FOXBOROUGH - However long it takes, Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis can wait.

He had to do it from the moment he walked through Major League Soccer’s doors as the Los Angeles Galaxy’s third-round pick 14 years ago.

At that point, he was more of a luxury for the Galaxy - a player capable of starting, but actually just an understudy to their full-time keeper, Kevin Hartman.

Hartman collected honors like Boy Scout badges, including 1999 Goalie of the Year, and the whole time all Reis could do was watch.

“It’s frustrating,’’ Reis said. “But it’s also motivation.’’

Reis was traded to New England in 2002, and when he got here, he again had to wait, this time behind Adin Brown.

It took two more years for Reis to get his first shot at being a full-timer.

He was 29 by then, and had been in the league for seven years. But when the chance came, he snatched it.

He has been a rock for the Revolution ever since: 261 games (256 starts), 23,140 minutes, 1,015 saves.

For the past month, he has been sitting on 99 career wins.

As the still-jelling Revolution (2-5-0), who host the Colorado Rapids Wednesday night, try to figure things out, Reis’s patience has been something the team has leaned on.

“For the first seven years of my career, I didn’t play at all,’’ Reis said. “So knowing in the back of my mind that I was good enough and just wanting to prove it and being able to stay healthy for as long as I have and being able to put up numbers is something at the end of the day you look back and you say, ‘I’ve set the mark and other people are going to come after it.’ ’’

Only five goalies in MLS history have reached the century mark in wins. Reis practically gave them a seven-year head start.

“It’s been a long seven years,’’ Reis said. “I always said that if I sat seven years, I wanted to try to play seven years, and I’ve kind of got that.