2024 New England Revolution season

The 2023 season was the Revolution's 28th season of existence, and their 28th season in MLS, the top tier of American soccer. The season began on February 25 when the club began their play in the 2023 Major League Soccer season, and the season concluded on October 21. The Revolution finished the year 15–9–10 (55 points) leaving them 5th in the Eastern Conference. They lost to Philadelphia Union in the first round of the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs. In the 2023 U.S. Open Cup the Revs entered in the Third Round, defeating Hartford Athletic 2–1, before bowing out in the Round of 32 to Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. The season was marred by the mid-season suspension,^[2] and later resignation,^[3] of head coach Bruce Arena. On December 19, 2023, the team announced that it had hired Caleb Porter to be the next head coach.^[4]

The Revolution opened their 2024 preseason on January 13 with entrance physicals for players in Foxborough.^[5] The first week was spent training in Massachusetts, before the team departed to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for a four-week training camp.^[5] The Revolution announced five friendly matches against four different MLS opponents leading up to their CONCACAF Champions Cup opener.^[5] Their first match was a 3-0 loss to the New York Red Bulls.^[6]

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Appearances and goals are career totals from MLS Regular Season.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age) [7]	Signed from	Games played	Goals scored
Goalkeepers
1	Henrich Ravas		GK	(1997-08-16)August 16, 1997 (aged 26)	Widzew Łódź	0	0
36	Earl Edwards Jr.		GK	(1992-01-24) January 24, 1992 (age 34)	D.C. United	34	0
98	Jacob Jackson		GK	(2000-04-25)April 25, 2000 (aged 23)	Loyola Marymount Lions	2	0
Defenders
2	Dave Romney		DF	(1993-06-12)June 12, 1993 (aged 30)	Nashville SC	205	8
4	Henry Kessler		DF	(1998-06-25)June 25, 1998 (aged 25)	Virginia Cavaliers	81	4
6	Jonathan Mensah		DF	(1990-07-13)July 13, 1990 (aged 33)	San Jose Earthquakes	185	7
12	Nick Lima		DF	(1994-11-17)November 17, 1994 (aged 28)	Austin FC	195	8
15	Brandon Bye		DF	(1995-11-29)November 29, 1995 (aged 27)	Western Michigan Broncos	153	9
24	DeJuan Jones		DF	(1996-06-24)June 24, 1996 (aged 27)	Michigan State Spartans	125	6
25	Peyton Miller		DF	(2007-11-08)November 8, 2007 (aged 16)	Revs II	0	0
34	Ryan Spaulding		DF	(1998-09-10)September 10, 1998 (aged 25)	Revs II	9	0
43	Santiago Suárez		DF	(2005-04-23)April 23, 2005 (aged 18)	Revs II	0	0
88	Andrew Farrell		DF	(1992-04-02)April 2, 1992 (aged 31)	Louisville Cardinals	327	2
Midfielders
8	Matt Polster		MF	(1993-06-08)June 8, 1993 (aged 30)	Rangers	186	9
10	Carles Gil		MF	(1992-11-22)November 22, 1992 (aged 30)	Deportivo La Coruña	133	32
11	Dylan Borrero		MF	(2002-01-05)January 5, 2002 (aged 21)	Atlético Mineiro	15	5
16	Joshua Bolma		MF	(2002-04-10)April 10, 2002 (aged 21)	University of Maryland	1	0
14	Ian Harkes		MF	(1995-03-30)March 30, 1995 (aged 28)	Dundee United FC	42	4
18	Emmanuel Boateng		MF	(1994-01-17)January 17, 1994 (aged 29)	Columbus Crew	187	15
21	Nacho Gil		MF	(1995-09-09)September 9, 1995 (aged 28)	FC Cartagena	13	0
22	Jack Panayotou		MF	(2004-06-05)June 5, 2004 (aged 19)	Revs II	11	0
26	Tommy McNamara		MF	(1991-02-06)February 6, 1991 (aged 32)	Houston Dynamo FC	214	22
28	Mark-Anthony Kaye		MF	(1994-12-02)December 2, 1994 (aged 28)	Toronto FC	148	15
29	Noel Buck		MF	(2005-04-05)April 5, 2005 (aged 18)	Revs II	32	4
47	Esmir Bajraktarevic		MF	(2005-03-10)March 10, 2005 (aged 18)	Revs II	16	0
Forwards
5	Tomás Chancalay		FW	(1999-01-01)January 1, 1999 (aged 24)	Racing Club	11	6
9	Giacomo Vrioni		FW	(1998-10-15)October 15, 1998 (aged 25)	Juventus FC	36	7
17	Bobby Wood		FW	(1992-11-15)November 15, 1992 (aged 30)	Real Salt Lake	60	12
32	Malcolm Fry		FW	(2005-05-15)May 15, 2005 (aged 18)	Revs II	0	0

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	2024 Status
72	Damian Rivera		MF	(2002-12-08)December 8, 2002 (aged 20)	Season-long loan to Tampa Bay Rowdies[8]

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The Revolution entered the 2024 CONCACAF Champions cup in the first round. They qualified after finishing in sixth-place in the 2023 MLS Supporters' shield. Their qualification was confirmed after MLS Cup 2023 in which the Columbus Crew won.^[12] The draw for the competition was performed on December 13, 2023, and the Revolution were drawn against Panamanian side Club Atlético Independiente.^[13]

The New England Revolution will not participate in the U.S. Open Cup this year. On December 15, 2023, Major League Soccer announced that its teams would not participate in the 2024 edition of the U.S. Open Cup due to fixture congestion. This would have been the first year since its inception that MLS teams would not participate in the tournament.^[16] The league intended to send reserve teams from MLS Next Pro instead, but the request was denied by the United States Soccer Federation on December 20.^[17] On March 1, 2024, it was announced that 19 MLS and MLS Next Pro teams will participate. The Revs are not one of the 19, nor are MLS Next Pro team Revolution II.^[18]

The Revolution entered the 2024 Leagues Cup in the group stage. On February 1, the team was drawn in a group with Nashville SC and Mazatlán F.C.^[19]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NER	MAZ	NAS
1	New England Revolution	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	1–1
2	Mazatlán	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	+1	3			—	—	—
3	Nashville SC	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1			—	0–2	—

Date	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee/notes	Ref.
November 28, 2023	MF	5	Tomás Chancalay	Racing Club	Transfer	[20]
December 11, 2023	DF	12	Nick Lima	Austin FC	Trade	[21]
January 1, 2024			Malcolm Fry	New England Revolution II	Homegrown player	[22]
January 1, 2024			Peyton Miller	New England Revolution II	Homegrown player	[23]
January 4, 2024	DF	16	Jonathan Mensah	San Jose Earthquakes	Free Agent	[24]
January 6, 2024	GK	1	Henrich Ravas	Widzew Łódź	Transfer	[25]
April 23, 2024			Xavier Arreaga	Seattle Sounders FC	Trade	[26]
April 23, 2024			Aljaž Ivačič	Portland Timbers	Free	[27]

Date	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 1, 2023	FW	7	Gustavo Bou	Talleres	Out of contract	[28]
December 1, 2023	FW	12	Justin Rennicks	AC Oulu	Out of contract	[28]
December 1, 2023	DF	3	Omar Gonzalez	FC Dallas	Out of contract	[28]
December 1, 2023	MF	3	Maciel	New England Revolution II	Option declined	[28]
December 1, 2023	DF	6	Christian Makoun	Anorthosis Famagusta FC	Option declined	[28]
December 1, 2023	DF	77	Ben Reveno		Option declined	[28]
December 1, 2023	DF	44	Ben Sweat	Retired	Option declined	[28]
January 5, 2024			Maciel	New England Revolution II	Free	[29]
January 10, 2024	GK	1	Tomáš Vaclík	Albacete	Contract buyout	[30]
January 10, 2024			Omar Gonzalez	FC Dallas	Free	[31]
January 16, 2024			Jordan Adebayo-Smith	Minnesota United FC	Trade	[32]
January 31, 2024			Gustavo Bou	Talleres	Free	[33]
February 13, 2024			Tomáš Vaclík	Albacete	Free	[34]
February 19, 2024			Damian Rivera	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Loan	[35]
April 29, 2024			Jacob Jackson	San Jose Earthquakes	Free	[36]
May 10, 2024			Jack Panayotou	Rhode Island FC	Loan	[37]

2024 New England Revolution SuperDraft Picks
Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Status
1	20	--	--	--	Traded to MIN[38]
2	49	--	--	--	Traded to DCU[39]
3	78	--	--	--	Traded to MIN[38]

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