MLS New England Revolution

New England Revolution announces 2009 preseason roster

Published on January 30, 2009 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
New England Revolution News Release


FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Revolution today announced its preseason roster for the 2009 Major League Soccer season. Players will report to Gillette Stadium for the first time for entrance physicals this Saturday, Jan. 31, while the team is scheduled to conduct its first training session on Monday, Feb. 2.

There will be a total of 27 players reporting to preseason camp in New England, with 19 of those players returning to the roster after spending at least a portion of the 2008 season with the Revolution. Of the eight new players in camp, five were selected by New England in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, two were signed by the club as undrafted free agents this offseason and one is being brought in as an invitee.

Almost the entire training camp roster will report for entrance physicals on Saturday and will begin training on Monday, as only second-year forward Kheli Dube will be absent when camp commences. Dube will join the team for training following his return to the United States from Zimbabwe.

New offseason signings Mike Videira and Zack Simmons will be in camp with the club for the first time, while Argenis Fernandez will rejoin the Revolution after spending the second half of the 2008 season on loan with LD Alajuelense in his native Costa Rica.

Of New England's seven draftees from the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, only Andrei Gotsmanov (Creighton) and Tyrel Lacey (Tulsa) will not join the Revolution for preseason camp, as both players have chosen to remain in school to finish their degrees. The two players are expected to join the team in May for their trials.

The only player who will be part of New England's preseason camp who is not either signed or a 2009 SuperDraft selection is goalkeeper Brian Visser, who was invited to join the Revolution for training after playing four years at DePaul University.

The Revs will travel to Austin, Texas and North Carolina for outdoor training after three weeks of conditioning training and light competitive drills at indoor facilities in the Foxborough area. During those trips, the Revolution will play preseason matches against Austin Aztex FC (Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8:30 p.m. ET), Wake Forest University (Saturday, March 7 at 7 p.m. ET) and the Carolina Railhawks (Saturday, March 14 at 7 p.m. ET).

The Revolution begins the 2009 season at 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 21, when the team travels to face the San Jose Earthquakes at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The match will be televised locally by TV38 and will be available to radio listeners on the WEEI Radio Network. The Revs open their 2009 home slate on Saturday, April 4, when they host FC Dallas. Ticket information - for season tickets and special four-game packs - is available at revolutionsoccer.net or by calling 1-877-GET-REVS.

2009 New England Revolution Alphabetical Roster - TRAINING CAMP

# Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Hometown College Status

3 Chris Albright DEF 6-1 180 01/14/1979 Philadelphia, Pa. Virginia

30 Kevin Alston DEF 5-8 160 05/05/1988 Silver Spring, Md. Indiana GA/DEV

4 Gabriel Badilla DEF 5-11 165 06/30/1984 San Jose, Costa Rica INTL

16 Mauricio Castro MID 5-10 165 08/11/1981 Tegucigalpa, Honduras INTL

11 Kheli Dube FWD 6-1 155 06/18/1983 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Coastal Carolina INTL

23 Argenis Fernandez FWD 5-6 125 04/03/1987 Guapilas, Costa Rica INTL

6 Jay Heaps DEF 5-9 155 08/02/1976 Longmeadow, Mass. Duke

2 Amaechi Igwe M/D 6-0 170 05/20/1988 Belmont, Calif. Santa Clara GA/DEV

21 Shalrie Joseph MID 6-3 180 05/24/1978 Brooklyn, N.Y. St. John's (NY)

24 Brad Knighton GK 6-2 195 02/06/1985 Richmond, Va. UNC-Wilmington

13 Jeff Larentowicz M/D 6-1 175 08/05/1983 West Chester, Pa. Brown

29 Abdoulie "Kenny" Mansally F/M 5-10 160 01/29/1989 Banjul, Gambia INTL

31 Sainey Nyassi MID 5-8 135 01/31/1989 Bwiam, Gambia INTL

28 Pat Phelan DEF 6-0 175 01/16/1985 Enfield, Conn. Wake Forest

14 Steve Ralston MID 5-9 160 06/14/1974 St. Louis, Mo. Florida International

1 Matt Reis GK 6-1 196 03/28/1975 Mission Viejo, Calif. UCLA

34 Zack Simmons GK 6-3 200 10/12/1985 Durham, N.H. Massachusetts DEV

7 Wells Thompson MID 5-10 155 11/25/1983 Winston-Salem, N.C. Wake Forest

8 Chris Tierney MID 6-0 180 01/09/1986 Wellesley, Mass. Virginia

20 Taylor Twellman FWD 5-11 170 02/29/1980 St. Louis, Mo. Maryland

22 Rob Valentino DEF 6-3 190 01/25/1985 Cave Creek, Ariz. San Francisco GA/DEV

19 Mike Videira MID 5-10 170 01/06/1986 Milford, Mass. Duke

NON-ROSTERED DRAFTEES AND TRAINING CAMP INVITEES

25 Darrius Barnes DEF 6-1 175 12/24/1986 Raleigh, N.C. Duke

35 Dado Hamzagic MID 5-10 165 04/28/1986 St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis

26 Ryan Maxwell MID 5-9 165 09/01/1983 Clarendon, Jamaica Tampa

5 Chris Salvaggione FWD 5-11 170 04/07/1987 Monument, Colo. UNC-Charlotte

40 Brian Visser GK 6-3 190 06/02/1987 Elmhurst, Ill. DePaul

Vice President of Player Personnel: Mike Burns

Head Coach: Steve Nicol

Assistant Coaches: Paul Mariner, Gwynne Williams

Equipment Manager: Brian Banfill

Head Athletic Trainer: Sean Kupiec

Assistant Athletic Trainer: Phil Madore

Massage Therapist: Glenn O'Connor

Key: DEV - Developmental Player, GA - Generation adidas (Developmental player), INTL - international player

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