2022 New England Revolution season

The 2022 New England Revolution season was the club's 27th season of existence, and their 27th consecutive season playing in Major League Soccer, the top flight 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. Outside of these two competitions, the Revolution will play in the 2022 U.S. Open Cup.

Background

The 2021 season was the Revolution's 26th season of existence, and their 26th season in MLS, the top tier of American soccer. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Revolution began the season on April 17, and the season concluded on November 7. The Revolution were slated to play in the 2022 U.S. Open Cup in addition to MLS play, but the tournament was cancelled by U.S. Soccer due to logistical challenges associated with the pandemic.

During the club regular season, the Revolution amassed a total of 73 points, off of a record of 22–5–7, which set the record for the most points obtained in the regular season. At the end of the regular season, manager Bruce Arena won the Sigi Schmid Coach of the Year Award, for the best coach of the 2021 season. Goalkeeper Matt Turner won the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award, and Carles Gil won the MLS Comeback Player of the Year Award. Four players from the Revolution were named to the MLS Best XI for the 2021 season, which was tied for the second most in league history. Turner, Gil, Tajon Buchanan, and Gustavo Bou were named to the Best XI.

Outside of MLS play, the club qualified for the 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs. In the Conference Semifinals (or Quarterfinals), the Revolution lost to eventual MLS Cup finalist, New York City FC on penalties, ending their hopes to be the first MLS team to complete the league double (winning both the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup) since 2017.

Club

Team management

Roster

Appearances and goals are career totals from all-competitions. Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Age on last match of the season November 20, 2021 Signed from Games played Goals scored Goalkeepers 36Earl Edwards Jr. GK D.C. United6018Brad Knighton GK UNCW65094Clément Diop GK Inter Miami FC50098Jacob Jackson GK Loyola Marymount Lions0099Djordje Petrovic GK FK Čukarički00 Defenders2Andrew Farrell DF Louisville Cardinals27423Omar Gonzalez DF Toronto FC331194Henry Kessler DF Virginia Cavaliers5326Christian Makoun DF Charlotte FC0015Brandon Bye DF Western Michigan Broncos107623Jonathan Bell DF UMBC Retrievers12124DeJuan Jones DF Michigan State Spartans72428A.J. DeLaGarza DF Inter Miami CF11034Ryan Spaulding DF Revs II2077Ben Reveno DF Revs II00 Midfielders5Wilfrid Kaptoum MF Betis2118Matt Polster MF Rangers53210Carles Gil MF Deportivo La Coruña681411Emmanuel Boateng MF Columbus Crew16313Maciel MF Botafogo19017Sebastian Lletget MF LA Galaxy1582325Arnór Ingvi Traustason MF Malmö FF31226Tommy McNamara MF Houston Dynamo FC48227Dylan Borrero MF Atlético Mineiro0029Noel Buck MF Revs II7131Nacho Gil MF FC Cartagena0047Esmir Bajraktarevic MF Revs II0072Damian Rivera MF Revs II10 Forwards7Gustavo Bou FW Tijuana67329Giacomo Vrioni FW Juventus FC0012Justin Rennicks FW Indiana Hoosiers10114Jozy Altidore FW Toronto FC6122Ismael Tajouri-Shradi FW Los Angeles FC00

Non-competitive

Preseason exhibitions

Competitive

Major League Soccer

Results

U.S. Open Cup

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position No. Name From Fee/notes Ref. December 16, 2021 MF 17 Sebastian Lletget LA Galaxy $500,000 GAM December 22, 2021 DF 3 Omar Gonzalez Toronto FC Free January 18, 2022 MF 29 Noel Buck New England Revolution II Homegrown player February 14, 2022 FW 14 Jozy Altidore Toronto FC Free February 15, 2022 GK 98 Jacob Jackson Loyola Marymount Lions 2022 MLS SuperDraft pick February 18, 2022 DF 34 Ryan Spaulding New England Revolution II Free April 6, 2022 GK 99 Djordje Petrovic FK Čukarički Undisclosed Fee April 22, 2022 MF 27 Dylan Borrero Atlético Mineiro U-22 Initiative May 23, 2022 MF 47 Esmir Bajraktarevic New England Revolution II Homegrown player May 31, 2022 DF 77 Ben Reveno New England Revolution II 2022 MLS SuperDraft pick Jul 5, 2022 FW 9 Giacomo Vrioni Juventus 3.8 Million Dollar Fee Designated Player Aug 4, 2022 DF 6 Christian Makoun Charlotte FC $400K GAM Aug 5, 2022 MF 22 Ismael Tajouri-Shradi Los Angeles FC $400K GAM Aug 5, 2022 GK 94 Clément Diop Inter Miami FC $125K GAM Aug 23, 2022 MF 31 Nacho Gil FC Cartagena Free

Transfers out Date Position No. Name To Fee/notes Ref. December 3, 2021 DF 35 Collin Verfurth Option declined December 3, 2021 MF 27 Luis Caicedo Cortuluá Free December 3, 2021 MF 6 Scott Caldwell Real Salt Lake Free December 31, 2021 FW 17 Tajon Buchanan Club Brugge $7,000,000 February 11, 2022Effective June 20th GK 30 Matt Turner Arsenal $6,000,000 March 30, 2022 FW 19 Edward Kizza Memphis 901 FC Loan June 10, 2022 FW 9 Adam Buksa RC Lens $10,000,000 July 29, 2022 FW 14 Jozy Altidore Club Puebla Loan through Dec August 3, 2022 MF 17 Sebastian Lletget FC Dallas $600K GAM August 9, 2022 MF 25 Arnór Ingvi TraustasonIFK Norrköping Mutually agreed to part ways

MLS SuperDraft picks

Round Selection Player Position College Status124 Jacob Jackson GK Loyola Marymount 2 52 Ben Reveno DF UCLA 3 80 Pass

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:35px;" scope="col"|Rank ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:35px;" scope="col"|Position ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:35px;" scope="col"|No. ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:140px;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:75px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:75px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:75px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:75px;" scope="col"|CCL ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:75px;" scope="col"|Total |- |1||FW||9|| Adam Buksa||7 ||2 ||0 ||2 ||11 |- |2||MF||22|| Carles Gil||7 ||3 ||0 ||0 ||10 |- |3||FW||7|| Gustavo Bou||8 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||8 |- |4||MF||26|| Tommy McNamara||4 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||4 |- |rowspan=2 |5||MF||27|| Dylan Borrero||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||3 |- |MF||17|| Sebastian Lletget||2 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||3 |- |rowspan=4 |7||DF||15|| Brandon Bye||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||2 |- |MF||11|| Emmanuel Boateng||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||2 |- |MF||8|| Matt Polster||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||2 |- |FW||12|| Justin Rennicks||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||2 |- |rowspan=8 |11||FW||14|| Jozy Altidore||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- |MF||72|| Damian Rivera||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- |DF||24|| DeJuan Jones||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- |MF||5|| Wilfrid Kaptoum||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- |DF||4|| Henry Kessler||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- |DF||23|| Jonathan Bell||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- |FW||29|| Noel Buck||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- |FW||9|| Giacomo Vrioni||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- !colspan="4"|Total !47!!5!!0!!3!!55

Top assists {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:35px;" scope="col"|Rank ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:35px;" scope="col"|Position ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:35px;" scope="col"|No. ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:140px;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:75px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:75px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:75px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:75px;" scope="col"|Total |- |1||MF||22|| Carles Gil||14 ||1 ||0 ||15 |- |2||DF||15|| Brandon Bye||7 ||2 ||0 ||9 |- |3||DF||24|| DeJuan Jones||7 ||0 ||0 ||7 |- |4||MF||26|| Tommy McNamara||5 ||1 ||0 ||6 |- |5||MF||17|| Sebastian Lletget||5 ||0 ||0 ||5 |- |6||MF||11|| Emmanuel Boateng||3 ||0 ||0 ||3 |- |rowspan=5 |7||FW||9|| Adam Buksa||2 ||0 ||0 ||2 |- |MF||8|| Matt Polster||2 ||0 ||0 ||2 |- |DF||2|| Andrew Farrell||2 ||0 ||0 ||2 |- |MF||27|| Dylan Borrero||2 ||0 ||0 ||2 |- |FW||7|| Gustavo Bou||2 ||0 ||0 ||2 |- |rowspan=3 |12||MF||25|| Arnór Ingvi Traustason||1 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- |MF||5|| Wilfrid Kaptoum||1 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- |MF||13|| Maciel||1 ||0 ||0 ||1 |- !colspan="4"|Total !54!!4!!0!!58

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; text-align:center;" |- | rowspan="2" !width=15| | rowspan="2" !width=15| | rowspan="2" !width=120|Player | colspan="3"|MLS | colspan="3"|U.S. Open Cup | colspan="3"|MLS Cup | colspan="3"|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;| |- |26||MF|| Tommy McNamara||8 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||8 ||0 ||0 |- |8||MF|| Matt Polster||6 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||6 ||0 ||0 |- |4||DF|| Henry Kessler||5 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||6 ||0 ||0 |- |2||DF|| Andrew Farrell||5 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||5 ||0 ||1 |- |24||DF|| DeJuan Jones||4 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||0 ||0 |- |7||FW|| Gustavo Bou||4 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||0 ||0 |- |15||DF|| Brandon Bye||4 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||0 ||0 |- |5||MF|| Wilfrid Kaptoum||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||3 ||0 ||0 |- |10||MF|| Carles Gil||3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||3 ||0 ||0 |- |9||FW|| Adam Buksa||2 ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||2 ||1 ||0 |- |3||DF|| Omar Gonzalez||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||2 ||0 ||0 |- |6||DF|| Christian Makoun||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||2 ||0 ||0 |- |14||FW|| Jozy Altidore||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 |- |11||MF|| Emmanuel Boateng||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 |- |27||MF|| Dylan Borrero||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 |- |17||MF|| Sebastian Lletget||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 |- |72||MF|| Damian Rivera||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 |- |25||MF|| Arnór Ingvi Traustason||1||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 |- |29||MF|| Noel Buck||1||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 |- |9||FW|| Giacomo Vrioni||1||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 |- |31||MF|| Nacho Gil||1||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||1 ||0 ||0 |- !colspan=3|Total !!57!!1!!1!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!58!!1!!1

Clean sheets {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:35px;" scope="col"|No. ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:160px;" scope="col"|Name ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:50px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:50px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:50px;" scope="col"| ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:50px;" scope="col"|CCL ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:50px;" scope="col"|Total ! style="background:#0C2340; color:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #C8102E; width:50px;" scope="col"|Games