FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution saw their winless streak extend to four games with a 1-0 loss to the Montreal Impact on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium in the Revs’ regular-season home finale. In front of a Revolution record crowd of 42,947, the Revolution lost for just the second time at home all season after Montreal captain Ignacio Piatti scored the game’s only goal in the 55^th minute.

New England and Montreal traded blows in an even first half, with Johan Venegas and Didier Drogba each going close for the Impact while Diego Fagundez and Lee Nguyen also saw chances go begging for the Revs. Jermaine Jones appeared to give New England the lead in the 10^th minute after volleying Chris Tierney’s free kick into the net, but the goal was called back for offside.

Ten minutes into the second half, the Revolution fell behind when Piatti picked up the ball in the midfield and dribbled at the New England backline. He then hit a curling strike from 25 yards that looped over Bobby Shuttleworth and into the Revolution goal, giving the Impact a 1-0 lead.

The Revs almost pulled a goal back just two minutes later, but Nguyen’s low effort from the edge of the area was tipped around the post by Evan Bush. Montreal would then have several chances to add to their lead, but Calum Mallace and Patrice Bernier each saw efforts fly off target while Ambroise Oyongo had a shot saved by Shuttleworth, who finished the game with four saves. New England continued to throw numbers forward in search of an equalizer, but it was not to be as the Impact held on for the 1-0 victory and clinched a berth in the Audi 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs.

Full match highlights and statistics can be found here.

Santander Man of the Match

JUAN AGUDELO – Named the Revolution Man of the Match for the second consecutive game, creating one chance at one end of the field and finishing the game with four tackles.

Next Game

The Revolution will be back in action on Sunday, October 25 when they travel to Yankee Stadium to take on New York City FC in the final game of the regular season. That game is scheduled to kick off at 5 p.m. ET as part of MLS Decision Day and complete broadcast details will be made available early next week.

New England Revolution vs. Montreal Impact
October 17, 2015 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 0, Montreal Impact 1
Scoring Summary:

MTL – Ignacio Piatti 9 (Unassisted) 55’

Misconduct Summary:

MTL – Johan Venegas (Yellow Card) 5’

MTL – Marco Donadel (Yellow Card) 52’

New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; London Woodberry, Andrew Farrell, Jose Goncalves, Chris Tierney; Scott Caldwell (Daigo Kobayashi 76’), Jermaine Jones ©; Kelyn Rowe (Charlie Davies 65’), Lee Nguyen, Diego Fagundez; Juan Agudelo.

Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Kevin Alston, Jeremy Hall, Steve Neumann, Andy Dorman.

STATS: Shots 8, Shots on target 2, Saves 4, Corner kicks 4, Offsides 2, Fouls 10, Possession 56.6%, Passes 481 (79.0%)

Montreal Impact: Evan Bush; Ambroise Oyongo, Victor Cabrera, Wandrille Lefevre, Donny Toia; Marco Donadel; Johan Venegas (Calum Mallace 71’), Nigel Reo-Coker, Ignacio Piatti © (Patrice Bernier 82’), Dilly Duka (Dominic Oduro 56’); Didier Drogba.

Substitutes Not Used: Eric Kronberg, Hassoun Camara, Eric Miller, Anthony Jackson-Hamel.

STATS: Shots 12, Shots on target 5, Saves 2, Corner kicks 3, Offsides 2, Fouls 12, Possession 43.4%, Passes 375 (68.3%)

Referee: Mark Geiger

Assistant Referees: Brian Dunn and Matthew Nelson

Fourth Official: Silviu Petrescu

Weather: Partly cloudy and 45 degrees

Attendance: 42,947

Team Records:

New England Revolution: 13-12-8, 47 pts.

Montreal Impact: 14-13-6, 48 pts.

Additional Game Notes

• With the loss, the Revolution are now 13-12-8 for 47 points on the season. They are now alone in sixth place in the Eastern Conference, one point behind Montreal for fifth place and three points ahead of seventh place Orlando City SC.
• The Revs have had a chance to clinch a postseason berth in each of the last four games but have failed to get the necessary result.
• They will head into next weekend’s game against NYC FC needing a win or a draw or an Orlando City loss or draw to clinch a playoff berth. However, if New England loses and Orlando City win, the tie between the two sides would be settled by goal difference with the Revs currently at -1 while Orlando City are on -9.
• After winning six straight games between Aug. 1 and Sept. 16, the Revs are now winless in their last four games, going 0-3-1 in that time while being outscored 8-2.
• The Revs finish the season series with an 0-2-1 record against Montreal while failing to score a goal. This was the first time in club history that they have been shutout three times in the same year by one club and the ninth time ever that they have failed to score in three straight games against an opponent.
• New England finishes the season with a 9-2-6 record at home, taking 33 of a possible 51 points. They finished three points shy of equaling the club record for points gained in a season at home.
• The Revolution set a regular-season attendance record at the game with a crowd of 42,947.
• Revolution head coach Jay Heaps made one change to the team that lost 3-1 on the road to the Chicago Fire on Oct. 3 with London Woodberry returning at right back in place of Kevin Alston.
• Teal Bunbury missed the game while serving a one-game suspension for yellow-card accumulation. He was replaced in the 18-man squad by Andy Dorman.
• Jermaine Jones appeared to give the Revs a 1-0 lead in the 10^th minute, only to see it called back for offside.
• Ignacio Piatti scored the game’s only goal in the 55^th minute. That goal was the 20^th conceded to a Designated Player this season by the Revs.
• Montreal’s 1-0 lead was just the second time in 17 home games this year that the Revs conceded first and just the third time that they trailed at home this year.
• Bobby Shuttleworth finished the game with four saves.
• After going unbeaten in 10 straight October games dating back to the 2012 season, the Revs have now lost two straight.
• New England lost its home finale for the first time since 2011. The Revs are now 13-6-1 in their final regular-season game.
• Prior to the game, the Revolution announced their annual team awards with Scott Caldwell being voted the club’s Most Valuable Player, Andrew Farrell being voted the club’s Defender of the Year, Kelyn Rowe being selected as the club’s Humanitarian of the Year and Justin Rennicks named the Academy Player of the Year.