FOXBOROUGH, MA– Following the New England Revolution’s 1-1 draw with Columbus Crew, midfielder Latif Blessing has made the MLS Team of the Week bench!
This is Latif Blessing’s 1st appearance in MLS Team of the Week.
MLS Team of the Matchday 8. Image Courtesy of Major League Soccer
Latif Blessing obtained a position on the bench of the MLS Team of the Matchday 8 following his stellar performance in front of the 20,000 + crowd at Lower.com Field on Saturday night. Blessing, who played 83 minutes finished the match with an 7.7 rating according to Fotmob. Offensively, Blessing had goal 0 shot attempts along with 40 touches and 4 passes into the final third. The midfielder went 21/28 (75%) on accurate passes throughout the match with 2/3 accuracy on long balls (67%) and 1/1 (100%) on accurate crosses with 1 chance created. He went 3/4 (75%) on successful dribbles and was dispossessed 0 times during the match with 1 chance created. Blessing defensively was 2/3 on tackles won (67%) with 1 interception, along with 10 recoveries. He went 7/12 (58%) on ground duels and was 0/1 on aerial duels won (0%). He was fouled 1 time and committed 2 fouls during the match.
March 18, 2023. Foxboro, Massachusetts, USA. Scenes from the New England Revolution–Nashville FC game, which New England won 1-0.
The New England Revolution (5-2-1, 17 pts.) return home to Foxborough to face Sporting Kansas City (0-3-54, 3 pts.) at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, April 22. The match kicks off at 7:30 p.m. ET on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app.
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