Carles Gil honored with spot on Team of the Matchday 1
FOXBOROUGH, MA– New England Revolution midfielder Carles Gil has made the MLS Team of the Matchday 1 despite Saturday’s 3-1 loss to D.C. United.
This is Carles Gil’s first appearance in MLS Team of the Week this season.
MLS Team of the Matchday 1+2. Image Courtesy of Major League Soccer.
Carles Gil obtained a position in the MLS Team of the Matchday 1 for his stellar performance on Saturday night. Gil, who played all 90 minutes finished the match with an 8.5 rating according to Fotmob. Offensively, Carles had 1 goals on 4 shot attempts (75% accuracy). Gil had 67 touches and 13 passes into the final third. The midfielder went 34/46 (78%) on accurate passes throughout the match with 3/6 accuracy on long balls (50%) and 0/3 (0%) on accurate crosses. He went 1/2 (50%) on successful dribbles and was dispossessed 0 times during the match with 3 chances created. He also took 5 corners during the match. Gil defensively had 0 tackles won with 1 defensive action. He had 9 recoveries during the match. He went 5/7 (71%) on ground duels and went 0/1 on aerial duels (0%). He was fouled 4 times and committed 1 foul during the match.
Carles Gil with a GOLAZO!
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The New England Revolution (0-0-1, 0pts.) return home to Gillette Stadium for leg 2 of their Concacaf Champions Cup campaign. They currently lead 1-0 on aggregate over Club Atlético Independiente de La Chorrera. The second leg is set to kickoff at Gillette Stadium on Thursday, February 27th at 8:00 p.m. ET on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app.
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