2007 New England Revolution season

The 2007 New England Revolution season was the twelfth season of the team's existence, and the third straight season to end in the MLS Cup Final. It began on April 7 with a 1–0 road loss against the Chicago Fire and ended on November 19 with a 2–1 loss to the Houston Dynamo in the finals of the MLS Cup, a repeat of the previous year's MLS Cup Final. It was the first season where the Revs won any domestic competition, as they were the 2007 U.S. Open Cup champions. To date, this is the only tournament trophy won in club history, and the last trophy won until the 2021 Supporters' Shield.

New England Revolution

2007 season
Owner	Robert Kraft
Coach	Steve Nicol
Major League Soccer	2nd East 4th Overall
Playoffs	Finals
U.S. Open Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Twellman (16) All: Twellman (20)
Average home league attendance	16,742 (regular season)[1] 10,217 (playoffs)[2]
Home colors Away colors
← 2006 2008 →

Squad

First-team squad

As of October 13, 2007.^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Matt Reis 2 DF  USA Amaechi Igwe 4 DF  TRI Avery John 5 FW  GHA Willie Sims 6 DF  USA Jay Heaps 7 FW  USA Adam Cristman 8 MF  USA Joe Franchino 11 FW  USA Pat Noonan 12 GK  USA Doug Warren 13 MF  USA Jeff Larentowicz 14 MF  USA Steve Ralston (Captain) 15 DF  USA Michael Parkhurst 16 DF  USA James Riley 17 DF  USA Gary Flood

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  BER James Riley 19 DF  USA Kyle Helton 20 FW  USA Taylor Twellman 21 MF  GRN Shalrie Joseph (Vice-Captain) 22 DF  USA Marshall Leonard 23 MF  USA Miguel Gonzalez 24 GK  USA Brad Knighton 25 DF  WAL Andy Dorman 26 MF  IRL Bryan Byrne 27 DF  USA Wells Thompson 28 MF  USA Chris Loftus 29 FW  GAM Kenny Mansally 31 MF  GAM Sainey Nyassi

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
27	DF		Wells Thompson	23	Carolina Dynamo	Superdraft	Pre-season	Undisclosed		[4]
2	DF		Amaechi Igwe	18	Santa Clara Broncos	Superdraft	Pre-season	Undisclosed		[4]
26	MF		Bryan Byrne	26	San Fernando Valley Quakes	Superdraft	Pre-season	Undisclosed		[4]
7	FW		Adam Cristman	22	University of Virginia	Superdraft	Pre-season	Undisclosed		[4]
19	DF		Kyle Helton	21	Augusta Fireball	Loan Superdraft	Pre-season	Undisclosed		[4]
70	FW		Gary Flood	22	Hofstra University	MLS Supplemental Draft	Pre-season	Undisclosed
11	FW		Sainey Nyassi	18	Gambia Ports Authority	Free Transfer	Mid-season	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
11	FW		Kenny Mansally	18	Real de Banjul	Free Transfer	Mid-season	Undisclosed	Undisclosed

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
27	MF		Jani Galik	23	Harrisburg City Islanders	Option Declined	Pre-season
26	MF		Adam Williamson	23	Wilmington Hammerheads	Option Declined	Pre-season
23	MF		Danny Wynn	23		Option Declined	Pre-season
7	FW		José Cancela	30	Toronto FC	Expansion Draft	Pre-season
30	FW		José Manuel Abundis	33	Querétaro F.C.	Option Declined	Pre-season
2	FW		Clint Dempsey	23	Fulham F.C.	Transfer	Pre-season	$4,000,000	[5]
17	FW		Kyle Brown	23	Real Salt Lake	Trade	Pre-season		[4]
19	DF		Tony Lochhead	25	Wellington Phoenix	Waived	Pre-season
3	MF		Daniel Hernández	30	Club Puebla	Waived	Mid-season
32	DF		Arsène Oka	23	Portland Timbers	Released	Mid-season

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Director of Soccer	Mike Burns
Head Coach	Steve Nicol
Assistant Coach	Paul Mariner
Goalkeeper Coach	Gwynne Williams
Head Athletic trainer	Wayne Penniman
Equipment manager	Brian Banfill

Last updated: October 13, 2007
Source:

Other information

Owner	Robert Kraft
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Gillette Stadium (68,756 / N/A)

Source: New England Revolution

Standings

Major League Soccer

Eastern Conference

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D.C. United	30	16	7	7	56	34	+22	55	2007 MLS Cup Playoffs, 2008 U.S. Open Cup
2	New England Revolution	30	14	8	8	51	43	+8	50
3	New York Red Bulls	30	12	11	7	47	45	+2	43	2007 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card), 2008 U.S. Open Cup
4	Chicago Fire	30	10	10	10	31	36	−5	40	2007 MLS Cup Playoffs (Wild Card)
5	Kansas City Wizards	30	11	12	7	45	45	0	40
6	Columbus Crew	30	9	11	10	39	44	−5	37
7	Toronto FC	30	6	17	7	25	49	−24	25

Source: Major League Soccer

Results

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
30	50	14	8	8	51	43	+8	8	3	4	32	21	+11	6	5	4	19	22	−3

Last updated: October 21, 2007
Source:
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

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
Stadium	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	T	W	T	W	W	W	L	T	T	W	L	T	W	T	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	T	W	L	L	T

Source: New England Revolution
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Matches

  Win   Tie   Loss

MLS regular season

See also: 2007 Major League Soccer season

Chicago Fire v New England Revolution

April 7, 2007 1	Chicago Fire	1–0	New England Revolution	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Pause 4' Barrett  28' Carr  90+3'	Report	Dorman  61' Larentowicz  84'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,153 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

New England Revolution v Toronto FC

April 14, 2007 2	New England Revolution	4–0	Toronto FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Twellman 12', 18' Joseph 60' (pen.) Dorman 72' John  72'	Report	Buddle  13' Boyens  45' Nagamura 60' Brennan  72'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 18,184 Referee: Mark Geiger

Columbus Crew v New England Revolution

April 19, 2007 3	Columbus Crew	2–2	New England Revolution	Columbus, Ohio
	Grabavoy 8'  49', Kamara 86' Hejduk  82' Pierce  90+4'	Report	Dorman 10' Twellman 38' Heaps  42' Larentowicz  76'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,290 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

FC Dallas v New England Revolution

April 29, 2007 4	FC Dallas	0–1	New England Revolution	Frisco, Texas
	Ruiz  42'	Report	John  4' Twellman 13' Riley  51' Ralston  53'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 9,165 Referee: Michael Kennedy

D.C. United v New England Revolution

May 3, 2007 5	D.C. United	1–1	New England Revolution	Washington DC
	Boswell  24' Gomez  44' Moreno 50' (pen.) Emilio  76' Kpene  90+4'	Report	Dorman 46' Larentowicz  47' Joseph  59'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 12,908 Referee: Terry Vaughn

New England Revolution v Chicago Fire

May 6, 2007 6	New England Revolution	3–1	Chicago Fire	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Larentowicz 16' Ralston 68' Thompson 81'	Report	Brown  38' Rolfe 45'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 9,508 Referee: Alex Prus

LA Galaxy v New England Revolution

May 12, 2007 7	LA Galaxy	2–3	New England Revolution	Carson, California
	Martino 14' Marshall 84'  41'	Report	Riley  4' Cristman 47' Twellman 52', 85' Reis  74'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 22,715 Referee: Brian Hall

Houston Dynamo v New England Revolution

May 19, 2007 8	Houston Dynamo	0–1	New England Revolution	Houston, Texas
	Ching  45' De Rosario  45' Holden  71' Cochrane  77'	Report	Joseph 9' Smith  41' Heaps  82'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 10,677 Referee: Shane Moody

New England Revolution v Kansas City Wizards

May 26, 2007 9	New England Revolution	3–4	Kansas City Wizards	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Ralston 11' Twellman 23' Dorman  29' Riley  35' Joseph 69' (pen.) Thompson  78'	Report	Arnaud 25'  45' Eddie Johnson 26', 38', 82'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 13,156 Referee: Abby Okulaja

New England Revolution v Real Salt Lake

June 2, 2007 10	New England Revolution	0-0	Real Salt Lake	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Lancos  38' Forko  66' Kotschau  82'	Report	Larentowicz  42' Byrne  72'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 16,184 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

New England Revolution v Columbus Crew

June 16, 2007 11	New England Revolution	3–3	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Cristman 13', 32' Noonan 17' Dorman  87'	Report	Rogers 9' Pierce  40' O'Rourke  43' Barros Schelotto 45+1' Moreno 85'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 22,412 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

New England Revolution v Toronto FC

June 23, 2007 12	New England Revolution	3–0	Toronto FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Dorman 13', 81' Noonan 33' Smith  83'	Report	Goldthwaite  21' Djekanović  50' Dichio  70' Wynne  90+1'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,114 Referee: Alex Prus

Chivas USA v New England Revolution

June 30, 2007 13	Chivas USA	2–0	New England Revolution	Carson, California
	Perez  21' Marsch 60' Vaughn  70' Nagamura  80' Suarez  81' Galindo 89' Zotinca  92'	Report	Thompson  65'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 9,028 Referee: Michael Kennedy

New England Revolution v Chivas USA

July 7, 2007 14	New England Revolution	1–1	Chivas USA	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	John  13' Joseph Dorman 64' Heaps  69' Noonan  90+4'	Report	Galindo 4' Zotinca  25' Suarez  29'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 13,266 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

New York Red Bulls v New England Revolution

July 14, 2007 15	New York Red Bulls	0–1	New England Revolution	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Goldthwaite  72' Freeman  76' Richards  81' Angel  90+1'	Report	Dorman 38' Thompson  76'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 13,819 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

New England Revolution v Houston Dynamo

July 22, 2007 16	New England Revolution	3–3	Houston Dynamo	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Noonan 32' Twellman 51' Joseph 66' (pen.)	Report	De Rosario 49'  53' Ching 60', 61' Ngwenya  65' Robinson  86'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 14,606 Referee: Kevin Stott

Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution

July 28, 2007 17	Real Salt Lake	1–2	New England Revolution	Salt Lake City, Utah
	Pope  34' Williams  67' Talley 72' (pen.)	Report	Noonan 39' Dorman  36' Larentowicz 82'	Stadium: Rice-Eccles Stadium Attendance: 13,193 Referee: Michael Kennedy

New England Revolution v Kansas City Wizards

August 2, 2007 18	New England Revolution	2–0	Kansas City Wizards	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Joseph 24' Noonan 55' Cristman 90+1'	Report	Marinelli  24' Raybould 79'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 12,915 Referee: Brian Hall

New England Revolution v D.C. United

August 5, 2007 19	New England Revolution	0–3	D.C. United	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Heaps  46' Larentowicz  65' Noonan  76' John  83'	Report	Dyachenko  17' Gros 22' Olsen  27' Emilio 31', 76' Mediate  84'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 12,618 Referee: Alex Prus

New England Revolution v LA Galaxy

August 12, 2007 20	New England Revolution	1–0	LA Galaxy	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Twellman 55'	Report	Buddle  42' Jazić  71'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 35,402 Referee: Abby Okulaja
Note: This match featured David Beckham's first trip to Gillette Stadium as a member of the LA Galaxy.[6]

Colorado Rapids v New England Revolution

August 16, 2007 21	Colorado Rapids	3–0	New England Revolution	Commerce City, Colorado
	Kirovski 10', 41' (pen.) Cummings 76' Prideaux  71' Sanneh  90+2'	Report	Smith  36' Joseph  42'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,677 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Kansas City Wizards v New England Revolution

August 19, 2007 22	Kansas City Wizards	0–1	New England Revolution	Kansas City, Missouri
	Conrad  78' Marinelli  90'	Report	Twellman 72' Smith  90'	Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Attendance: 9,035 Referee: Jair Marrufo

New England Revolution v New York Red Bulls

August 25, 2007 23	New England Revolution	2–1	New York Red Bulls	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Twellman 46'  87' Thompson  65' Mendes 80' (o.g.)	Report	Altidore 30' Reyna  59'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 16,017 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

D.C. United v New England Revolution

September 9, 2007 24	D.C. United	4–2	New England Revolution	Washington DC
	Fred 31'  36' Moreno 60' Emilio 68', 83'	Report	Twellman 45' Heaps 55'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 18,918 Referee: Abby Okulaja

New England Revolution v FC Dallas

September 15, 2007 25	New England Revolution	4–2	FC Dallas	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Noonan 29', 65' Ralston 78' Cristman  83' Joseph  86' Reis  88' Smith 90'	Report	Ruiz 35', 84'  57'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 15,289 Referee: Kevin Stott

New York Red Bulls v New England Revolution

September 22, 2007 26	New York Red Bulls	2–2	New England Revolution	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Angel  18' 84' Doe  37'	Report	Twellman 22', 70'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 16,823 Referee: Richard Herron

New England Revolution v Colorado Rapids

September 29, 2007 27	New England Revolution	1–0	Colorado Rapids	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Heaps  10' Dorman  69' Smith 88'	Report	Kirovski  58' Ballouchy  67'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 19,166 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Chicago Fire v New England Revolution

October 6, 2007 28	Chicago Fire	2–1	New England Revolution	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Rolfe 45+1' Wanchope  57' Barrett 60' Soumaré  83'	Report	Larentowicz 24' Twellman  34' Mansally  89'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,014 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

New England Revolution v Columbus Crew

October 13, 2007 29	New England Revolution	2–3	Columbus Crew	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Riley  16' Twellman 26' Thompson  59' Ralston 83'	Report	Gaven 61' Barros Schelotto  74' 86' Miglioranzi 77' Moreno  90+1'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 22,295 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Toronto FC v New England Revolution

October 20, 2007 30	Toronto FC	2–2	New England Revolution	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	Lombardo  7' Robinson  43' Samuel 59' Dichio 90+2'	Report	Wells Thompson  42' Parkhurst 45+2' Twellman 48'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,374 Referee: Steven DePiero

MLS playoffs

See also: 2007 MLS Cup Playoffs

New York Red Bulls v New England Revolution

October 27, 2007 Conf. Semifinals	New York Red Bulls	0–0	New England Revolution	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	Parke  83'	Report	Parkhurst  73' John  85'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 14,165 Referee: Jair Marrufo

New England Revolution v New York Red Bulls

November 3, 2007 Conf. Semifinals	New England Revolution	1–0	New York Red Bulls	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Joseph  31' Thompson  50' Twellman 64'  80' Smith  73'	Report	Vide  34'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 10,116 Referee: Abby Okulaja

Chicago Fire v New England Revolution

November 8, 2007 Conf. Finals	Chicago Fire	0–1	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
		Report	Larentowicz  36' Twellman 38'	Attendance: 10,317 Referee: Kevin Stott

New England Revolution v Houston Dynamo

November 18, 2007 MLS Cup Final	New England Revolution	1–2	Houston Dynamo	Washington, D.C.
	Twellman 20' Smith  65'	Report	Barrett  57' Ngwenya 61' De Rosario 74'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 39,859 Referee: Alex Prus

U.S. Open Cup

See also: 2007 U.S. Open Cup

Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) v New England Revolution

July 7, 2007 Third round	Rochester Rhinos (USL-1)	2-4	New England Revolution	Rochester, New York
	Diallo 76', 85' Scheufele  90+2'	Report	Ralston 19', 90+3' Twellman 67', 90'	Stadium: PAETEC Park Attendance: 8,551 Referee: Richard Sanchez

New England Revolution v Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)

August 8, 2007 Quarterfinal	New England Revolution	2–1	Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)	New Britain, Connecticut
	Dorman 4'  76' Twellman 17' Leonard  88'	Report	Pierce  28' Calvano  62'  89' Tanzini 78'	Stadium: Veteran's Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Lee Suckle

New England Revolution v Carolina Railhawks (USL-1

September 4, 2007 Semifinal	New England Revolution	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Carolina Railhawks (USL-1	New Britain, Connecticut
	John  41' Joseph  42' Larentowicz 45+3'  73' Cristman  88' Noonan 93'	Report	Maher 6'  21' Stokes  41'  80' Edozien  42' Low  55' Bailey  106' Dombrowski  110'	Stadium: Veteran's Stadium Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Shane Moody

FC Dallas v New England Revolution

October 3, 2007 Final	FC Dallas	2–3	New England Revolution	Dallas, Texas
	Alvarez 30' Thompson 64'	Report	Noonan 21' Twellman 41' Thompson 57' Larentowicz  74' Riley  86'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 10,168 Referee: Alex Prus

Honors

New England Revolution – 2007 League and Team Awards
Award	Name(s)
Team Most Valuable Player	Taylor Twellman[7]
Revolution Golden Boot	Taylor Twellman (16 G, 3 A)[7]
Team Defender of the Year	Michael Parkhurst[7]
Revolution Humanitarian of the Year	Michael Parkhurst[7]
2007 MLS Best XI Selections	Shalrie Joseph, Michael Parkhurst[7]
MLS All-Star Game Selections	Taylor Twellman, Shalrie Joseph, Matt Reis, Steve Ralston, Michael Parkhurst[7]
MLS Defender of the Year	Michael Parkhurst[7]
MLS Goalkeeper of the Year	Matt Reis (Finalist)[7]
MLS Goal of the Year	Michael Parkhurst (finalist)[7]
MLS Rookie of the Year	Adam Cristman (finalist)[7]
MLS Fair Play Award (Individual)	Michael Parkhurst[7]
MLS Player of the Week	Taylor Twellman (Week 6)[7]
MLS Goal of the Week	Taylor Twellman (Week 4 at DAL), Taylor Twellman (Week 24 at DC)[7]