{"id":46319,"date":"2023-03-24T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T16:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=46319"},"modified":"2023-03-24T12:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T16:08:23","slug":"bruce-arena-revs-vs-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/03\/24\/bruce-arena-revs-vs-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"How Will Bruce Arena Line the Revs Up Against His Former Team?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There aren\u2019t many people who have had a bigger impact on Major League Soccer than Bruce Arena. The New England Revolution head coach has a legacy there for all to see whether it be with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/03\/23\/la-galaxy-vs-portland-prediction-25\/\" target=\"_self\">LA Galaxy<\/a> or the USMNT. He also created history in D.C. as he now prepares to take his Revs\u2019 side back there\u2026<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bruce Arena Goes into Battle Against D.C. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Who Will Make the Revs XI?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The burning question for those following the Revolution is regarding the status of Carles Gil. He played just 30 minutes in the defeat to LAFC before not even making the matchday squad for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/03\/19\/gustavo-bou-goal-revs-nashville\/\" target=\"_self\">the narrow win over Nashville SC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Arena went some way to alleviate the worries of the Revs\u2019 faithful in this week\u2019s media availability, saying that \u201cCarles trained today [Thursday] and looked good.\u201d In the Spaniard\u2019s absence, others have had to step up and they have done so impressively in the eyes of the boss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re real pleased with the contributions Gustavo [Bou] has made since he\u2019s come back, and Bobby Wood has been pretty steady, so we\u2019re real pleased with that.\u201d Arena also said that he expects Jozy Altidore and Giacomo Vrioni to contribute this year too, labelling it a \u201cgood problem\u201d to have in the attacking third.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bruce Arena mentioned on today&#39;s media call that Carles Gil participated in training today, and just told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZoandBertrand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ZoandBertrand<\/a> that if there aren&#39;t any issues in tomorrow&#39;s training session, he&#39;ll travel to D.C. for Saturday night&#39;s game.<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; Jeff Lemieux (@jeff_lemieux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeff_lemieux\/status\/1638948507603050514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another potential headache for the former D.C. United head coach is regarding the status of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2022\/10\/09\/dylan-borrero-revs-chicago-draw\/\" target=\"_self\">Dylan Borrero<\/a> and more importantly, finding a replacement. The Revs will be without the winger for this trip to the national\u2019s capital after he was called up to the Colombian national team for this international window.<\/p>\n<p>Borrero has looked very lively so far in 2023 and so whilst Arena labels him as \u201ca good, young player with a lot of potential\u201d, the 71-year-old is confident that his team will still perform to the best of their abilities. In his own words: \u201cWe\u2019ll be okay. We\u2019ll make some changes and be ready to play the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/03\/19\/gustavo-bou-goal-revs-nashville\/\" target=\"_self\">Gustavo Bou Fires the Revs to Third Win of the Season<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Bruce Arena Returns to Familiar Territory<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Revolution and D.C. United are amongst the exclusive group who can call themselves MLS originals. Bruce Arena has managed both as well as two other teams with that status, the Galaxy and the Red Bulls, although the latter then went by the name of the New Jersey Metro Stars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/03\/06\/bobby-wood-revs-houston-dynamo\/\" target=\"_self\">Striker Bobby Wood<\/a> discussed his early experiences of Arena from his brief time thus far in New England. \u201cI think Bruce [Arena] just uses his experience to kind of just tell the players the truth and I think everybody kind of just appreciates that and we move on from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAfter four games, you got nine points. That\u2019s pretty damn good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Arena to the team last night \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ebqVbzGxKx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ebqVbzGxKx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New England Revolution (@NERevolution) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NERevolution\/status\/1637541958502555648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In typical style, the New York-born head coach is more focussed on the task at hand than the romantic side of this fixture. That being said, Arena labelled it as one of the \u201cgreat experiences in [his] career\u201d, going on to say this also. \u201cI have nothing but great memories of D.C. United and their great, legendary president Kevin Payne, so those were really great years for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On this weekend\u2019s opponent, Arena highlighted a few of the more veteran-like players on the D.C. roster. \u201c[Christian] Benteke\u2019s an excellent player, very dangerous and clearly a good goal scorer. [Mateusz Klich] is an excellent midfielder. They\u2019ve got experienced center backs in [Steven] Birnbaum and [Derrick] Williams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arena has fond memories of D.C. and the club hold him in high regard, but that will all go out of the window for this game. Bruce Arena versus <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2022\/09\/01\/d-c-manage-second-win\/\" target=\"_self\">Wayne Rooney<\/a>, the New England Revolution vs D.C. United, will take place tomorrow night at 7:30 ET from Audi Field.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports, March 4 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There aren\u2019t many people who have had a bigger impact on Major League Soccer than Bruce Arena. The New England Revolution head coach has a legacy there for all to see whether it be with LA Galaxy or the USMNT. 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