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Intelligence Report: Orlando pirate vs. New England Revolution

Another Orlando City matchday is right around the corner, which means it’s time to get some insider knowledge into the Lions’ next opponent. Orlando has won three of its last four games and will try to make it three wins in a row tomorrow when it hits the road to face the New England Revolution. It won’t be easy though, as OCSC has never won at Gillette Stadium.

A matchup with the Revs means I caught up with Jake Catanese of the always excellent Blazing Musket. He was kind enough to help bring us up to speed on New England, and I also answered some of his questions about the Lions, which you can find over at their place.

This is Caleb Porter’s first year in the job. How does he want this team to play as compared to what we saw under Bruce Arena?

Jake Catanese: The Revs were definitely more possession oriented at the beginning of the year, though some of that was actually to the detriment of the Revs’ skillsets and player availability. Extra Concacaf games and injuries kind of forced the Revs deeper into the depth chart than they would have liked, and instead of relaxing his build-out-of-the-back system, Porter kind of doubled down on it with a back line not particularly suited for playing that way and it led to a lot of turnovers and extra chances against the Revs. Andy Judd just did a deep dive on the Revs’ numbers, especially over the last month with their four-game winning streak in June. That’s worth checking out,

because some of the Revs’ trends and offensive numbers are still pretty rough. New England has been playing a lot better recently though, but we’ll talk more about the offense down below.

Talk me through the Revolution’s off-season transfer business. Who were some outgoing players, and how were they replaced?

JC: The biggest outgoing player was DP striker Gustavo Bou, who left New England as a top-five scorer in the club’s history. Tomas Chancalay’s loan option was purchased, and he took over the DP spot, and the hope was to have him partner with Dylan Borrero on the wing with Carles Gil in the middle. But Chancalay suffered a season-ending injury in Borrero’s first start back from his season-ending injury last year. The Revs also really only have two strikers on the roster in Giacomo Vrioni

and Bobby Wood, with the departure of Homegrown Justin Rennicks, and that has been a depth issue because Chancalay featured as a lone striker a few times before he got hurt.

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