Revs Head Coach Caleb Porter Discusses the Revolution's Return to MLS Play

Caleb Porter with us once again Caleb Caleb you there hey how you doing what up I'm there yeah yeah good good how's preseason going full show now missed it lastek we're kicking the crap out of them is what we're doing it hasn't been great yeah I bet bet yeah similar to us yeah hey we we play a game here on a show called this or that where you get to pick one or the other and you only got one choice yeah two big concerts at Gillette this week pink was last night and uh Kenny Chesney's got three nights I think I know what you're going with here yeah Kenny Chesney all day yeah yeah although my daughter and wife would love to go to Pink did they didn't go last night then huh they didn't go they didn't go but they did just get in town last Sunday finally they're here they're here so it's good they start school uh next week that's right get them out of the house right they get here and they got to get out that's it's like great to be together again now go to school see you yeah yeah exactly all right so back in Action this Saturday uh got the away game Montreal and you were saying earlier in the week that at this point you kind of need this mindset of you need to win every game and every match to be in the playoffs you know how do you sort of convey that to the team and and carry that mindset going forward yeah I mean we don't have to win every game but the mindset needs to be to win win the next one obviously it's cliches that sounds you know we can't you know we can't bite off more than the next game so we need to win our home games for sure you know that's four four out of 11 and then if we win two or three on the road I think we're in good shape you know um but it doesn't do any good to kind of predict all that we just need to go and win the next game langon he got a chance to play soon I think he might be ready here for Saturday okay yeah yeah he's been here that he got here late last week and he's trained all week um he's coming off an off season though so uh we're gonna have to need to we're going to need to be careful and work him in but he'll he'll definitely play a role in the game probably Off the Bench how has he looked so far and what you've been able to see with him in training yeah great you know he's he's young he runs he's very Dynamic I think he's you know like the second fastest guy on our team which is which is good he brings a lot of penetration and pace and and a threat you know he's a guy that's going to he's going to get behind you he's going to run behind you and he's going to get service into the box um you know and he's very hungry he's played in you know a really uh really good club in bua juniors with a lot of pressure and his mentality is excellent so you you've had injuries that you've dealt with all year long when it comes to Saturday uh whether it's heel barrero Veron can we expect to see any of these guys yeah all of them we're all we're uh we're 100% healthy for the first time uh so that's great we still have some guys that aren't fully fit to be able to start the game um so you know carless is fit he'll start and then we have you know some other guys that are going to be available for the game but they're only only available Off the Bench um which is good though because the game is usually won and lost in the last 30 minutes big news for us Men's National Team looks like they reached agreement for a new head coach what do you think of the fit yeah I think it's a great hire I really do I had the opportunity to see poino work with Tottenham um he's a great guy that's I think the biggest thing he's a he's a world-class manager but he's a really humble guy and a good person and he's not going to come in arrogant um you know so you could get a really good coach but they're going to come in arrogant Maybe and and you know there's some quirks to our country and kind of the the way that we do things here and the infrastructure you know from from a soccer standpoint so I think he'll come in with an open mind and um I think he's a great fit because he's a very good coach and had you know big success and been with some of the top clubs in the world but I think he'll he loves the US that otherwise he wouldn't have taken the job hey you said you're Caleb you said you're you're at full strength here first time in a while but this Al alhassan yusf from Belgium has you you signed him this Summer but he's not left Belgium yet what's what's the story there yeah that's just the way it is in terms of these summer summer window signings you know unfortunately you only get them for the the end of the year and with with langoni we were able to get him signed in his Visa process sooner than we were um alhassan so he uh we did get his we did get word that his Visa was approved and we're expecting him to be here early next week so that's good all right very good uh great to talk to you again and good luck this weekend yeah good luck in Montreal yeah thanks guys you guys too hope you're doing well take care thanks Caleb Porter