On October 20, 2013, the New England Revolution announced at their last regular season home game that Captain Jose Goncalves earned the team's Defender of the Year Award as voted by Media. In addition, the Revolution's Supporters' Group - The Midnight Riders - named Jose Goncalves Man of the Year for his outsanding play throughout the 2013 season by aggregating his Man of the Man performances and point allocation. Goncalves has played every minute to date and has led the Revolution to a Club Record amount of Clean Sheets. He has scored two game-winners against the Columbus Crew and Montreal Impact and been named to the MLS Team of the Week on six occassions as well as to the EA Sports Ultimate Team of the Week once. Many heralded Goncalves as a frontrunner for MLS Defender of the Year at the half way point of the season and his play has put him in line for the end of season MLS Awards that will be announced throughout the next six weeks. MLS Editors weighed in on the Defender of the Year Candidates with the majority choosing Goncalves.
Stone Sports Mangement would like to congratulate Jose Goncalves on these honors and for him during the final regular season game against the Columbus Crew in Columbus, Ohio. Agent Justin Stone will be attending the match that has great importance for Jose and the Revolution. A win will have them advance to the Playoffs for the first time since 2009 ending a 3-year drought.