WASHINGTON, D.C. – The New England Revolution conceded a pair of goals in the final 20 minutes at RFK Stadium on Sunday evening, suffering a 2-1 loss to D.C. United. Charlie Davies gave the Revs a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute, only for Chris Rolfe to equalize in the 70th minute and then score the game-winner 11 minutes later to give United all three points in a battle of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. The Revs are now 6-5-6 for 24 points at the midway point of the regular season, leaving them seven points behind United.

Playing in intense heat and humidity with temperatures reaching over 90 degrees on the field, the Revs struck early with Davies putting the visitors up 1-0 after just 10 minutes. Scott Caldwell played the ball forward to the feet of Teal Bunbury, who redirected the pass ahead to Lee Nguyen on the right flank. Nguyen then hit a low cross across the face of goal for Davies, who got free between United’s two central defenders and used his left foot to place the ball off the post and into the net, giving New England a 1-0 lead.

The score would stay that way until the 70th minute, despite a pair of Nguyen chances for New England, as well as a Bill Hamid save on Chris Tierney at one end of the field and close range save by New England goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth on United’s Miguel Aguilar at the other. United would finally break through with 20 minutes remaining when Nick DeLeon played a ball behind the Revolution defense for Fabian Espindola, who crossed to the back post where Rolfe was on hand to volley home from six yards out, tying the score at 1-1.

Just 11 minutes later, United would pull in front for the first time when Steve Neumann, who had come on just a minute before United’s equalizer, was adjudged to have fouled D.C.’s Aguilar just inside the area, causing referee Ismail Elfath to point to the penalty spot. Rolfe stepped up to take the penalty and sent Shuttleworth the wrong way to give United the lead.

New England would throw numbers forward over the final 10 minutes in search of an equalizer, but it was not to be and United held on for the 2-1 win, sending the Revs to their third straight road defeat.

Full match highlights and statistics can be foundhere.

Revolution Santander Man of the Match
LEE NGUYEN – Set up the Revolution goal and was the team’s most dangerous attacking threat on the evening, taking a team-high four shots and placing two on goal. Just before halftime he forced United’s Bill Hamid into a reflex save and then shortly after the start of the second half, narrowly put the ball over the bar with another right-footed effort.

Next Game
The Revolution will travel to Columbus, Ohio on Monday afternoon ahead of a midweek clash with Columbus Crew SC at Mapfre Stadium on Wednesday night. That game, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m., will be shown locally on Comcast SportsNet and nationally on MLS LIVE. The game will also be available locally on the radio, in English on 98.5 The Sports Hub and on WMVX 1570 AM Nossa Radio USA in Portuguese.

New England Revolution at D.C. United
June 21, 2015 – RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.)
New England Revolution 1, D.C. United 2

Scoring Summary:
NE – Charlie Davies 7 (Lee Nguyen 2, Teal Bunbury 3) 10’
DC – Chris Rolfe 5 (Fabian Espindola 5, Nick DeLeon 3) 70’
DC – Chris Rolfe 6 (Penalty Kick) 81’

Misconduct Summary:
DC – Davy Arnaud (Yellow Card) 78’

New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; London Woodberry (Kevin Alston 59’), Andrew Farrell, Jose Goncalves ©, Chris Tierney; Andy Dorman (Steve Neumann 69’), Scott Caldwell; Teal Bunbury (Diego Fagundez 78’), Lee Nguyen, Juan Agudelo; Charlie Davies.

Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Jeremy Hall, Daigo Kobayashi, Kelyn Rowe.

STATS: Shots 12, Shots on target 4, Saves 2, Corner kicks 6, Offsides 1, Fouls 9, Possession 47.8%, Passes 364 (76%)

D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Chris Korb, Steve Birnbaum, Bobby Boswell ©, Taylor Kemp; Nick DeLeon, Davy Arnaud (Luis Silva 88’), Perry Kitchen, Conor Doyle (Miguel Aguilar 52’); Fabian Espindola, Chris Rolfe (Marcus Halsti 83’).

Substitutes Not Used: Andrew Dykstra, Kofi Opare, Jairo Arrieta.

STATS: Shots 13, Shots on target 4, Saves 3, Corner kicks 5, Offsides 1, Fouls 6, Possession 52.2%, Passes 407 (77%)

Referee: Ismail Elfath
Assistant Referees: Corey Parker and Kevin Klinger
Fourth Official: Mark Kadlecik

Weather: Cloudy and 90 degrees
Attendance: 17,213

Team Records:
New England Revolution: 6-5-6, 24 pts.
D.C. United: 9-5-4, 31 pts.

Additional Game Notes

• With the loss, the Revolution are now 6-5-6 for 24 points on the season. They remain in second place in the Eastern Conference and are now seven points behind D.C. United for first place.
• The Revs are now 2-5-1 on the road this season, though they are just 1-2-1 when they score first away from Gillette Stadium.
• New England is at the halfway point of its season with a 6-5-6 record for 24 points. This is the exact same record that they had at the midpoint of the 2014 season.
• The 24 points at the halfway point of the season equal the club’s best in the last five years.
• This was the second and final game of the year between New England and D.C. United. The Revs finished the season with an 0-1-1 record against them, having played to a 1-1 draw at Gillette Stadium on May 23, a game in which the Revs played the final 32 minutes with just nine men after Chris Tierney and Lee Nguyen were each sent off.
• All three goals that the Revs conceded to United this season were scored after the 70th minute.
• After going 364 days between their final meeting of 2014 and their first of 2015, the Revolution and United were playing for the second time in the last 30 days.
• This was the first game that the Revolution played this season with a temperature of 90 degrees or higher at kickoff this season.
• Revolution head coach Jay Heaps made one change to the team that beat the Chicago Fire 2-0 last weekend with Juan Agudelo returning to the starting lineup in place of Diego Fagundez, who started the game on the bench.
• London Woodberry is the only Revolution player to start the game after also starting on Wednesday night in the U.S. Open Cup defeat to the Charlotte Independence. Woodberry, who played 90 minutes at center back in that game, started at right back this evening and played 59 minutes.
• Juan Agudelo and Scott Caldwell each started this evening after coming off the bench in that game.
• The Revs were once again without Darrius Barnes and Jermaine Jones, who missed their 11th and third straight games respectively because of injuries.
• New England took the lead in the 10th minute when Charlie Davies scored his seventh goal of the season, finishing a pass from Lee Nguyen. Davies’ seven goals are the most on the Revs and four shy of his MLS career-high, which he set in 2011 while with D.C. United.
• Davies now has two goals in two games against his former club this season.
• Four of Davies’ seven goals this season have given the club a 1-0 lead with three of those coming inside the opening 20 minutes of a game.
• Lee Nguyen was credited with his second assist of the season on the goal and his first since May 2.
• Nguyen now has 17 assists in his Revolution career, leaving him three shy of becoming the 11th player in club history with 20 assists and the sixth player in club history with 20 goals and 20 assists.
• Teal Bunbury was also credited with an assist on the goal, giving him three on the season, one shy of Scott Caldwell for the team lead.
• The Revs are now 9-2-0 all-time when Bunbury tallies an assist in an MLS game (regular season and postseason).
• This was the sixth time this season that the Revs had gone in front 1-0 inside the opening 20 minutes. They are now 2-2-2 in those six contests.
• New England has not allowed a first half goal in 12 of its 17 regular-season games this year, outscoring opponents 13-9 before the break this year.
• London Woodberry was replaced by Kevin Alston in the 59th minute. That was the first time that he had not been on the field for the Revs since debuting on April 19 against Philadelphia. He was the only Revolution player to play the full 90 minutes in all 11 games that the club played in that time.
• Chris Rolfe equalized for D.C. United in the 70th minute and then put the home side in front 2-1 with an 81st minute penalty kick.
• Rolfe is the fourth different player to score multiple goals in a game against the Revs this season, joining Clint Dempsey, Krisztian Nemeth and Fanendo Adi.
• Rolfe is also the fourth player to convert a penalty against New England with three of those four turning out to be the game-winning goal.
• Chris Tierney made the 170th appearance of his MLS career in the game while Lee Nguyen made his 100th and Andrew Farrell made the 80th, all of which have been starts. All three of those players have spent the entirety of their MLS careers with the Revolution.
• Bobby Shuttleworth finished the game with two saves, tallying one on either side of halftime.
• Neither Andy Dorman nor London Woodberry were booked in the game. They remain on yellow card warning, one caution away from a one-game suspension, but they are now two clean games away from having one card cleared from their record.
• Kelyn Rowe did not play in the game. This was the first time this season that Rowe did not appear in a game for New England.