The New England Revolution got its 2013 season off to a winning start with a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night. Jerry Bengtson scored the game’s only goal in the 62nd minute, finishing from close range after Kelyn Rowe and Juan Toja combined to create the chance. Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis made […]
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At the New England Revolution media day yesterday, there was cautious optimism that the Revs can build on last year’s 9-18-8 record. A year ago the Revs were in transition as the Steve Nichol era ended and the Jay Heaps one was just beginning. But 12 months on, Revolution General Manager Mike Burns in pleased […]
A terrific weekend of MLS action ended yesterday with a thrilling 3-3 draw between the Portland TImber and New York Red Bulls. New York jumped out to a first half lead courtesy of two errors from Timber defender Mikaël Silvestre, who handed Fabián Espíndola his first goals for New York. But unlike last season, Portland […]
Toronto FC’s new manager Ryan Nelsen just finished playing in the Premier League for Queens Park Rangers, so it should not be a surprise to lean that Nelsen is tapping his UK contacts to help out TFC. Ephraim has not started a game for QPR all season, but obviously Nelsen saw something in training to […]
Lee Nguyen and Jerry Bengtson scored first-half goals to help the New England Revolution take third place in the Desert Diamond Cup with a 2-0 win over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday evening. Nguyen scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in just the fourth minute when he drew a penalty kick […]
Call it inexperience or not used to winning, but the New England Revolution will wake up this morning kicking themselves that they are not playing in the Desert Diamond Cup final on Saturday. The Revs were leading Real Salt Lake 2-1 with three minutes to go last night, but allowed two late goals to lose […]
The New England Revolution scored three unanswered second-half goals to erase a halftime deficit and claim a 3-1 win over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium. Lee Nguyen – from the penalty spot – and Jerry Bengtson scored just six minutes apart early in the second half to […]
Landon Donovan will rejoin the defending Major League Soccer champion Los Angeles Galaxy in the last week of March, the club said today. Donovan requested a leave of absence from the team after helping the Galaxy with their fourth MLS crown last December and has not played for the US team since then either as […]
Brad Evans converted a first-half penalty kick and Eddie Johnson added an insurance strike just before halftime as the New England Revolution lost 2-0 to the Seattle Sounders FC in the first game of the Desert Diamond Cup on Wednesday night at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium. For a preseason friendly, the game was unusually physical, […]