New England Revolution @ Atlanta United Fc: Saturday, July 17, 2021
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NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION @ ATLANTA UNITED FC: SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021 GAME CAPSULE THE PRESS BOX Broadcast Information 2021 MLS Television: ESPN (English), ESPN Deportes (Spanish) Regular Season Talent: Adrian Healey (Play-by-Play), Alejandro Moreno (Analyst) Match #14 Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub (English); WBIX 1260 Nossa Radio (Portuguese) Talent: Brad Feldman (Play-by-Play), Charlie Davies (Analyst) Saturday, July 17 Streaming: ESPN+ for out-of-market subscribers 2021 MLS Record: Mercedes-Benz Stadium 2021 MLS Record: 7-3-3, 24 pts. (Atlanta, Georgia) 2-3-7, 13 pts. Postgame Press Conference: Click here to participate in the postgame 1st in East. Conf. 5:00 p.m. ET 10th in East. Conf. press conference with Bruce Arena and select Revolution players. LAST STARTING XI (JULy 7 VS. TORONTO) 2021 MLS SCHEDULE 7 BOU 9 BUKSA 2021 MLS RECORD: 7-3-3 11 GP, 10 GS, 6 G, 2 A 13 GP, 7 GS, 5 G, 0 A (Home: 5-1-0 Away: 2-2-3) 10 BUNBURY 22 GIL 2021 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE 10 GP, 2 GS, 1 G, 0 A 13 GP, 13 GS, 2 G, 10 A Date Opponent Time / Result Broadcast Sat., April 17 at Chicago Fire FC T, 2-2 WBZ/myRITV Sat., April 24 D.C. UNITED W, 1-0 TV38/myRITV 13 MACIEL 8 POLSTER Sat., May 1 ATLANTA UNITED FC W, 2-1 TV38/myRITV 9 GP, 8 GS, 0 G, 0 A 13 GP, 12 GS, 0 G, 0 A Sat., May 8 at Nashville SC L, 0-2 TV38/myRITV Wed., May 12 at Philadelphia Union T, 1-1 TV38/myRITV 24 JONES 15 BYE Sun., May 16 COLUMBUS CREW W, 1-0 ESPN2 12 GP, 12 GS, 1 G, 2 A 13 GP, 12 GS, 1 G, 1 A Sat., May 22 NEW YORK RED BULLS W, 3-1 TV38/myRITV Sat., May 29 at FC Cincinnati W, 1-0 TV38/myRITV 4 KESSLER 2 FARRELL Sat., June 19 at New York City FC W, 3-2 TV38/myRITV 11 GP, 8 GS, 0 G, 0 A 13 GP, 13 GS, 0 G, 1 A Wed., June 23 NEW YORK RED BULLS W, 3-2 TV38/myRITV Sun., June 27 at FC Dallas L, 2-1 TV38/myRITV 18 KNIGHTON Sat., July 3 at Columbus Crew T, 2-2 ESPN 1 GP, 1 GS, 3.00 GAA Wed., July 7 TORONTO FC L, 2-3 TV38/myRITV/CoziTV Sat., July 17 at Atlanta United FC 5:00 p.m. ESPN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Wed., July 21 at Inter Miami CF 7:30 p.m. TV38/myRITV # Player Pos. Pronunciation Sun., July 25 CF MONTREAL 6:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 2 Andrew Farrell D FAIR-ull Sat., July 31 at New York Red Bulls 6:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 4 Henry Kessler D KESS-lurr 5 Wilfrid Kaptoum M WILL-frid kap-TOOM Wed., Aug. 4 NASHVILLE SC 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 7 Gustavo Bou F goo-STAH-voh BOH Sun., Aug. 8 PHILADELPHIA UNION 6:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 8 Matt Polster M POLE-stir Sat., Aug. 14 at Toronto FC 8:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 9 Adam Buksa F BOOK-sah Wed., Aug. 18 D.C. UNITED 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 10 Teal Bunbury F TEEL BUN-burr-ree Sat., Aug. 21 FC CINCINNATI 8:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 11 Emmanuel Boateng F EE-ma BOA-tang 12 Justin Rennicks F WREN-icks Sat., Aug. 28 at New York City FC 7:30 p.m. TV38/myRITV 13 Maciel M MAH-see-ELL Sat., Sept. 11 NEW YORK CITY FC 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 17 Tajon Buchanan M TAY-zhon BYU-cannon Wed., Sept. 15 at Philadelphia Union 7:30 p.m. TV38/myRITV 18 Brad Knighton GK NIGHT-ton Sat., Sept. 18 COLUMBUS CREW 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 19 Edward Kizza F KIZZ-uh 22 Carles Gil M CAR-LESS HEEL Sat., Sept. 25 ORLANDO CITY SC 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 24 DeJuan Jones M de-WAHN Wed., Sept. 29 at CF Montreal 7:30 p.m. TV38/myRITV 25 Arnór Traustason M ARE-nor TRIST-steh-sun Sat., Oct. 16 CHICAGO FIRE FC 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 26 Tommy McNamara M MACK-na-MARE-ah Wed., Oct. 20 at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 27 Luis Caicedo M loo-EES kai-SAY-doh Sun., Oct. 24 at Orlando City SC TBD FS1 28 A.J. DeLaGarza D DAY-la-GAR-za 32 Christian Mafla D MA-fla Wed., Oct. 27 COLORADO RAPIDS 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 35 Collin Verfurth D VERR-furth Sun., Oct. 31 at Chicago Fire FC 2:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 72 Damian Rivera M DAME-ee-in riv-AIR-uh Sun., Nov. 7 INTER MIAMI CF 3:30 p.m. TV38/myRITV NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION @ ATLANTA UNITED FC: SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021 WHAT TO WATCH fOR vs. ATLANTA PLAyER availability report • The Revolution adding to the club's 10 away goals, tied for most OUT: Luis Caicedo (Lower Body) in MLS this season. The club's 13 away wins in the regular season INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Tajon Buchanan (Canada - Gold Cup) and playoffs since Bruce Arena took the helm in June 2019 are the most in MLS. Matt Turner (United States - Gold Cup) • The Revolution picking up a point at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the first time in its fifth visit across regular season and postseason play (0-4-0). QUOTEWORTHy • New England improving upon its 1-4-2 record against Atlanta in Here is what Sporting Director and Head Coach Bruce Arena , forward league play. The Revolution logged their first victory in the all-time Adam Buksa, and midfielder Carles Gil had to say ahead of Saturday's series earlier this season, a 2-1 win on May 1 at Gillette Stadium. match at Atlanta: • New England’s attack remaining among league leaders in goals (3rd - 22), shots (4th - 182), and shots on target (4th- 68). Revolution Sporting Director and Head Coach Bruce Arena • The Revolution recording the club’s 300th win in MLS regular sea- On if he's impressed by the team's performance given this year's schedule: son play. Arena: “We’ve done fine. Obviously, we’re a little selfish in the fact that we • New England’s Designated Players - F Gustavo Bou, F Adam Buksa and M Carles Gil - potentially starting together for the think we can have a better record at this point, but the schedule isn’t that second consecutive game and fifth time this season. The trio has bad. I think the break we had in early June was a bit challenging with the factored into 19 of New England’s 22 goals scored this season. layoff and trying to balance that whole thing out. The recent one hasn’t • Gil pacing MLS in multiple categories including assists (10), been too difficult. And listen, it’s the same for everyone in the league. It’s chances created (68), big chances created (14), chances created challenging times when you’re trying to find ways in the league to balance from open play (39), and chances created from set play (29). the schedule with the different international tournaments. It’s been a chal- • Gil (68) staying on pace to break Diego Valeri's record of 124 lenge for everybody. I think our guys have done a very good job in staying chances created in a single season, set in 2019. According to Opta, in it, both physically and mentally.” Gil's 107 chances created in 2019 are sixth most in any season since 2011. Revolution Forward Adam Buksa • The Revolution remaining unbeaten when Gil registers an assist On appearing in every match since the beginning of last season: (18-0-5). Buksa: “That’s something I’m really proud of. I haven’t missed a single • Bou remaining among the league's top five in goals scored, where training session since probably three years. There are always many fac- his team-high six goals are tied for fifth league-wide. tors that, in the end, help me to stay fit for such a long time. I take a lot of • Buksa (5) scoring once to match Bou (6) for the team lead in care of myself, I train a lot away from the training facility as well. I see my goals. osteopath every week, so I think that’s a main reason. I also try to keep • Buksa remaining the league leader in headed shots (20) and ae- my diet. So, these are the factors that keep me fit. Something else – I had rial duels won (52). He also ranks tied for fourth in total shots (41). problems when I was younger. In the early stage of my career, I suffered • Buksa continuing to appear in every match since the start of some minor injuries. To avoid that, you need to really, really keep up with 2020, the only Revs player to do so. the intensity in training, so you need to take care of yourself away from the • M Emmanuel Boateng making his second straight appearance after collecting an assist in his club debut last Wednesday against facility. That’s what I’m trying to do, and it’s paying off.” Toronto FC. • D Andrew Farrell (252 appearances, 249 starts) becoming the Revolution Midfielder Carles Gil third player in Revs history to make 250 MLS starts, joining Matt On trying to get back on track on Saturday in Atlanta: Reis (254) and Shalrie Joseph (258).