Mods can dump this somewhere else if they'd rather. Link to last year's final preseason minutes tally: https://www.bigsoccer.com/community/...rb-2-23-2013-5-40pm-et.1983020/#post-27289589 Revs Preseason Record and Final Regular Season Points per Game (2013) 2-1-3, 1.50 (2012) 6-0-1, 1.03 (2011) 4-2-0, 0.84 (2010) 3-1-1, 1.07 (2009) 2-1-0, 1.40 Top Minutes Played (2013) Jose Goncalves, 345 (2012) Shalrie Joseph, 493 (2011) A.J. Soares, 450 (2010) Emmanuel Osei, 450 (2009) Jay Heaps, 330 Highest in Minutes Played not to stick with team for whole season: (2013) Kalifa Cisse, 298 (2012) John Lozano, 306 (2011) Ilija Stolica, 366 (2010) Mike Videira, 194 (2009) Rob Valentino, 96 Highest in Minutes Played Trialist, Result (2013) Donnie Smith 260, Made Team (2012) Blake Brettschneider, 185, Made Team (2011) Ryan Kinne, 280, Signed before end of Preseason (2010) Marko Perovic, 125, Made Team (2009) Darrius Barnes, 294, Made Team Fewest Minutes Played by Trialist to Make Team: (2013) Gabe Latigue, 175 (GK: Luis Soffner, 31) (2012) Jeremiah White, 101 (2011) Otto Loewy, 45 (GK: Tim Murray, 30) (2010) Khano Smith, 119 Most Preseason Minutes not to be a consistent factor: (2013) Kalifa Cisse, 298 (2012) Darrius Barnes, 431 (2011) Ilija Stolica, 366 (2010) Kenny Mansally, 273 (2009) Chris Albright, 195 Bottom 3 Rostered Players in terms of Minutes, Result (Not including injuries) (2013) Ryan Guy (played out final year), Sainey Nyassi (released midseason), Matt Horth (let go after season) (2012) Zak Boggs (retired), Tim Murray (let go after season), Kenny Mansally (cut) (2011) Michael Augustine (waived), Alan Koger (let go after season), Seth Sinovic (waived) (2010) Nico Colaluca (let go after season), Joseph Niouky (cut), Bobby Shuttleworth (still there) (2009) Zack Simmons (waived), Argenis Fernandez (waived), Mauricio Castro, (released next yr.) Notes: -Seems like the last 3 years the Revs have had players that they thought would play big roles for the team leave mid-season (Cisse, Lozano, Stolica). -Nice to know that Duckett, Horth, Latigue, and Polak developed at Rochester to become intergral pieces. Source: MY own unofficial numbers throughout each preseason.
Jeez. I don't even remember some of these guys. Alan Koger, Zack Simmons, Otto Loewy. I cannot put any kind of face to the names.
Koger scored a goal and added an assist in the USOC qualifier game vs. DC and made the bench a handful of times in 2011. Loewy also played in that game and got a ton of anonymous reserve minutes that year - he was undrafted out of Winthrop in 2010 and caught on with the Revs a full year later as roster filler/training fodder. He hasn't played anywhere since (neither has Koger). One thing you can say about the Revs in the Heaps era is at least they no longer sign guys they have no intention of ever playing just to meet the roster minimum.
Looking back four years later, I can't believe the Revs signed not one but TWO semi-pros (Niouky and Linck) that year. They really had zero clue how to acquire players at the time. (Now, they have some clue but end up with the wrong ones most of the time).