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Dimitry Imbongo
Dimitry Imbongo Boele (born 28 March 1990) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for German club Alemannia Aachen. CareerOn 16 July 2012, midway through the MLS Season, Imbongo signed a contract with the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.[1] His move to New England from TSV 1860 Munich II was reminicint of the move the Revolution's all-time leading goal scorer Taylor Twellman made in 2002.[2] Despite helping the Revolution return to the playoffs for the first time in four years in 2013,[3] Imbongo is perhaps most notable for setting a Revolution club-record by earning 3 red cards in a single season, the most in a season by any Revolution player.[4][5] As of 2024 Imbongo is tied for third in Revolution history for career red cards received, and earned the dubious distinction in just 32 matches, the fastest Rev to reach the three-ejection mark.[4] Revolution manager Jay Heaps praised Imbongo, stating he "does some good stuff. He holds it up, he has really good feet for a big man. He’s still adjusting to his teammates and that takes a little time."[2] Imbongo made his Revolution debut as a 69th minute substitute for Kelyn Rowe in a 2–1 loss to the Philadelphia Union on 29 July 2012.[4] He made his first start the following week in a 1–0 loss to Sporting Kansas City on 4 August.[4] Imbongo scored his first goal for the Revolution on 5 September 2012, a game-winning effort against the Columbus Crew.[6] That goal would be his only contribution in 9 appearances during the Revolution's 2012 campaign.[4] In the 2013 New England Revolution season, his first and only full season in New England, Imbongo scored three goals and recorded four assists in 21 games played.[4] He made his first start of the campaign on 11 May, and was issued a red card in a 18 May match in Houston after an incident with Dynamo defender Bobby Boswell.[7] He missed the following match against Toronto FC on 25 May serving a one-game suspension.[5] On 13 July 2013, he was issued his second red card of season, again against Houston,[8] and missed the following match against Colorado on 17 July due to suspension.[5] Imbongo scored the game-winner for the Revolution in the 4th round of the 2013 U.S. Open Cup, helping the Revolution defeat the New York Red Bulls 4–2 to the quarter finals.[9] On 27 July 2013 Imbongo scored at D.C. United, marking his third goal in seven games, but was then issued a club-record third red card of the season at Kansas City on 10 August,[10][11] missing the next match against Chicago on 17 August.[12] On 25 August 2013, Imbongo recorded his first two career MLS assists against Philadelphia Union, setting up a Kelyn Rowe's goal, (that was ultimately nominated for goal of the week), and then Juan Agudelo's second goal.[5] Imbongo started both of the team's matches in the MLS Cup Playoffs against Sporting Kansas City, and scored first career playoff goal in the team's 3–1 loss in leg 2 on 6 November 2013.[13] Imbongo received what would be the final red card of his Revolution career in the final of the 2014 Desert Diamond Cup pre-season tournament, after getting in a "tussle" with Colorado's Marvin Chavez in the 85th minute.[14] Following the Revolution's acquisition of Charlie Davies,[15] Imbongo would appear only twice for the Revolution in the 2014 New England Revolution season.[16] On 8 December 2014 the Revolution traded Imbongo, Geoffrey Castillion and a second-round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft to the Colorado Rapids for goalkeeper Joe Nasco and a third-round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.[17] Colorado declined Imbongo's option prior to the start of the 2015 season.[18][19] In February 2015 Imbongo signed for Austrian second-division side Kapfenberger SV.[20][21] References
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