CHESTER — There have been times this year when Indiana Vassilev has not been the right man for the job. Saturday, in the key moment that unlatched the New England Revolution and dispelled 70 minutes/seven days of frustration, Vassilev was the perfect man for the moment.

Vassilev’s fingerprints were all over the only goal in the Union’s 1-0 win, tapped home by Bruno Damiani to keep the Union in first place in the Supporters’ Shield race with three games to play.

Vassilev was the one who recovered possession to set up a 12-pass sequence leading to Damiani’s seventh goal of the season. He played the progressive ball to Damiani to start the move in earnest. And his tactical flexibility, to shift to a dual-6 role and allow the introduction of Milan Iloski, whose assist found Damiani, helped t

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