These days, every New England Revolution training session is a mixture of coaches’ whistles and the back-up beeping of heavy machinery, set plays next to setting cement. The practice field in the woods behind Gillette Stadium has been a job site for the better part of the past year. A few yards from where the Revs train, workers are putting the finishing touches on a $35 million facility that the club plans to move into in September.



The cacophony of construction spoils what would otherwise be a rather idyllic setting, but the extra noise is appropriate for a club that’s in the middle of a big rebuild. For the first time in almost five years, the Revs are making a serious attempt to remake themselves for the modern version of MLS.



Owners Robert and Jonathan Kraft overhauled the top of the organization in May, firing head coach Brad Friedel and GM Mike Burns within days of each other and swiftly replacing both with Bruce Arena. The switch seems...