FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution suffered a 2-1 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium. The loss was the club’s first at home since July 26, 2014, snapping a club-record 17-game home undefeated streak. Cristian Techera gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute and then drew a penalty just over 10 minutes later, which also resulted in an Andrew Farrell red card. Octavio Rivero converted the penalty to give the visitors a 2-0 lead, which they maintained until the 84th minute when Teal Bunbury pulled a goal back for the Revs. However, that would be as close as the Revs would get as they suffered their third straight defeat, slipping to 6-7-6 on the season.
The Revolution started the game on the front foot with both Bunbury and London Woodberry testing Vancouver goalkeeper David Ousted inside the opening 15 minutes. However, it would be the Whitecaps who scored first on the night, with Techera scoring his second goal of the year in the 18th minute. A Mauro Rosales cross from the right wing was headed down by Woodberry, but only as far as Techera, who pounced on the loose ball in the box and slid a shot past Bobby Shuttleworth from close range, giving Vancouver a 1-0 lead.
That was the first time that the Revs had allowed the opening goal at home this season and their attempt at a comeback became even more difficult 11 minutes later when Farrell was adjudged to have pulled down Techera inside the area, leading to a penalty kick for Vancouver and a red card for Farrell. Rivero stepped up to convert the penalty, doubling the Whitecaps’ lead to 2-0.
Vancouver took that lead into the halftime break and nearly added to it in the opening minutes of the second half with Kekuta Manneh and Deybi Flores each going close before the Revs started to create opportunities at the other end. Bunbury twice saw attempts fly just wide and Lee Nguyen had a powerful drive held by Ousted, who made his best save of the night in the 80th minute when he palmed away a close range effort from Kelyn Rowe following a scramble in the box.
New England finally pulled a goal back in the 84th minute when Chris Tierney whipped in a free kick from the right that was headed down by Rowe before Bunbury drove a powerful shot past Ousted to make the score 2-1 and set up a dramatic finish.
New England and Vancouver each had chances in the game’s closing minutes, with Darren Mattocks having a shot headed off the line by Scott Caldwell and Juan Agudelo having an effort saved by Ousted, who finished the game with eight saves to hand the Revs their third consecutive defeat in the league and fourth in all competitions.
Full match highlights and statistics can be found here.
Revolution Santander Man of the Match
TEAL BUNBURY – Scored his fourth goal of the season in the 84th minute to pull the 10-man Revolution back into the game, while he had a team-high five shots and two shots on goal.
Next Game
The Revolution will be back in action next weekend when they travel to Texas to face FC Dallas at Toyota Stadium on Saturday, July 4. That game, which kicks off at 9 p.m. ET, 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 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
June 27, 2015 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 1, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
Scoring Summary:
VAN – Cristian Techera 2 (Unassisted) 18’
VAN – Octavio Rivero 6 (Penalty Kick) 31’
NE – Teal Bunbury 4 (Kelyn Rowe 5) 84’
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Andrew Farrell (Yellow Card) 20’
NE – Andrew Farrell (Red Card) 29’
VAN – Jordan Harvey (Yellow Card) 33’
NE – Diego Fagundez (Yellow Card) 41’
NE – Teal Bunbury (Yellow Card) 54’
VAN – Darren Mattocks (Yellow Card) 82’
VAN – Steven Beitashour (Yellow Card) 88’
VAN – Nicolas Mezquida (Yellow Card) 91+
New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; London Woodberry (Kevin Alston 46’), Andrew Farrell, Jose Goncalves ©, Chris Tierney; Daigo Kobayashi (Kelyn Rowe 62’), Scott Caldwell; Teal Bunbury, Lee Nguyen (Juan Agudelo 77’), Diego Fagundez; Charlie Davies.
Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Jeremy Hall, Steve Neumann, Sean Okoli.
STATS: Shots 16, Shots on target 9, Saves 3, Corner kicks 11, Offsides 0, Fouls 17, Possession 54.9%, Passes 452 (79.2%)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: David Ousted; Steven Beitashour, Tim Parker, Pa Modou Kah, Jordan Harvey ©; Matias Laba, Deybi Flores; Cristian Techera, Mauro Rosales (Nicolas Mezquida 83’), Kekuta Manneh (Darren Mattocks 74’); Octavio Rivero (Erik Hurtado 79’).
Substitutes Not Used: Paolo Tornaghi, Diego Rodriguez, Kianz Froese, Russell Teibert.
STATS: Shots 12, Shots on target 5, Saves 8, Corner kicks 2, Offsides 3, Fouls 15, Possession 45.1%, Passes 395 (73.9%)
Referee: Allen Chapman
Assistant Referees: Jonathan Johnson and Kathryn Nesbitt
Fourth Official: Kevin Terry Jr.
Weather: Cloudy and 66 degrees
Attendance: 16,017
Team Records:
New England Revolution: 6-7-6, 24 pts.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: 10-6-2, 32 pts.
Additional Game Notes
- With the loss, the Revolution are now 6-7-6 for 24 points on the season. They have lost their last three games in the league, but remain in second place in the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of both Toronto FC and Orlando City SC.
- This is the first time that the Revs have more losses than wins on the year since the end of March, when they were 1-2-1 on the season.
- This was New England’s first home loss since July 26, 2014, ending a run of 17 straight regular-season games at home without a loss and 19 games at Gillette Stadium in all competitions without a loss. The Revs had been 10-0-7 at home since their last home loss.
- This was the first time in four chances that the Revs had lost at home to Vancouver.
- New England has now lost a season-high three straight games in the league and four straight in all competitions.
- Revolution head coach Jay Heaps made three changes to the team that lost 2-1 away to Columbus Crew SC on Wednesday night. London Woodberry, Diego Fagundez and Charlie Davies all returned to the starting lineup, replacing Jeremy Hall, Juan Agudelo and Kelyn Rowe, who all began the game on the bench.
- Andy Dorman was suspended for the game because of yellow card accumulation while Darrius Barnes and Jermaine Jones each missed out because of injury.
- Vancouver took a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute when Cristian Techera pounced on a loose ball inside the area and beat Bobby Shuttleworth from close range.
- This was the first time this season that the Revs had allowed the game’s opening goal at home and the first time that they had done so in a regular-season game since.
- The only other time New England had trailed in a game this season was on May 31 when the fell behind 2-1 to the LA Galaxy before equalizing late in the first half.
- Andrew Farrell, who was shown his first yellow card of the season in the 20th minute, was sent off nine minutes later after being adjudged to have pulled Techera down inside the area and denying a goal scoring opportunity.
- That was the second red card of Farrell’s MLS career and first since June 15, 2013 when he was sent off in the 23rd minute of a road loss to Vancouver.
- Octavio Rivero converted the penalty following the Farrell red card to give Vancouver a 2-0 lead.
- That was the fifth penalty conceded by the Revolution this season and second given by referee Allen Chapman, who also called a foul on Jose Goncalves late in the first half of the 4-2 loss away to Sporting Kansas City on May 20 that led to a penalty.
- Four of the five penalties conceded by the Revs this season have resulted in the game-winning goal, including both given by Chapman.
- Teal Bunbury pulled a goal back for the Revs in the 84th minute, finishing a Kelyn Rowe knock down to make the score 2-1.
- That was Bunbury’s fourth goal of the season, moving him into a tie with Juan Agudelo for second on the team.
- Bunbury’s four goals equal his total from 2014, which was his first season with the Revs.
- Rowe was credited with his team-best fifth assist of the season on the goal. He now has assists in each of the last two games.
- Each of Rowe’s last three assists have come in losses. No other player on the club has more than a single assist in New England’s seven losses.
- This was the first time that the Revs had lost a game in all competitions in which Bunbury had scored a goal.
- Bobby Shuttleworth finished the game with three saves.
- In addition to Farrell, Teal Bunbury and Diego Fagundez were each also booked for the Revolution. That was Bunbury’s fourth booking of the year, meaning that he is now on warning and one caution away from a one-game suspension.
- London Woodberry was not booked in the game, meaning that he can avoid a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation if he is not cautioned in his next game.
- This was just the second time this season in which the Revs had allowed more than a single goal at home.
