Revolution head coach and sporting director Bruce Arena was an energetic seller earlier than the MLS Secondary Transfer Window went darkish on Aug. 4.
The Revs picked up three gamers and dismissed two as Arena reconfigured his roster for the stretch run in the direction of the MLS Cup playoffs.
The Revolution (7-7-9) are tenth within the Eastern Conference going into Saturday evening’s (7:30 p.m.) encounter with struggling D.C. United at Gillette Stadium.
The Revolution play three video games in eight days with street matches at Toronto on Wednesday and Montreal on Aug. 20. The Revolution are coming off a formidable 3-0 victory at Orlando City FC on Aug. 6.
“We’ll have to make some changes as we did in our last game at Orlando, but it’s going a difficult week ahead with three games,” mentioned Arena. “We go to Toronto and Montreal next week so we need to get our players that have been out healthy and ready to play as well.”
Arena used his commerce capital and money surplus to amass midfielder Ismael Tajouri-Shradi, 28, from Los Angeles FC in trade for $400,000 in 2023 General Allocation cash. LAFC may obtain an extra $200,000 if the Libyan attacker is re-signed for the 2024 season.
Arena additionally picked up goalkeeper Clement Diop from Inter Miami and middle again Christian Makoun from enlargement Charlotte for financial issues. Arena traded midfielder Sebastian Lletget to Dallas in a money deal and parted methods with midfielder Arnor Traustason on Wednesday.
The Revolution are set at keeper since buying Serbian stopper Djordje Petrovic and have two strong however injury-prone middle backs in Andrew Farrell and Henry Kessler. That makes Tajouri-Shradi, who’s listed as possible for D.C. United with a leg damage, the lynchpin within the trifecta.
“Well, (Tajouri-Shradi) is a good attacking player,” mentioned Arena. “He can take folks on and he can end and he’s scored various targets in his MLS profession.
“We’re hopeful that’s something that he can contribute to us once he gets healthy.”
Lletget was introduced aboard within the offseason to exchange dynamic scorer and playmaker Tajon Buchanan, who left to play in Belgium. Lletget performed in 19 video games with 18 begins and had two targets and 5 assists earlier than getting shipped to Texas.
Tajouri-Shradi, who will depend as a home participant on the roster, has made 90 appearances with 48 begins in 5 MLS seasons. The left-footed winger has scored 28 targets with 9 assists.
“I’ve been struggling a little bit with injuries so far but I’m working hard every day to get back as soon as possible with the team and be back out there to help the team,” mentioned Tajouri-Shradi.
“I had a conversation with the coach and he knows me already from before with New York City. He knows what I like to play, what I can do and what I have to improve on. First of all, I need to get as fit as possible to be out there to do everything for the team’s push to the playoffs and then go from there.”
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