FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Following a trio of early-season losses, New England Revolution head coach Brad Friedel challenged his players to find a response on Saturday afternoon at Gillette Stadium against visiting Minnesota United FC.
They found it, spurred in large part by a whopping six changes to the starting lineup.
Jalil Anibaba opened the scoring early with his first goal in almost four years, Brandon Bye’s second career goal was the game winner in the 62nd minute, and goalkeeper Cody Cropper made two saves to pick up a 2-1 win in his first appearance since September 2017.