FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Cody Cropper joined the New England Revolution last August in search of consistent first-team minutes, and for the first time in his young career, he found them in 2017.
The seven years Cropper spent in England were critical for his development as he spent time in the systems of both Ipswich Town and Southampton, but he totaled just nine senior appearances (all during a year-long stint with Milton Keynes Dons) and returned to the States in search of games.
Cropper, still relatively young for a goalkeeper at the age of 24, established himself as a starter for most of the 2017 campaign, featuring in 28 games and keeping eight clean sheets during his first real run as a first-choice goalkeeper at the senior level.