Trivia question: other than Atlanta United, what do Darren Eales, Michael Parkhurst, Jeff Larentowicz, Julian Gressel and Miles Robinson all have in common?
The answer is New England. All of them were either born, attended college, played soccer, or achieved some combination of those in the region. Eales, Parkhurst and Gressel all have links to the city of Providence, Rhode Island (which is closer to Gillette Stadium than Boston, despite Fox Sports South’s insistence on showing aerial shots of Beantown during the broadcast). That city is rather aptly named for a visiting team that was direly in need of a confidence booster.