FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Not for the first time, “consistency” was a buzzword as the New England Revolution reflected on what went wrong during the 2016 campaign.
Despite a late-season push for the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spot, New England had dug themselves too deep a hole by the start of September, due in large part to a pair of six-game winless runs (both in April/May and July/August) and a separate three-game losing streak in June/July.
Those lengthy spells without a win are a trend that’s been tough for the Revs to shake in recent years.
“The past couple years you’ve seen a lot of downsides, whether it be a long stretch of eight, nine, 10 games that weren’t so great,” said Kelyn Rowe.