The New England Revolution Chronicle
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
Dean Mothiba runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 36. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market12 Mar 2029
Ondřej Lingr puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at New England Revolution, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Ondřej Lingr in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at New England Revolution this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Griffin Yow falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad12 Mar 2029
No hiding place for Matt Polster
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matt Polster, and the manager let it.
Player ratings12 Mar 2029
Alhassan Yusuf was the difference for New England Revolution
Marked 7.73. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Ondřej Lingr knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ondřej Lingr trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Match10 Mar 2029
No goals between New England Revolution and Atlanta United FC
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Atlanta United FC will be the happier side with the point.
Market12 Mar 2029
Still no ink between New England Revolution and Maki Tall
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at New England Revolution, another week without a signature from Maki Tall.
In brief
- Player ratings Nothing got past Ilay Feingold
- Market Gianni Rodríguez slips out the side door
- Market Ryan Turner leaves for nothing