Summary: Anto and Nico are joined on Inside MLS by a special guest in new head coach of New England Revolution, Jay Heaps, who in his first year in this key role looks to duplicate the success he had as a former player. Jay gives us his insight into the very different world of Major League Soccer since he first arrived on the scene in 1999, the tough times when contraction was a serious reality for the league and how the landscape has changed all across MLS with new stadiums, expansion and an improved level of play as the game has begun to rise in North America. Jay also gives us his thoughts on some of the new faces who will begin to shape the future for the Revolution in the figures of Kelyn Rowe, Benny Feilhaber, Lee Nguyen and midfield stalwart Shalrie Joseph in the months ahead and what this should mean for the team as the reset button has been pushed. We also get into the very unique background that Jay has having been coached by both Steve Nicol and a college basketball legend in Mike Krzyzewski while at Duke University, as well as the challenges of bringing together an organization that clearly needed new energy and a fresh approach. This includes new players Florian Lechner in defense, Saër Sène at striker and some of the new additions that have been assembled. We also discuss the emergence of first year player Kelyn Rowe and how players who enter the league are faced with increasing pressures that were not there in past years given how expectations are higher in MLS. We also take a look at the phenomenon of the stadium within a shadow cast by the New England Patriots and pay homage to some of the key figures who shaped the early years of the league and where the game appears now to be heading. We talk some tactics, but it is clearly more about building a team that seems to be headed in the right direction.
