FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Just two weeks after naming Brad Friedel head coach the New England Revolution have taken a major step toward shaping the roster for his first season in charge.
Nine players had their contract options for 2018 exercised on Monday evening, including U.S. National Team members Juan Agudelo and Kelyn Rowe, last year’s leading scorer Kei Kamara, and local products Scott Caldwell, Zach Herivaux, and Chris Tierney.
That leaves New England’s roster at 14 players heading into the new year – Antonio Delamea, Claude Dielna, Diego Fagundez, Krisztián Németh and Lee Nguyen were already under contract for 2018 – and that group represents a base on which Friedel and his staff can build.