FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Matt Turner had relatively modest goals for the 2018 season.
Entering his third year as a professional and without an MLS appearance to his name, the 24-year-old set his sights on playing 5-10 games with the New England Revolution. But after winning the starting job in preseason and beginning the year as the Revolution’s number one goalkeeper those objectives quickly changed.
Turner’s aim became 34 starts – a full season – and a playoff appearance, and midway through the campaign both looked like achievable targets. The young goalkeeper garnered league-wide praise as the Revs raced out to their best first half of a season in 10 years.