After two years in Major League Soccer, New England Revolution defender Andrew Farrell thought he had a pretty good handle on the league. The Revs had reached the playoffs in 2013, his rookie season, and advanced to MLS Cup the next year. Although they lost to the LA Galaxy, Farrell had every reason to believe more success would follow.
"I thought, 'Oh, this is what it's always going to be like,'" he told ESPN. "But we didn't keep progressing. We kind of fell behind the league, and the league advanced.