - Darrius Barnes, John Lozano, Tyler Polak, Mitchell TaintorM - Diego Fagundez, Jack Hilger, Dominik Machado, Alec Purdie, Michael Roach, Kelyn Rowe, Jeremiah WhiteF - Blake Brettschneider, Devin Devoy, Bjorn Runstrom Academy players are in bold.
BTW, Nyassi's absence from reserve matches is getting conspicuous. Has he even returned to training? Lechner?
Lechner's foot injury was in mid-April, right? You'd think he'd be able to resume training very soon. Nyassi I get the impression is done for the season. Two reserve games and a bye week should be great for getting White up to speed. I still think, as a veteran player with speed, he can be a very useful sub on the wing and up top.
There's certainly a log jam at that position, although if Heaps starts slotting Benny in at CM there might be an opening on the bench. We certainly have a lot of wingers. Nguyen, Rowe, Cardenas, Purdie, White
http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/2012/06/reserves-revs-2-impact-1 ----- Purdie ------ Fagundez ----- White ------------------- Machedo --------- Rowe -- Roach --------- Polak ---------------------- Devoy --------- Barnes - Lozano ------- Jack Hilger -- 53' for RoweMitchell Tainter -- 68’ for WhiteBlake Brettschneider -- 81’ for Purdie
Definitely a good result, as this was our reserves and academy players against essentially Montreal's A team (probably wanted to get a game in since they have 2 weeks off as opposed to our 1 week). So our reserves can beat MLS A sides but not D-3 opponents when spotted at 3-0 lead. Oh those crazy Revs...
Wouldn't know if from the Revs twitter feed, but the Revs actually did have a reserve game at Crew yesterday, losing 1-0. At least the Revs do have a story on their site, albeit it's the Crew's story. There's been a Nyassi signing! Even if he only played 34 minutes. New England Revolution – Bobby Shuttleworth, John Lozano, Darrius Barnes, Tyler Polak, Michael Roach, Ryan Kinne*, Pat Boucher*, Sainey Nyassi (Fernando Cardenas, 34), Jeremiah White (Bjorn Runstrom,46), Diego Fagundez, Blake BrettschneiderSubstitutes not used: Tyler Zon^, C.J. Burnham^, Florian Lechner*-Denotes Revolution Guest Player^-Denotes Revolution Academy Player
Kinne back with the Reserve Team, that's interesting. I wonder if they're looking at re-signing him for RB depth.
Polak is a left back, if that's who you're thinking of. Our only RBs are Alston and Lechner right now.
Just glad to see Lozano play a full 90. With how much we're paying him, he's got to start seeing some time at some point.
No, I was thinking of Alston. I just do not rate him as highly as others, I guess. I still consider him a project. RB might be his number one position and he might be the number one RB on the Revs, but I still feel like we could do better at RB and that he has hopefully not reached his potential. To me his entire game is about speed, I wish it involved more skill, positional awareness, and reading of the game.
The issue is we have other "higher" needs at the moment. If you rank the positions that need improving, I think the chips would fall thusly: 1. LB - Tierney will never be an MLS quality left back 2. CB - McCarthy is OK, but I think we need to ditch Lozano and search for something else 3. CM - Joseph is past it, and we have no depth here 4. CDM (backup) - Simms understudy needed, ideally a young guy 5. Striker (backup) - Until Moreno proves himself, we need someone else 6. RB
