{"id":43255,"date":"2022-05-29T15:25:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T19:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=43255"},"modified":"2022-05-29T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T19:25:48","slug":"gustavo-bou-revolution-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2022\/05\/29\/gustavo-bou-revolution-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Gustavo Bou scores on his return to the Revolution against the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To conclude a convoluted week, the New England Revolution welcomed Philadelphia to Gillette Stadium. It was a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2022\/05\/22\/brandon-byes-brilliance-revolution-mls\/\" target=\"_self\">win at Cincinnati<\/a> followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2022\/05\/24\/us-open-cup-revs-priority\/\" target=\"_self\">an Open Cup exit at the hands of NYCFC in extra-time<\/a>. Now, the Union may be the leading team in the Eastern Conference, but they were dominated in this one. Gustavo Bou scores on his return to the starting XI but that was the only Revolution chance converted.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gustavo Bou Scores Amongst a Plethora of Missed Chances From the Revs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>The Revs Concede Late Once Again<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Defensive woes have previously been at the fore for the Revolution so far this season. It was another poor goal to give away, but they looked particularly good going forward. Yet another Omar Gonzalez error was the root of evil for New England, coming not long after Gustavo Bou scored from the penalty spot. Gonzalez\u2019s skewed clearance went straight to Mikael Uhre and he did the rest.<\/p>\n<p>There is growing concern among the fanbase regarding the aging Gonzalez, Bruce Arena bringing him in the off-season seeming to be a flawed decision. Midfielder Sebastian Lletget\u2019s assessment of the situation is as follows: \u201cThere\u2019s been positives, but the trend is we leak goals. We just can\u2019t hold that lead for whatever reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Arena said that \u201cwe\u2019re shooting ourselves in the foot a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At this point Omar Gonzalez is just making everyone\u2019s point. No one wants to dogpile on a central defender. But it\u2019s mistake after mistake at this point. Jon Bell has spent long enough on bench purgatory. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NErevs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NErevs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Julian Cardillo (@JulianCardillo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulianCardillo\/status\/1530724511850569728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Along with this calamitous error, the Revs took twenty-two shots in this one. Only four of these may have been on target, but Lletget was still full of praise for Jamaican international goalkeeper Andre Blake: \u201cHe\u2019s one of the better goalkeepers in the league. He\u2019s always there. He does well for that team and that\u2019s why they are top of the table.\u201d There was a consistent threat for New England going forward through the likes of Carles Gil and Lletget, but Gustavo Bou scores their only goal of the game.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>New England are Unable to Make the Most of Their Chances Against Philly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As has already been mentioned, it was a case of being wasteful in front of goal. Adam Buksa has been the star man for the Revolution so far this season and his absence was felt. He has an ongoing streak in front of goal but was allowed to miss this game so as to join up with the Polish national team. This isn\u2019t the first time this has happened and so the discontent from supporters over allowing this to happen is certainly understandable.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m told that Adam Buksa has played his last game for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NERevs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NERevs<\/a>. The summer transfer window opens in France on Jun. 10. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3xIceglFv5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3xIceglFv5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seth (@SethMan31) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethMan31\/status\/1530913126119616517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2022\/05\/18\/dylan-borrero-new-england\/\" target=\"_self\">Dylan Borrero made his home debut<\/a> in this one and as well as expressing his excitement about this, the Colombian mentioned that this was a missed chance. \u201cI was very, very happy to debut in front of the home fans here at home. But I\u2019m a little sad about the result, the tie. We had some chances to score a little more and win this game,&#8221; Borrero said. The three points were there for the taking but it ended honors even against the conference-leading Union.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Gustavo Bou Scores on his Return to the XI in the Place of Adam Buksa<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A number of Revolution players have spent time on the sidelines this season due to injury. From Andrew Farrell to Henry Kessler, Matt Turner to Gustavo Bou, Arena has been without some key players. Gustavo Bou scores on his return to the starting XI though he saw 45 minutes against Cincinnati last weekend but this was his first start since the CCL exit at the hands of Pumas. Borrero, who has spoken very highly of <em>La Pantera<\/em> since arriving, said that he is \u201cvery happy for him\u201d regarding this return to action and the score sheet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Uno m\u00e1s para el cuaderno \ud83d\udcd3\ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W8cG8asAuA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/W8cG8asAuA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gustavo La Pantera Bou (@gustavobouok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gustavobouok\/status\/1530762866227396608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gustavo Bou scored the Revolution goal from 12 yards out after Borrero forced a Jack Elliott handball in the box. It was then Uhre who netted for Philly as a result of that howler from Gonzalez. This was a second MLS goal for the Dane since he joined from Brondby in his home country. Only Julian Carranza (4) and Daniel Gazdag (7) have outscored him in a Union shirt in 2022 to date.<\/p>\n<p>The obvious positive of this draw for the Revs is that Gustavo Bou scores his first goal of the season. The Argentinian forward is one of seven New England men with a single goal to their name and as a team, they could have done with a few more at Gillette. All in all though, a draw against the high-flying Philadelphia Union is far from a bad result.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"6FmuHOXzSBhDXYe6sXoppQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1240973898\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'6FmuHOXzSBhDXYe6sXoppQ',sig:'JHWbOYJ358fynogG1wCmxcmt298zkXQs8wfPP7jlL6Y=',w:'594px',h:'398px',items:'1240973898',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union are a very good team and so while Gustavo Bou scores the only goal for New England in a draw, this is a good point<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3891,"featured_media":43263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[115,4929,3716,891,4921,816],"class_list":["post-43255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-revolution","category-union","tag-bruce-arena","tag-dylan-borrero","tag-gillette-stadium","tag-jim-curtin","tag-mikael-uhre","tag-sebastian-lletget"],"modified_by":"Rachael Kriger, Senior Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}