New England, Colorado complete multi-player trade

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Revs get Burpo, Gibbs, allocation money, draft pick for Larentowicz, Thompson

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Revolution today acquired goalkeeper Preston Burpo, defender Cory Gibbs, allocation money and a third-round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft from the Colorado Rapids in exchange for the rights to midfielder Jeff Larentowicz and midfielder Wells Thompson. Per league and team policies, further details of the deal were not announced.

"We're pleased that we were able to complete this trade and bring Preston and Cory to the Revolution," New England Vice President of Player Personnel Michael Burns said. "We have areas that need addressing this off-season and we feel this trade helps in some of those areas.

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Revs offer new contract to Reis, opt out on four

The New England Revolution have extended a contract offer to veteran goalkeeper Matt Reis in an attempt to keep their veteran No. 1 in the fold for 2011.

Reis, 35, entered the offseason as the Revolution's lone out-of-contract player after he concluded his eighth season with the team in 2010.


Revolution vice president of player personnel Michael Burns confirmed on Thursday that the team has supplied Reis with a new offer, but he did not elaborate on the length or the terms of the proposed deal.

If New England handed Reis a bona-fide offer – including a five-percent raise on his 2010 base salary for next season, among other protections and provisions – under the terms of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, it would explain why Reis is not included among the list of possible candidates for the first stage of the Re-Entry process on Wednesday.


While New England have taken steps to retain Reis for 2011, they have also moved to possibly cut ties with four members of their current squad. Preston Burpo, Nico Colaluca, Cory Gibbs and Khano Smith will enter Wednesday's first stage of the Re-Entry process after the Revolution decided not to exercise their option to keep each of the four players for next season at their option price.

“The re-entry process is new this year, not only for the players, but also the teams,” Burns said in a statement on Friday afternoon. “With the new labor agreement, we had to make some difficult personnel and salary cap decisions.”

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