Recap | Revs fall 5-1 to Crew, return to action Wednesday night against Atlanta United

FOXBOROUGH, MA (June 29, 2024) – The New England Revolution (6-11-1; 19 pts.) fell to the Columbus Crew (9-4-5; 33 pts.), 5-1, on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium. Midfielder Emmanuel Boateng scored New England’s only goal in his 200^th Appearance in MLS and 100^th start to his career, before the visitors scored five unanswered goals to end the Revolution’s four-game winning streak.

New England’s high press generated several scoring opportunities early in the game and led to the first goal in the ninth minute, when Boateng intercepted a pass between Columbus’ center backs and chipped past Crew goalkeeper Patrick Schulte for his second goal of the season. However, Columbus quickly rallied to tie the score in the 19th minute.^th minute thanks to Cucho Hernández. The Revolution had several chances to add a second goal, with Giacomo Vrioni registering shots on target in the 18th.^th and 39^th minutes. Vrioni finished the night with six shots, a new single-game high for the Albanian.

The visitors took the lead thanks to Max Arfsten’s goal in the 43rd minute.^rd minute, and doubled the advantage in first-half stoppage time thanks to Diego Rossi. After the intermission, the Revolution immediately threatened to pull one back when Vrioni saw another shot attempt go just over the crossbar. The match remained closely contested until Columbus scored on a corner kick in the 73rd.^rd minute, with Rudy Camacho heading home a cross from Rossi. Rossi and Crew striker Cucho Hernández each had a goal and two assists in tonight’s match.

Revolution defenseman Brandon Bye played in his second straight game after returning from a knee injury last August, seeing 26 minutes of action. Matt Polster wore the captain’s armband for New England, as Carles Gil missed the match due to injury. Polster was supported by Boateng and Ian Harkes in midfield, while in the background center back Dave Romney dressed for his 200^th Start of career in MLS.

New England returns to action with a midweek match on Wednesday, July 3 against Atlanta United FC. Kickoff at 7:45 p.m. ET at Gillette Stadium is broadcast nationally on FOX Sports 1 and can be watched for free on the Apple TV app in English and Spanish. Listen to local Revolution Radio on 98.5 The Sports Hub (WBZ-FM) and in Portuguese on 1260 AM “Nossa Radio USA”. Following Wednesday’s home game, fans will be treated to fireworks to celebrate Independence Day.

• Tonight’s loss snapped New England’s four-game winning streak.
• This defeat is the Revolution’s first in June since 2021, ending a streak of 12 consecutive games without a defeat (9-0-3).
• Emmanuel Boateng dressed for his 100^th MLS begins in its 200s^th The Ghanaian midfielder has scored in three of his last four league appearances and registered a team-high three assists.
• Giacomo Vrioni set a new MLS career high with six shots Saturday night, including three on target – both team highs.
• Brandon goodbye logged 26 minutes off the bench, playing a second consecutive match to mark his first appearance at Gillette Stadium since injuring his knee in a League Cup match against Atlas FC last August.
• Originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts Jack Panayotou Panayotou played in MLS for the first time since March and the first time since being recalled from his loan at Rhode Island FC, playing 21 minutes as a substitute. Panayotou was one of three local players to appear in Saturday’s game, alongside the starters Christmas Buck from Arlington, Mass. and Esmir Bajraktarević.

MLS Day #23
New England Revolution vs Columbus Crew
June 29, 2024 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Massachusetts)

Arbitrator: Ricardo Fierro
Assistant referee: Chris Wattam
Assistant referee: Andrew Bigelow
Fourth official: Ismir Pekmic
Video assistant. Arbitrator: Jorge Gonzalez
Video Assistant Referee: Craig Lowry
Weather report: 72 degrees and cloudy
Presence: 25,004

Summary of scores:
BORN – Emmanuel Boateng 2 (Unassisted) 9′
BEC – Cucho Hernandez 10 (Christian Ramirez 2, Sean Zawadzki 2) 17′
CLB – Max Arfsten 3 (Cucho Hernandez 3, Darlington Nagbe 2) 43′
BEC – Diego Rossi 5 (Cucho Hernandez 4, Christian Ramirez 3) 45’+2
CLB – Rudy Camacho 1 (Diego Rossi 7) 73′
BEC – Steven Moreira 2 (Diego Rossi 8) 80′

Summary of misconduct:
BEC – Malte Amundsen (Yellow Card – Tactical Foul) 45′

New England Revolution: Aljaz Ivačič; DeJuan Jones, Xavier Arreaga, Dave Romney, Nick Lima (Brandon Bye 64′); Matt Polster ©, Ian Harkes (Mark-Anthony Kaye 64′), Noel Buck (Andrew Farrell 82′); Emmanuel Boateng (Jack Panayotou 69′), Esmir Bajraktarević; Giacomo Vrioni (Bobby Wood 82′).

Unused substitutes: Earl Edwards Jr., Henry Kessler, Jonathan Mensah, Ryan Spaulding.

The Columbus Crew: Patrick Schulte; Malte Amundsen (Yehven Cheberko 63′), Rudy Camacho, Steven Moreira; Max Arfsten (Yaw Yeboah 81′), Darlington Nagbe © (Derrick Jones 81′), Sean Zawadzki, Mohamed Farsi; Diego Rossi (Marino Hinestroza 84′), Christian Ramirez (Alexandru Matan 81′); Cucho Hernández.

Unused substitutes: Nicholas Hagen, Taha Habroune, Will Sands.

Full statistics available HERE.