FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – When goalkeeper Cody Cropper signed with the New England Revolution back in mid-August, he set his sights on making his MLS debut before the 2016 season came to a close.
The 23-year-old shot-stopper had to wait two months to accomplish that objective – toiling behind both Brad Knighton and Bobby Shuttleworth – but eventually Cropper got his wish, making a pair of strong saves in a 3-0 shutout of the Montreal Impact on Sunday afternoon in the Revolution’s 2016 finale.
“It’s something that I’ve been asking Jay (Heaps) and Remi (Roy) since the first day I got here,” Cropper said of getting first-team minutes.