2023 New England Revolution season explained

Club:	New England Revolution
Season:	2023
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Manager:	Bruce Arena Richie Williams Clint Peay
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Brian Bilello
Stadium:	Gillette Stadium
League:	MLS
League Result:	Conference 5th Overall: 6th
Cup1:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 32
Cup2:	MLS Cup
Cup2 Result:	Round One
Cup3:	Leagues Cup
Cup3 Result:	Round of 16
Average Attendance:	23,940^[1]
American:	true
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Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024

The 2023 New England Revolution season was the club's 28th season in existence, and their 28th consecutive season playing in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. The season began on February 25 when the club began their play in the MLS season. The Revolution also played in the 2023 U.S. Open Cup and the 2023 Leagues Cup. As the 6th place team overall, the Revolution qualified for the first round of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.^[2]

Background

See main article: 2022 New England Revolution season.

The 2022 season was the Revolution's 27th season of existence, and their 27th season in MLS, the top tier of American soccer. The season began on February 15 when the club began their play in the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, while the MLS season began on February 26, where the Revolution entered as the defender Supporters' Shield winners, and the season concluded on October 9. The Revolution finished the year 10–12–12 (42 points) leaving them 10th in the Eastern Conference and outside of the 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs. In the 2022 U.S. Open Cup the Revs entered in the Round of 32, defeating FC Cincinnati 5–1, before bowing out in the Round of 16 to New York City FC.

Club

Roster

Appearances and goals are career totals from all-competitions.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age) ^[3]	Signed from	Games Played	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
36	Earl Edwards Jr.		GK		D.C. United	24	0
98	Jacob Jackson		GK		Loyola Marymount Lions	0	0
Defenders
2	Dave Romney		DF		Nashville SC	171	7
3	Omar Gonzalez		DF		Toronto FC	348	19
4	Henry Kessler		DF		Virginia Cavaliers	72	3
6	Christian Makoun		DF		Charlotte FC	51	2
15	Brandon Bye		DF		Western Michigan Broncos	134	7
24	DeJuan Jones		DF		Michigan State Spartans	100	5
44	Ben Sweat		DF		Sporting Kansas City	121	1
88	Andrew Farrell		DF		Louisville Cardinals	304	2
Midfielders
5			MF		Racing Club	0	0
8	Matt Polster		MF		Rangers	155	7
10			MF		Deportivo La Coruña	101	21
11	Dylan Borrero		MF		Atlético Mineiro	7	3
13	Maciel		MF		Botafogo	35	0
16			MF		University of Maryland	0	0
14			MF		Dundee United FC	33	2
18	Emmanuel Boateng		MF		Columbus Crew	41	4
21			MF		FC Cartagena	4	0
22	Jack Panayotou		MF		Revs II	0	0
26	Tommy McNamara		MF		Houston Dynamo FC	208	22
28			MF		Toronto FC	138	15
29			MF		Revs II	7	1
47			MF		Revs II	3	0
72			MF		Revs II	14	1
Forwards
7	Gustavo Bou		FW		Tijuana	81	37
9	Giacomo Vrioni		FW		Juventus FC	7	1
12	Justin Rennicks		FW		Indiana Hoosiers	24	2
17	Bobby Wood		FW		Real Salt Lake	31	5

Roster Exemptions

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	2023 Status
77	Ben Reveno		DF		Season-long loan to Birmingham Legion^[4]
34	Ryan Spaulding		DF		Season-long loan to Tampa Bay Rowdies^[5]

Non-competitive

Preseason exhibitions

Competitive

Major League Soccer

See main article: 2023 Major League Soccer season.

Results

MLS Cup Playoffs

See main article: 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs.

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2023 U.S. Open Cup.

Source:^[6]

Leagues Cup

See main article: 2023 Leagues Cup.

East 4

Transfers

See main article: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2023.

Transfers in

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 5, 2022		17			Stage 2, MLS Re-Entry Draft	^[7]
December 21, 2022		16			Round 1	^[8]
January 3, 2023		19			Trade	^[9]
January 5, 2023		2			Trade	^[10]
January 10, 2023		22		Revolution Academy	Homegrown	^[11]
April 18, 2023		44			Waivers	^[12]
July 5, 2023		14			Signed (acquired rights from DC United)	^[13]
July 10, 2023		5			Loan	^[14]
July 13, 2023		28			Trade	^[15]
August 26, 2023		34			Free	^[16]

Transfers out

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee/notes	Ref.
October 13, 2022	GK	94			Option declined, Free agent	^[17] ^[18]
October 13, 2022	MF	5			Option declined
October 13, 2022	FW	17		Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Option declined
November 11, 2022	DF	23			Expansion Draft	^[19]
November 14, 2022	MF	22			Option declined	^[20]
November 17, 2022	DF	28		Retired		^[21]
January 4, 2023	GK	18				^[22]
June 15, 2023	FW	14			Contract buyout	^[23]
July 13, 2023	MD	19		Toronto FC	Trade	^[24]
August 26, 2023	GK	99		Chelsea	$18m	^[25]

MLS SuperDraft picks

See main article: 2023 MLS SuperDraft.

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Status
1	4				Generation Adidas
2	39	Victor Souza			Signed with Revs II^[26]
3	68	Andreas Ueland			Released^[27]

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Position	No.	Name					Total
1	MF	22	Carles Gil	11	0	0	0	11
	FW	7	Gustavo Bou	7	0	3	1	11
3	FW	9	Giacomo Vrioni	6	0	3	0	9
4	FW	17	Bobby Wood	7	0	0	0	7
5	FW	5	Tomás Chancalay	6	0	0	0	6
6	MF	29	Noel Buck	3	0	0	0	3
7	MF	11	Dylan Borrero	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	18	Emmanuel Boateng	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	14	Ian Harkes	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	8	Matt Polster	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	15	Brandon Bye	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	2	Dave Romney	1	1	0	0	2
13	DF	4	Henry Kessler	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	24	DeJuan Jones	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	14	Jozy Altidore	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	3	Omar Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	12	Justin Rennicks	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	47	Esmir Bajraktarevic	0	0	1	0	1
			Own Goal	3	0	1	0	4
Total				59	2	8	1	69 Top assists Rank Position No. Name Total 1 MF 10 Carles Gil 15 1 0 0 16 2 DF 24 DeJuan Jones 7 0 0 0 7 3 FW 7 Gustavo Bou 4 0 2 0 6 4 FW 17 Bobby Wood 5 0 0 0 5 5 MF 18 Emmanuel Boateng 3 0 0 0 3 MF 28 Mark-Anthony Kaye 3 0 0 0 3 DF 15 Brandon Bye 2 0 1 0 3 MF 8 Matt Polster 2 0 1 0 3 FW 9 Giacomo Vrioni 2 0 0 1 3 10 MF 23 Nacho Gil 2 0 0 0 2 MF 29 Noel Buck 2 0 0 0 2 12 MF 11 Dylan Borrero 1 0 0 0 1 MF 19 Latif Blessing 1 0 0 0 1 GK 99 Djordje Petrovic 1 0 0 0 1 DF 2 Dave Romney 1 0 0 0 1 DF 6 Christian Makoun 1 0 0 0 1 FW 72 Damian Rivera 0 1 0 0 1 MF 14 Ian Harkes 0 0 1 0 1 Total 52 2 5 1 60 Disciplinary record Player MLS U.S. Open Cup Leagues Cup MLS Cup Total width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#ff8888; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#ff8888; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#ff8888; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#ff8888; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#fe9; width=34; background:#ff8888; 10 MF Carles Gil 6 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 8 MF Matt Polster 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 17 FW Bobby Wood 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 19 MF Latif Blessing 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 29 MF Noel Buck 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 DF Omar Gonzalez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 24 DF DeJuan Jones 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 FW Tomás Chancalay 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 28 MF Mark-Anthony Kaye 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 36 GK Earl Edwards Jr 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 88 DF Andrew Farrell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 22 MF Jack Panayotou 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 DF David Romney 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 MF Dylan Borrero 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 DF Henry Kessler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 DF Brandon Bye 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 FW Jozy Altidore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 MF Emmanuel Boateng 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 MF Ian Harkes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 MF Tommy McNamara 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 FW Giacomo Vrioni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Total 48 1 1 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 0 61 2 1 Clean sheets No. Name Total Games 99 Djordje Petrovic 7 0 1 0 8 25 36 Earl Edwards Jr. 1 0 0 0 1 14

Notes and References

1. News: Kennedy . Paul . October 22, 2023 . MLS breaks attendance record . . subscription . October 25, 2023 . October 23, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231023192937/https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/97889/mls-breaks-attendance-record.html . live .
2. Web site: "New England Revolution qualify for 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup". December 10, 2023. December 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231210053235/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/new-england-revolution-qualify-for-2024-concacaf-champions-cup. live.
3. Age on last match of the season November 20, 2022
4. Web site: Revolution loan defender Ben Reveno to Birmingham Legion FC for 2023 USL Championship season . New England Revolution . March 4, 2023 . April 21, 2023 . April 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230401083756/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-loan-defender-ben-reveno-to-birmingham-legion-fc . live .
5. Web site: Revs loan defender Ryan Spaulding to Tampa Bay Rowdies for remainder of 2023 USL Championship season . New England Revolution . April 21, 2023 . April 24, 2023 . April 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230424203049/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revs-loan-defender-ryan-spaulding-to-tampa-bay-rowdies . live .
6. Web site: New England Revolution begin 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in Third Round vs. Hartford Athletic . New England Revolution . April 6, 2023 . April 7, 2023 . April 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407111931/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-begin-2023-us-open-cup-in-third-round-vs-hartford-athletic . live .
7. Web site: Revolution sign Bobby Wood after selecting veteran forward in Stage 2 of 2022 MLS Re-Entry Draft . New England Revolution . December 5, 2022 . January 10, 2023 . February 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230208011609/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-sign-forward-bobby-wood . live .
8. Web site: New England Revolution make three selections in 2023 MLS SuperDraft . revolutionsoccer.net . December 21, 2022 . January 10, 2023 . January 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230108175454/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/new-england-revolution-make-three-selections-in-2023-mls-superdraft . live .
9. Web site: Revolution acquire attacking midfielder Latif Blessing in trade with Los Angeles FC . revolutionsoccer.net . January 3, 2023 . January 10, 2023 . June 3, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603065452/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-acquire-attacking-midfielder-latif-blessing-in-trade-with-lafc . live .
10. Web site: Revs bolster backline with acquisition of veteran center back Dave Romney from Nashville SC . revolutionsoccer.net . January 5, 2023 . January 10, 2023 . February 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230201064903/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revs-bolster-backline-with-acquisition-of-defender-dave-romney-from-nashville . live .
11. Web site: Revolution Sign Midfielder Jack Panayotou as Homegrown Player . revolutionsoccer.net . January 10, 2023 . January 10, 2023 . January 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230110214542/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-sign-midfielder-jack-panayotou-as-homegrown-player . live .
12. Web site: Revolution sign veteran MLS defender Ben Sweat . revolutionsoccer.net . April 18, 2023 . July 20, 2023 . June 4, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230604172541/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-sign-veteran-mls-defender-ben-sweat . live .
13. Web site: Revs sign American midfielder Ian Harkes after four-plus seasons in Scotland with Dundee United . revolutionsoccer.net . July 5, 2023 . July 20, 2023 . July 18, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718141704/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revs-sign-american-midfielder-ian-harkes . live .
14. Web site: Revolution acquire Argentine winger Tomás Chancalay on loan from Racing Club . revolutionsoccer.net . July 10, 2023 . July 20, 2023 . July 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230711111553/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-acquire-argentine-winger-tomas-chancalay-on-loan-from-racing-club . live .
15. Web site: Revolution acquire midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye in trade with Toronto FC . revolutionsoccer.net . July 13, 2023 . July 20, 2023 . July 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230720234215/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-acquire-midfielder-mark-anthony-kaye-in-trade-with-toronto-fc . live .
16. Web site: New England Revolution sign free agent goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík . August 26, 2023 . September 15, 2023 . January 16, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116020500/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/new-england-revolution-sign-free-agent-goalkeeper-tomas-vaclik . live .
17. Web site: New England Revolution announce year-end roster moves . RevolutionSoccer.net . October 13, 2022 . January 10, 2023 . October 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221014233952/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/new-england-revolution-announce-year-end-roster-moves . live .
18. Web site: Atlanta United sign goalkeeper Clément Diop in free agency . mlssoccer.com . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . January 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230111201707/https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/atlanta-united-sign-goalkeeper-clement-diop-in-free-agency . live .
19. Web site: Defender Jon Bell selected by St. Louis City SC in 2022 MLS Expansion Draft . RevolutionSoccer.net . November 11, 2022 . January 10, 2023 . January 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230110214541/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/defender-jon-bell-selected-by-st-louis-city-sc-in-2022-mls-expansion-draft . live .
20. New England Revolution have declined the option for Ismael Tajouri-Shradi . 1592238226349387777 . twitter.com . November 14, 2022. sethman31. Seth.
21. Web site: AJ DeLaGarza signs one-day contract to retire with LA Galaxy . mlssoccer.com . November 17, 2022 . January 11, 2023 . November 17, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221117201133/https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/aj-delagarza-signs-one-day-contract-to-retire-with-la-galaxy . live .
22. Web site: Brad Knighton announces retirement, transitions to coaching role with Revolution Academy . revolutionsoccer.net . January 4, 2023 . January 10, 2023 . January 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230110214547/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/knighton-announces-retirement-transitions-to-coaching-role-with-revs-academy . live .
23. Web site: New England Revolution exercise buyout on Jozy Altidore . revolutionsoccer.net . June 15, 2023 . July 20, 2023 . June 15, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230615221354/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/new-england-revolution-exercise-buyout-on-jozy-altidore . live .
24. Web site: Revolution acquire midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye in trade with Toronto FC . revolutionsoccer.net . July 13, 2023 . July 20, 2023 . July 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230720234215/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-acquire-midfielder-mark-anthony-kaye-in-trade-with-toronto-fc . live .
25. Web site: revolutionsoccer.net . New England Revolution transfer goalkeeper Djordje Petrović to Chelsea Football Club New England Revolution . 2023-08-27 . revolutionsoccer.net . en . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826185731/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/new-england-revolution-transfer-goalkeeper-djordje-petrovic-to-chelsea-fc . live .
26. Web site: Revolution II Sign Defender Victor Souza . RevolutionSoccer.net . February 22, 2023 . February 28, 2023 . February 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230222184545/https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-ii-sign-defender-victor-souza . live .
27. Web site: New England Revolution part ways with Andreas Ueland . prostamerika.com . February 13, 2023 . February 28, 2023 . February 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228184912/https://www.prostamerika.com/2023/02/13/new-england-revolution-part-ways-with-andreas-ueland/269583/ . live .