CARY, N.C. – It’s often said that the mark of a good goalkeeping performance is making big saves at big times. By that metric, Brad Knighton had himself a pretty good performance on Wednesday night.
The New England Revolution netminder shut out the plucky Carolina RailHawks for 120 minutes, making five saves in a 1-0 win to help send the Revs into the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16.
Many of those saves were of the spectacular variety, none better than a strong, one-handed stop on a point-blank shot in the 117th minute, as the RailHawks pressed for an equalizer.