FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution played to a 0-0 draw with Columbus Crew SC on Saturday afternoon at Gillette Stadium in a rematch of the 2014 Eastern Conference Semifinals. The draw meant that New England is now unbeaten in its last four games, going 2-0-2 since dropping its first two games of the season. The Revs are also now unbeaten in their last 11 regular-season games at Gillette Stadium, going 8-0-3 at home since July 30, 2014.
In a game dominated by the two sides’ defenses, chances were at a premium. While Crew SC outshot the Revolution 8-5 during the game, they were unable to register a shot on goal against Revolution goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth, who collected his second consecutive shutout and third of the season.
Lee Nguyen, who was playing his 100th game as a member of the Revolution, had the home side’s best chance of the afternoon, but his free kick from 23 yards out was saved by Columbus goalkeeper Steve Clark. That was one of three saves on the day for Clark, as he helped hand New England its third shutout of the season.
Full match highlights and statistics can be found here.
Revolution Santander Man of the Match
ANDREW FARRELL – Kept the Columbus Crew SC attack at bay and limited the opposition to zero shots on goal through the contest as the Revolution recorded their third shutout of the season.
Next Game
The Revolution will be back on the road next Sunday, April 19 when they face the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park. That game, which is scheduled to kick off at 5 p.m. ET, will be nationally televised on ESPN2 while the game will also be carried on the radio locally in both English and Portuguese.
New England Revolution vs. Columbus Crew SC
April 11, 2015 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 0, Columbus Crew SC 0
Scoring Summary:
None
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Jermaine Jones (Yellow Card) 12’
NE – Juan Agudelo (Yellow Card) 55’
CLB – Tony Tchani (Yellow Card) 62’
CLB – Federico Higuain (Yellow Card) 65’
NE – Andy Dorman (Yellow Card) 68’
CLB – Mohammed Saeid (Yellow Card) 87’
New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Darrius Barnes, Andrew Farrell, Jose Goncalves ©, Kevin Alston; Scott Caldwell, Jermaine Jones (Andy Dorman 46’); Teal Bunbury, Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe (Charlie Davies 59’); Juan Agudelo (Diego Fagundez 77’).
Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Jeremy Hall, Donnie Smith, Sean Okoli
STATS: Shots 5, Shots on target 3, Saves 0, Corner kicks 6, Offsides 7, Fouls 15, Possession 42.4%, Passes 322 (73.0%)
Columbus Crew SC: Steve Clark; Hernan Grana, Michael Parkhurst ©, Emanuel Pogatetz, Chris Klute (Chad Barson 67’); Tony Tchani, Mohammed Saeid; Ethan Finlay (Kristinn Steindorsson 74’), Federico Higuain, Justin Meram; Kei Kamara (Aaron Schoenfeld 84’).
Substitutes Not Used: Matt Lampson, Tyson Wahl, Kevan George, Hector Jimenez
STATS: Shots 8, Shots on target 0, Saves 3, Corner kicks 7, Offsides 1, Fouls 15, Possession 57.6%, Passes 435 (78.2%)
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistant Referees: Claudio Badea and Phill Briere
Fourth Official: Mathieu Bourdeau
Weather: Sunny and 54 degrees
Attendance: 13,092
Team Records:
New England Revolution: 2-2-2, 8 pts.
Columbus Crew SC: 1-2-2, 5 pts.
Additional Game Notes
- With the draw, the Revolution are now 2-2-2 for eight points on the season. They are now alone in second place in the Eastern Conference, with the result, the Revs are now alone in second place in the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of the New York Red Bulls, who are in action later today.
- This was the first draw between New England and Columbus in all competitions since June 16, 2012, ending a run of nine consecutive games in all competitions between the two sides that had featured a winner.
- New England is now unbeaten in their last 11 regular-season games at Gillette Stadium, going 8-0-3 in that time. Including the MLS Cup Playoffs, the Revs are now unbeaten in 13 games.
- The Revs kept a clean sheet for the second straight game and now have three shutouts in six regular season games this season. The last time the Revs kept consecutive shutouts was August 23 and August 30 of last season when they beat Chivas USA 1-0 at home and then beat Toronto FC 3-0 on the road.
- Revolution head coach Jay Heaps made three changes to the team that beat Colorado 2-0 last weekend at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Kevin Alston, Jermaine Jones and Teal Bunbury all got the start, replacing Charlie Davies, Andy Dorman and Chris Tierney. Davises and Dorman each started the game on the bench while Tierney did not dress because of a left ankle sprain that he picked up in training earlier this week.
- In addition to Tierney, the Revs were once again without Daigo Kobayashi, who missed his second straight game while recovering from a strained left hamstring.
- Jermaine Jones made his first start of the season after missing the first five games of the year while recovering from offseason sports hernia surgery.
- Donnie Smith was listed among the available substitutes for the first time this year.
- While Smith was in the squad for the first time, Steve Neumann was omitted from the squad for this first time.
- Lee Nguyen made his 100th appearance as a member of the Revs in the game, playing the full 90 minutes in central midfield. He is the 21st player in club history to play in 100 games.
- Darrius Barnes made his 125th regular-season appearance in the game while Andrew Farrell made his 70th.
- New England was outshot 8-5 on the game but they had three shots on goal compared to none for Crew SC.
- Lee Nguyen had two of those three shots on goal and a game-high three shots total.
- Each side was whistled for 15 fouls and shown three yellow cards.
- Andy Dorman was the final Revolution player to be booked. He is now tied for the MLS lead with three yellow cards this season.
- Bobby Shuttleworth kept the 24th clean sheet of his Revolution and MLS career in the game. He ranks second in club history for most shutouts all-time.
- Two of the Revs three home games this season have finished 0-0.
