No Caribbean team had ever beat a U.S. team in a CONCACAF club championship matchup. No Caribbean team had ever scored more than three goals against an U.S. team.
After losing 4-0 to Trinidad & Tobago outfit Joe Public at home in the second leg of their series, eliminated 6-1 on aggregate, the Revs entered the record books in all of the wrong ways.
Revolution head coach Steve Nicol blamed his side's lack of strikers and continuing injuries for his team's CONCACAF Champions League demise.
"Being out of the cup, you say we'll concentrate on the league," Nicol said. "I don't know what else to tell you. The last three months, we've played every four days. That's a lot of traveling. That's why you get what you get tonight -- a team that has no juice. We might manage a training session in the next two weeks."
Despite the mitigating circumstances, Revs 'keeper Matt Reis wasn't pleased at how his team went out but said that the better team on the night won.
"You never want to get beat at home," Reis said. "Unfortunately, that happened tonight. The important thing now is to focus on MLS Cup."
Focusing on the game was difficult as Joe Public made things difficult with an early Gregory Richardson goal. Two more Richardson goals, including one before halftime, made the task impossible.
Reis gave credit to Joe Public's ability to keep compact and deny the Revolution space to create in the offensive third.
"They were very organized," Reis said. "We couldn't get behind them very well. Once we went behind for the first goal, it was an uphill battle from there. We made a lot of mental mistakes. That's what happens when you're playing the bottom guys on your roster, the guys who haven't played that much and gotten that many minutes."
Joe Public head coach Keith Griffith said his team tried to stay compact, use its speed to get in behind the Revs defense and minimize Shalrie Joseph's impact.
"What we should have done at Marvin Lee (Stadium), we did tonight," Griffith said, referring to the site of the first leg. "We were very professional and very organized."
The news isn't all bad for the Revs, who will now get to focus on league play for the rest of the season. That gives the team time to get healthy and jockey for playoff position.
Revs midfielder Khano Smith said his team has struggled with the demands placed on it by performing in multiple tournaments this season.
"Teams in Europe have squads of 22 world-class players," Smith said. "We don't."
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