FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Bruce Arena is a man of his word.
“We’d like to have this team together in preseason and go all the way through, and see where we land in the end,” Arena said back in early November when the New England Revolution made their first offseason signing, Alexander Büttner. “I think it’ll be beneficial for us to have a full group in place when we report for preseason.”
Fast forward two months and – for all intents and purposes – Arena has his roster in place. Five more players arrived before the close of the calendar year as Adam Buksa and Samba Camara joined via the international market, Kelyn Rowe and Seth Sinovic returned to their former club as free agents, and Damian Rivera signed as the seventh Homegrown Player in club history.