FOXBOROUGH, MA– Following the New England Revolution’s 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City, Revolution forward Giacomo Vrioni Latif Blessing has made the MLS Team of the Week!
This is Giacomo Vrioni’s 1st appearance in MLS Team of the Week.
Team of the Matchday 9. Image Courtesy of Major League Soccer.
Giacomo Vrioni obtained a position in the MLS Team of the Matchday 7 following his stellar performance in front of the 19,000 + crowd at Gillette Stadium on Saturday night. Vrioni, who played 89 minutes, finished the match with a 9.0 rating according to Fotmob, and received man of the match honors. Offensively, Giacomo had 2 goals on 5 shot attempts (80 % accuracy) with 2 big chances missed. Vrioni had 25 touches and 1 pass into the final third. Along with this, the forward went 7/12 (58%) on accurate passes throughout the match. He went 0/1 (0%) on successful dribbles and was dispossessed 0 times during the match. Vrioni defensively was 1/1 on tackles won (100%) with 1 recovery. He was dribbled past 2 times. He went 4/9 (44%) on ground duels and was 2/4 on aerial duels won. He was fouled 3 times and committed 2 fouls during the match.
Foxboro, Massachusetts: New England Revolution forward Giacomo Vrioni (9) rises for the header in an MLS game between the New England Revolution and Sporting KC at Gillette Stadium on April 22, 2023. (c) Burt Granofsky
The New England Revolution (6-2-1, 20 pts.) stay home in Foxborough to face Hartford Athletic (1-2-3, 5 pts. in USL Championship) at Gillette Stadium on Tuesday, April 25 in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Match. The match kicks off at 7:30 p.m. ET on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app.
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