“Our expectations are he gets better as a player and takes advantage of the experience he had in year one. “He is in with the U-23s now,” said Arena. Kessler is in Guadalajara, Mexico, in preparation for the Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Championship. Striker Adam Buksa, an international player from Krakow, Poland, is experiencing transportation issues in Europe but is expected to be in camp soon.ĭefender Henry Kessler, who played in 22 regular season games with 19 starts as a rookie, is currently training with the U.S. Then evaluate where we are during the season and see if there are any additions that we need to make in the summer transfer window.”
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“I think we will bring in another player possibly before the season starts. “We will try and move the team forward as we get into the second week of training. “We are seeing what kind of fitness levels the players are at and get a quick evaluation of the new players that have joined us this year,” said Arena. That cadre of newcomers have joined the returning players with guaranteed contracts and players whose options were exercised. They added Manhattan College defender Francois Dulysse in the second round with the 51st pick. The Revolution selected Pittsburgh striker Edward Kizza with the 24th pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft. 23.Īrena added Christian Mafla, a left-footed defender from Columbia, and keeper Earl Edwards Jr., who played six MLS seasons with Orlando City FC and D.C.
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The 5-9, 159-pound Kaptoum is a free transfer who signed with New England on Dec. DeLaGarza and midfielder Emmanuel Boateng, both of whom played for Arena with the LA Galaxy.Īrena also brought in Wilfrid Kaptoum, a 24-year-old midfielder from Cameroon. We will complement all that when we get into Los Angeles and play some competitive exhibition games.”Īrena was active in the offseason in an attempt to get two wins better than the Revs were in the 2020 playoffs. “Certainly, the start of preseason here in Foxboro we need to move the players along with their fitness, their touch and team tactics and those types of things. “The blueprint in the last two or three weeks is to get the guys match fitness in competition. “We’ll have about three to four weeks in Foxboro and about three weeks in Los Angeles,” said Arena. The Revs will then travel to Los Angeles to play a schedule of exhibition friendlies in preparation for their opener on April 17 against an opponent to be named later. Hopefully, that adds up to some more success in the regular season.”Īrena has divided his seven-week training camp into two components that will take place at opposite ends of the country.Īrena will conduct the conditioning and team building aspects of training camp in Foxboro. “We’ve built a roster that is stronger than we’ve had in previous years.
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This year hopefully is the first year we are going to be together for a full season and the positive part is we know each other now. It was a weird year and we were never together in a complete season. “We never played anyone out of conference. “We played Philadelphia six times when you include the playoffs and Montreal five times. “The 2020 season was a hectic year for everyone in the league,” said Arena. Despite the unorthodox composition of the MLS reboot, the Revolution surged in the post season before falling to the Columbus Crew, 1-0, in the Eastern Conference title game. MLS resumed competition in July with its MLS is Back Tournament and played an unbalanced schedule the rest of the way. Then 2020 was a completely awkward year with the league shutting down in early March and then having a four month break and having a reduced schedule and all of that.” “Our coaching staff came in at about the middle of 2019. “One thing that’s a big difference with our team this year, and I told them that in our team meeting, is that we have not had a full year with this team,” said Arena.
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