Defensive errors by Ryan Cochrane and A.J. Soares led to goals by Fredy Montero in the 36th and 47th minutes, after Diego Fagundez had provided the Revolution with the lead.
“That’s the story of the game, just two mistakes and we lose the game,’’ Joseph said. “Hopefully, they’ll get stronger from that. They’ll bounce back and we’ll bounce back and be better next week.’’
The Revolution (5-14-12, 27 points), who host San Jose Saturday, have surrendered 51 goals, their worst defensive record since Steve Nicol became coach in 2002. But they have developed an effective style of play recently, the addition of Fagundez providing an active, technical complement to Milton Caraglio’s strength at striker.
Fagundez, 16, converted a goal in his first MLS appearance in August and scored in his first start against the Sounders.
The emergence of Fagundez is an encouraging sign for the Revolution. But they must start getting things in place for next season or risk falling farther behind the competition.
Nicol has started planning ahead by bringing in prospective players on trial, but his contract expires after this season and his future has not been clarified by the team.
Joseph is the Revolution’s leading scorer and is on track to tie Jay Heaps as the team’s all-time appearance leader, but he also will be without a contract.
“It’s going to be a long offseason,’’ Joseph said. “We’ve still got a couple games left and we have to finish the season strong.’’
Asked how he deals with the uncertainty, Joseph said, “I don’t really worry about it. It’s in the back of everybody’s head, in terms of who’s going to be here, who’s not going to be here. Right now, we’ve just got three games left and whoever ends up here and wants to stay here at the end of the season, they’re going to make that decision.
