FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Cody Cropper waited 550 days for another opportunity.
The 26-year-old goalkeeper was the New England Revolution’s number one for most of the 2017 season, but after a 6-1 loss to Orlando City SC on September 27, 2017, Cropper lost the starting job to Brad Knighton for the season’s final three games.
Matt Turner then won the role to start the 2018 season, backed up by Knighton as Cropper found himself third on the depth chart and without a clear path to first-team minutes. He didn’t play a single game for the Revolution in 2018, in league play or the U.