The New England Revolution is one of the institutions of Major League Soccer. From its humble beginnings in 1995 as one of the founding members of Major League Soccer to its present place in Gillette Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, the New England Revolution has been a beacon to those who say that Soccer would never take hold or even gain a foothold in the United States of America. How wrong were the so called Sports experts?

New England Revolution has the same owner as the New England Patriots [Robert Kraft] and has had five coaches since its beginning such as Frank Stapleton, Thomas Rungen, Fernando Clavijo, Walter Zenga, and Steve Nicol. Many of the alumni who played for the New England Revolution such as Alexi Lalas, Joe-Max Moore, Mike Burns, Walter Zenga, Raul Diaz Arce, Leonel Alvarez, Eric Wynalda, John Harkes, Wolde Harris, William Sunsing, Adin Brown, Jose Cancela, Clint Dempsey, Pat Noonan, Andy Dorman, and Jose Manuel Abundis have gone to other careers and teams.

While they have had their largest win against the Colorado Rapids in Gillette Stadium on the eighteenth of September 2004 and their largest defeat against the Chicago Fire on Soldier Field on the twenty second of September 2000, they have had impressive records such as the most goals [91] by Taylor Twellman, the most assists [59] by Steve Ralston, and the most minutes [16,749] and games [188] played by Jay Heaps. Taylor Twellman has had the most shots with 510, as well as two hundred and ninety two shots on goals, three hat tricks, fifteen multi goal games, and twenty six game winning goals.

The New England Revolution has been the recipient of many awards such as being the runner up to the MLS Cup in the years 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Other awards that the New England Revolution received were the MLS Supporters Shield as Runner Ups in 2005 and the US Open Cup as Runner Ups in 2001 and Champions in 2007. The New England Revolution has also participated in the CONCACAF Champions Cup by advancing to the first round against Ajaleunse in 2003 and 2006 as well as the CONCACAF Champion’s League in 2008, and the 2008 Superliga against Chivas USA, CF Pachuca, and Santos Laguna.

In the current MLS Season for the year 2008, the New England Revolution has had four victories, three defeats, and one draw. With the 2008 Season progressing [especially after signing Chris Albright, Spencer Valentino, Matt Britner, Spencer Wadsworth, Kheli Dube, Mauricio Castro, Argenis Fernandez, Brandon Tyler, Sam Brill, and Chase Hilgenbrinck], it remains to be seen whether the New England Revolution can maintain momentum and win games so as to win the MLS Cup Trophy. My best wishes to the New England Revolution.