FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – There’s been a heavy focus this week on the return of Kelyn Rowe from international duty, offering the New England Revolution a much-needed boost ahead of Saturday night’s meeting with the LA Galaxy (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC Boston).
But the Revs will soon get an additional lift in central midfield as Xavier Kouassi inches closer to a return from the quad injury that has sidelined him for the past seven weeks.
Kouassi has been a full participant in training for the past two weeks as he builds towards 100 percent fitness, and was even available on the bench for last week’s U.