FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Standing over a 93rd-minute free kick with the game on his foot, his New England Revolution locked in a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids in the home opener at Gillette Stadium, Chris Tierney had just one thought on his mind.
“I just figured, knowing it was the last kick of the game, I’m getting it on target,” said Tierney, who revealed that his seniority won out in “a tough negotiation” with Diego Fagundez to determine who’d take the dramatic set piece. “I’m not putting this thing over – I’m going to make him make a save, if nothing else – and we got a lucky bounce, which we deserved.