Dylan Borrero Finds Success After Shifting his Positioning

Wood noted, “We were still playing the same positions. It was just, you know, Dylan wanting to get his groove on on the left. He did his thing and it worked. So we all adjusted and that’s what we do.”

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Dylan Borrero moving out wide during the first half helped propel the New England Revolution to a 3-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo.

Borrero began the game as a striker playing alongside Bobby Wood. The Colombian ultimately changed his positioning with the hope that he would get more of the ball.

“I think I understood the game,” Borrero said via a translator. “Being closer to the center, I couldn’t get the ball, so when I opened up I think that I helped the team out a little bit more there.”

Wood noted, “We were still playing the same positions. It was just, you know, Dylan wanting to get his groove on on the left. He did his thing and it worked. So we all adjusted and that’s what we do.”

Borrero broke the deadlock in the 42nd minute, a goal that Houston head coach Ben Olsen said “hurt” because the Revs are “a tough team to chase.”

New England Revolution @NERevolution

.@BorreroDylan with a banger to open the season at home! 🎯🎯🎯

Borrero created a goal in the 65th minute when he pushed up the left flank before finding Brandon Bye.

Seth @SethMan31

This is why you want to have Borrero out wide. I also think that Wood is occupying the Houston defenders with his run. #NERevs

Beyond his goal and assist, Borrero had 45 touches, earned two free kicks, and was 22/27 on accurate passes. He was replaced by Ema Boateng in the 69th minute.

“[Dylan Borrero] was a handful all night,” Olsen said. “Borrero, he's a big pickup, I think, for the team. He really offsets you and his isolation in 1-v-1 situations, you have to take those serious and bring another guy to deal with him and I thought he was a big piece for them tonight.”