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The New England Revolution captain extends his contract amid MLS’s calendar shift.
The Revolution introduced a six-month contract extension with Carles Gil on Monday, making certain their captain will stay in staff colours by way of a tenth season as Main League Soccer transitions to a brand new calendar.
The transfer pushes Gil’s contract by way of June 2028. Gil, 33, was signed by way of the tip of 2027 through a multiyear deal he agreed to two years ago, however MLS’s shift to a July-to-May schedule starting in 2027-28 means he would have been out of contract in midseason.
“I’m excited for what’s coming,” Gil mentioned on a convention name Monday, citing optimism from the primary few weeks of labor with new coach Marko Mitrović. “It’s a younger group. It’s by no means simple . . . [but] I wish to be right here.”
Related offers are anticipated throughout the league within the coming months. On New England’s senior roster, veteran midfielder Matt Polster’s multiyear deal signed final Could is thru 2027, and Tanner Beason and Will Sands have offers like Gil’s prior one — beneath contract by way of 2026, with a 2027 choice yr.
Gil was voted the Revolution’s staff MVP for the third straight season and fifth general in 2025, additional strengthening his declare because the franchise’s best-ever participant. His 10 targets and 14 assists every led the membership, with the latter giving him a franchise report 98 throughout all competitions. His 136 objective contributions (49 targets, 87 assists) in 193 MLS regular-season video games are also a franchise report; he handed Taylor Twellman, who had 129 in 174 video games, in August.
Gil is one in all simply 5 gamers in league historical past with at the very least 10 assists in 5 straight seasons, and his 92 in league play (together with playoffs) are essentially the most since 2019, when the Revolution acquired his rights from Spain’s Deportivo de La Coruña.
The Revolution are of their fourth week of preseason work in Florida, with two extra exhibition matches scheduled previous to their season opener at Nashville SC on Feb. 21. The thirty first house opener is roughly one month away, set for two:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 7, towards Houston.
Panayotou once more loaned to USL
Cambridge native Jack Panayotou has been loaned out by the Revolution for the third straight season, this time to Loudoun United of the USL Championship.
The midfielder, a Buckingham Browne & Nichols product and Revolution Academy graduate, spent every of the final two seasons within the USLC, making 12 appearances for Rhode Island FC in 2024 and 13 (with three targets) for Hartford Athletic final yr.
The 21-year-old has made 22 whole appearances for the Revolution since signing as a homegrown participant in January 2023, in addition to 28 with Revolution II, the group’s high developmental membership.
Loudoun United visits Rhode Island FC for the third-year membership’s season opener on March 7 at Pawtucket’s Centreville Financial institution Stadium.
