BRADENTON, Fla. – The New England Revolution responded to head coach Brad Friedel’s call to increase work ethic and effort in-game following last night’s performance against Orlando City SC, defeating USL League One side Greenville Triumph SC, 4-1, in an abbreviated 80-minute scrimmage on Thursday afternoon at IMG Academy.
While the sides were level 1-1 at the half, it was a rejuvenated Revolution team that completed a second-half comeback for a well-timed preseason victory.
“We started a little bit slow, which was probably normal given what happened last evening,” said Friedel. “It was really good to see the likes of Colby [Quinones], Trevor [Burns] come on – [Nicolas] Firmino got some more minutes.