FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Revolution defender Andrew Farrell has been nominated for the Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month award for April. Farrell played all 360 minutes of the Revs’ four games this month in central defense, helping the club compile a 3-0-1 record and move to the top of the Eastern Conference standings. In those four games, the Revolution recorded three shutouts and conceded just a single goal, coming from a set piece.
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Farrell is looking to become just the second Revolution player to be named the MLS Player of the Month since the start of the 2006 MLS season, joining Lee Nguyen, who was selected the Player of the Month for October 2014. In addition to Nguyen, the only other Revolution players ever to be selected as the MLS Player of the Month are Clint Dempsey (April 2005), Pat Noonan (October 2003), Taylor Twellman (May 2002 and September 2005) and Walter Zenga (September 1997).
For the season, Farrell is the only Revolution field player to appear in all 720 minutes of the club’s eight regular-season games. After spending much of his first two seasons as a right back, Farrell has been used solely in central defense this season, helping the Revs keep four clean sheets in their first eight games while conceding an average of less than a goal per game. Farrell has committed just two fouls all season long while winning more than 75 percent of his tackles.
