The New England Revolution is a soccer team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, [1] that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), the first-division league in the United States. [2] The club began play in 1996 as one of ten original MLS teams. [3]
As of the end of the 2024 season, a total of 309 players have participated in at least one league match for the Revolution, including 20 different goalkeepers. Thirteen players that haven't played in a league match have made appearances outside of MLS in the US Open Cup and Concacaf Champions League.
The club's all-time top goal scorer is Taylor Twellman with 101 league goals between 2002 and his retirement due to concussions in 2010. [4] He holds a 48-goal lead over Diego Fagúndez. Carles Gil and Steve Ralston share the record for all-time assists, with 73 assists each. Andrew Farrell is the club's all-time appearance leader, with 341 appearances. He is the only player to reach more than 300 league matches with the club. Ten players have more than 200 appearances and 32 have more than 100 appearances.
A Major League Soccer club's active roster consists of up to 30 players. All 30 players are eligible for selection to each 18-player game-day squad during the regular season and playoffs. [5] Players who were contracted to the club but never played a regular season MLS game are not listed below.
All statistics are for MLS regular season games only, including the group stage of the 2020 MLS is Back Tournament, and are correct as of November 10,2024 [update] .
Key
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward/striker
Name | Country | Years | Games | Conceded | Shutouts [nb 1] | Notes |
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Adin Brown | USA | 2002–2004 | 48 | 68 | 10 | [296] |
Preston Burpo | USA | 2010 | 11 | 16 | 2 | [297] |
Jeff Causey | USA | 1997–2001 | 64 | 92 | 5 | [298] |
Cody Cropper | USA | 2016–2019; 2019 | 36 | 67 | 10 | [299] |
Earl Edwards Jr. | USA | 2022– | 15 | 24 | 2 | [300] |
Jose Fernandez | BOL | 2001 | 7 | 12 | 1 | [301] |
Aidan Heaney | USA | 1996 | 19 | 29 | 4 | [302] |
Aljaž Ivačič | SLO | 2024– | 25 | 56 | 4 | [303] |
Jacob Jackson | USA | 2023 | 2 | 4 | 0 | [304] |
Brad Knighton | USA | 2009–2022 | 56 | 94 | 9 | [305] |
Đorđe Petrović | SER | 2022–2023 | 43 | 54 | 14 | [306] |
Henrich Ravas | SVK | 2024 | 8 | 17 | 1 | [307] |
Matt Reis | USA | 2003–2013 | 254 | 331 | 66 | [308] |
Bobby Shuttleworth | USA | 2010–2016 | 127 | 178 | 34 | [309] |
Kyle Singer | USA | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [310] |
Juergen Sommer | USA | 2000–2002 | 33 | 61 | 5 | [311] |
Jim St. Andre | USA | 1996 | 15 | 27 | 2 | [312] |
Matt Turner | USA | 2018–2022 | 135 | 102 | 22 | [313] |
Doug Warren | USA | 2005; 2008 | 5 | 7 | 0 | [314] |
Walter Zenga | ITA | 1997; 1999 | 47 | 73 | 8 | [315] |
In addition to competing in Major League Soccer every year, the New England Revolution participate in other competitions such as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the CONCACAF Champions League. Below is a list of players who have not appeared in a league match, but have played for the team in other competitions.
Name | Position | Country | Years | Competitions | Notes |
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Michael Augustine | [ citation needed ] | ||||
Gilberto Flores | [ citation needed ] | ||||
Kyle Helton | 2007 | 2007 US Open Cup | [ citation needed ] | ||
Alan Koger | 2011 | 2011 US Open Cup | [ citation needed ] | ||
Gabe Latigue | MF | USA | 2013 | 2013 US Open Cup | [316] |
Otto Loewy | DF | USA | 2011 | 2011 US Open Cup | [317] |
Chris Loftus | [ citation needed ] | ||||
Brandon Manzonelli | 2008 | 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League | [ citation needed ] | ||
Jordan McCrary | DF | USA | 2015 | 2015 US Open Cup | [318] |
Tim Murray | 2011 | 2011 US Open Cup | [ citation needed ] | ||
Michael Roach | 2012 | 2012 US Open Cup | [ citation needed ] | ||
Tyler Rudy | MF | USA | 2015 | 2015 US Open Cup | [319] |
Nicolas Samayoa | DF | USA | 2018 | 2018 US Open Cup | [320] |
Andrew Sousa | 2011 | 2011 US Open Cup | [ citation needed ] | ||
Alec Sundly | MF | USA | 2014 | 2014 US Open Cup | [321] |
Brandon Tyler | [ citation needed ] | ||||
Rob Valentino | DF | 2008 | 2008 US Open Cup, 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League | [322] | |
Alan Woods | [ citation needed ] | ||||
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