The Bent Musket Apr 8, 2014
Revolution Player of the Month, March 2014: Lee Nguyen
In a poor month for New England soccer, Revolution midfielder Lee Nguyen pulled through to be named TBM's Player of the Month. This is the third time he's been given the honor in his Revolution career. March was a real down month for the New England Revolution. Riding on soaring expectations after last season's breakout, postseason-clinching campaign, the Revs were touted as Eastern Conference contenders, and Grant Wahl even predicted them to be a dark horse for the MLS Cup title. Opening night against Houston was to be a highly-anticipated spectacle of attacking soccer. Instead the Revs...
The Bent Musket Mar 30, 2014
Revs 2, Quakes 1 - Lee Nguyen Goonies The Goonies
Lee Nguyen scored deep into stoppage time, er, "Goonie-Time," as the New England Revolution stunned the San Jose Quakes for their first win of the year. It took the New England Revolution until stoppage time of their first game to score a goal by someone other than "Own Goal." It was certainly worth the wait. Lee Nguyen finished a long dribble following a quick restart with a low drive past San Jose Earthquakes keeper Jon Busch in second half stoppage time as the Revs won their first game of the year 2-1 at Buck Shaw Stadium. Rain had saturated the field since the mid-afternoon in San...
New England Revolution Blog | ESPN Boston Mar 30, 2014
Nguyen's late goal gives Revs first win
The comeback kids took center stage on Saturday. But it wasn’t the Earthquakes who came out on top at Buck Shaw Stadium. Lee Nguyen’s stoppage-time strike delivered a late dagger to the hosts, who entered Saturday’s match with 17 stoppage-time goals over the past two seasons, and handed the Revolution their first win of the season, 2-1 over San Jose. Nguyen, who burst through the midfield before coolly slotting it past goalkeeper Jon Busch in the 90+3 minute, gave the Revolution a dramatic win that ended their season-opening winless streak at three.
