FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Just as the New England Revolution were nearing full health another key piece fell victim to the injury bug last weekend as Gershon Koffie suffered a right knee sprain.
New England’s central midfield stalwart landed awkwardly after cutting across FC Dallas forward Tesho Akindele to win a foul in the 22nd minute of last Saturday’s loss. From that set piece, Lee Nguyen delivered a cross to Juan Agudelo for the Revolution’s opening goal.
Despite being in obvious pain, Koffie attempted to soldier on for the next several minutes, and even played a role in the Revolution’s second goal as he kept an attack alive before Nguyen was fouled inside the box, winning the penalty that he ultimately converted.