Assistant Coach Reflects On 2024 Revolution Season
Pablo Moriera: "It's been an interesting season."
This hasn’t been the season the New England Revolution hoped for, but assistant coach Pablo Moreira sees positives to build off of.
Moriera arrived in New England during the offseason, reuniting with head coach Caleb Porter. The two worked together at Akron University, the Portland Timbers, and Columbus Crew, winning championships at all three stops. The hope is that they can do the same in New England.
But this year hasn’t been smooth.
After a 2-10-1 start while balancing Concacaf Champions Cup and league play, the Revs won five of six. They’ve since gone 1-5-2 while navigating injuries.
The Revs are currently at the bottom of the Eastern Conference after losing 3-0 to Orlando City SC.
Moreira, who served as the acting head coach on Saturday whil Porter served a one-game suspension, was asked to reflect on the 2024 season and what has gone wrong. He admitted that it’s a “loaded question.”
“[I’ve] been fortunate enough to work with Caleb, kind of my whole career, almost his whole career,” Moreira said. “It's been an interesting season. It's a loaded question, but I just think obviously when we first came in, it's a new group, it's a new system, it's a new style of play. So, we saw early on, just getting adjusted to that.
“Then in the middle of season, as you guys saw, injuries took a toll. But in that span where we won those games in a row, you can see our structures, both attacking and defending. That's how we're looking to play.
“So with people coming back from injuries, it's great because a lot of guys are getting healthy, but there's also some inconsistencies in the play and just the rhythm and the routine of being out there. So from that standpoint, things haven't gone great, but there are some things to build off of.”
The Revs sit six points below the playoff line with seven games left to play. They welcome CF Montreal on Wednesday before traveling to Charlotte on Saturday.
I am so sick of hearing about that win streak. Wins against what was essentially red bulls 2 because of international duty is the type of game this staff of bozos is hanging their hat on. Terrible job from Billelo down giving clowns control of this team
"Interesting" is not a word I'd use to describe the season -pathetic, embarrassing, and depressing all come to mind. I'm also tired of the Champions League excuse as other teams were able to play in that contest and still remain competitive in the league. The injury excuse is also over-used. Even after the team has recovered from most of the injuries, they still are mediocre at best (or terrible like the last two games). It's really depressing how mush this team has regressed since Arena was placed on leave and I have zero confidence in Porter and his coaching team to turn things around either this year or next. The clueless front office rewards its faithful fans with an 11% price increase to add insult to injury.