# 2015 New England Revolution season

The 2015 New England Revolution season was the club's twentieth season of existence, and their twentieth in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club enters the season as the defending Eastern Conference champions.
Outside of MLS regular season play, the club participated in the 2015 U.S. Open Cup.

## Review
### Preseason
#### Off season Player movement

Immediately after losing the 2014 MLS Cup Final, the New England Revolution began making roster moves to improve the team for 2015. On December 8, 2014, just a day after the Cup Final, the Revolution traded Dimitry Imbongo and Geoffrey Castillion to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for goalkeeper Joe Nasco. On the same day, in preparation for the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft, the Revolution declined options on nine players, goalkeepers Larry Jackson, Joe Nasco and Luis Soffner, defender Jossimar Sanchez, midfielders Shalrie Joseph, Donnie Smith and Alec Sundly and forwards Andre Akpan and Tony Taylor, as well not extending a bona fide contract offer to defender Stephen McCarthy. The Revolution also completed trades with the two new franchises, New York City FC and Orlando City SC to ensure that Revolution Academy graduate Diego Fagundez was not selected in the Expansion Draft. During the draft, New York City FC selected Patrick Mullins and Tony Taylor in the second and fifth rounds, respectively. On December 18, 2014 New England traded their fourth-round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft to Toronto FC in exchange for midfielder Jeremy Hall and selected Tristan Bowen in the 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft. At the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, the Revolution traded their second-round pick to Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for Sean Okoli and used their own third-round pick to draft Cal State Fullerton forward Marc Fenelus. Midfielder Donnie Smith was re-signed by the club on January 23, staying with the team for a third year. 2013 starting forward Juan Agudelo on January 30.

## Personnel
### Roster

As of August 26, 2015. Source: New England Revolution Roster
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 18 | Brad Knighton | GK | (1985-02-06) February 6, 1985 (age 39) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| 22 | Bobby Shuttleworth | GK | (1987-05-13) May 13, 1987 (age 37) | Austin Aztex |
| 26 | Trevor Spangenberg | GK | (1991-04-24) April 24, 1991 (age 33) | Chivas USA |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Andrew Farrell | CB | (1992-04-02) April 2, 1992 (age 32) | University of Louisville |
| 5 | Jeremy Hall | RB | (1988-09-11) September 11, 1988 (age 36) | Toronto F.C. |
| 8 | Chris Tierney | LB | (1986-01-09) January 9, 1986 (age 38) | University of Virginia |
| 23 | José Gonçalves | CB | (1985-09-17) September 17, 1985 (age 39) | FC Sion |
| 25 | Darrius Barnes | RB | (1986-12-24) December 24, 1986 (age 37) | Duke University |
| 28 | London Woodberry | CB | (1991-05-28) May 28, 1991 (age 33) | Arizona United |
| 30 | Kevin Alston | RB | (1988-05-05) May 5, 1988 (age 36) | Indiana University |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | Steve Neumann | M | (1991-10-07) October 7, 1991 (age 33) | Georgetown University |
| 6 | Scott Caldwell | M | (1991-03-15) March 15, 1991 (age 33) | University of Akron |
| 11 | Kelyn Rowe | M | (1991-12-25) December 25, 1991 (age 32) | University of California, Los Angeles |
| 12 | Andy Dorman | M | (1982-05-01) May 1, 1982 (age 42) | Crystal Palace |
| 13 | Jermaine Jones (c) | M | (1981-11-03) November 3, 1981 (age 42) | Beşiktaş J.K |
| 14 | Diego Fagundez | M | (1995-02-14) February 14, 1995 (age 29) | New England Revolution Academy |
| 16 | Daigo Kobayashi | M | (1983-02-19) February 19, 1983 (age 41) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| 21 | Zachary Herivaux | M | (1996-02-01) February 1, 1996 (age 28) | New England Revolution Academy |
| 24 | Lee Nguyen | M | (1986-10-07) October 7, 1986 (age 38) | Becamex Binh Duong |
| 29 | Tyler Rudy | M | (1993-09-29) September 29, 1993 (age 31) | Pittsburgh Riverhounds U23 |
| 33 | Donnie Smith | M | (1990-12-07) December 7, 1990 (age 33) | Carolina Dynamo |
| 92 | Timi Mulgrew | M | (1992-09-16) September 16, 1992 (age 32) | Ocean City Nor'easters |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Sean Okoli | F | (1993-02-03) February 3, 1993 (age 31) | Seattle Sounders F.C. |
| 9 | Charlie Davies | F | (1986-06-25) June 25, 1986 (age 38) | Randers FC |
| 10 | Teal Bunbury | F | (1990-02-27) February 27, 1990 (age 34) | Sporting Kansas City |
| 17 | Juan Agudelo | F | (1992-11-23) November 23, 1992 (age 31) | FC Utrecht |

### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Jay Heaps |
| First Assistant Coach | Tom Soehn |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Remi Roy |
| Strength and Conditioning Coach | Nick Downing |
| Technical Director | Ross Duncan |
| Soccer Operations Manager | Jason Gove |
| Soccer Operations Analyst | Tim Crawford |
| Equipment Manager | Scott Emmens |
| Head Athletic Trainer | Evan Allen |
| Assistant Athletic Trainer | Phil Madore |
| Massage Therapist | Glenn O'Connor |
| Head Team Physician | Scott Martin, M.D. |
Last updated: February 24, 2015 Source: Club Staff

## Player movement
### In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Notes |
| December 8, 2014 | Joe Nasco | GK | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| December 18, 2014 | Tristan Bowen | F | Seattle Sounders FC | Re-Entry Draft |
| December 18, 2014 | Jeremy Hall | M | Toronto FC | Trade |
| January 15, 2015 | Sean Okoli | F | Seattle Sounders FC | Trade |
| January 30, 2015 | Juan Agudelo | F | Unattached | Free |
| February 28, 2015 | Tyler Rudy | M | Pittsburgh Riverhounds U23 | Free |
| February 28, 2015 | London Woodberry | D | Arizona United | Free |
| March 5, 2015 | Trevor Spangenberg | GK | Chivas USA | Free |
| March 18, 2015 | Timi Mulgrew | F | Ocean City Nor'easters | Free |
| May 2, 2015 | Zachary Herivaux | M | New England Revolution Youth | Homegrown |

### Out

| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Notes |
| December 8, 2014 | Geoffrey Castillion | F | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| December 8, 2014 | Dimitry Imbongo | F | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| December 10, 2014 | Patrick Mullins | F | New York City FC | Expansion Draft |
| December 10, 2014 | Tony Taylor | F | New York City FC | Expansion Draft |
| February 24, 2015 | A.J. Soares | D | Viking FK | Free Transfer |

## Matches and results
### MLS regular season

Win  Tie  Loss

### U.S. Open Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

#### Fourth round
## Tables
### Eastern Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 51 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 4 | D.C. United | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 51 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 5 | New England Revolution | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 50 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 6 | Toronto FC | 34 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 49 | MLS Cup Knockout Round |
| 7 | Orlando City SC | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 44 | |

### Overall table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 9 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 51 | |
| 10 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 51 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 11 | New England Revolution | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 50 | |
| 12 | Toronto FC | 34 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 49 | |
| 13 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 47 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
Last updated: April 6, 2015 Source: Results Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

### Results

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | T | W | W | T | W | W | W | T | T | L | T | T | L | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Player information
### Outfield player statistics

| No. | Nat. | Player | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Ref. |
| No. | Nat. | Player | App. | Min. | Gls | Ast | YC | RC | App. | Min. | Gls | Ast | YC | RC | App. | Min. | Gls | Ast | YC | RC | App. | Min. | Gls | Ast | YC | RC | Ref. |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | Andrew Farrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | Chris Tierney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | José Gonçalves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | Darrius Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | | Kevin Alston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | | Steve Neumann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | | Jeremy Hall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | Scott Caldwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | | Kelyn Rowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | | Andy Dorman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | | Jermaine Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | Diego Fagundez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | Daigo Kobayashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | Lee Nguyen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | | Sean Okoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | Charlie Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | Teal Bunbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | | Juan Agudelo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | | Jerry Bengtson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Goalkeeper statistics

| No. | Nat. | Player | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS regular season | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | MLS Cup Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Ref. |
| No. | Nat. | Player | App. | Min. | GA | GAA | W | D | L | App. | Min. | GA | GAA | W | D | L | App. | Min. | GA | GAA | W | D | L | App. | Min. | GA | GAA | W | D | L | Ref. |
| 18 | | Brad Knighton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | Bobby Shuttleworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Kits

* Home
Like all Major League Soccer teams, the 2015 New England Revolution kits are produced by adidas. New England continue wearing the same home kits as in 2014, however the away kit, which was introduced at an event on March 3, broke from the traditional monochromatic white for away kits and featured a red shirt. United Healthcare continued their four-year relationship with the club as their jersey sponsor.
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
| Home | Navy | White | Navy | March 8, 2014 (with Navy shorts) |
| Away | Red and White | Red | Red | April 4, 2015 |