FOXBOROUGH – The New England Revolution picked up their second point in as many games with a 0-0 draw against D.C. United at Gillette Stadium on Saturday afternoon in the Revs’ home opening match. Despite 18 total shots, the Revs were unable to find the back of the net. New England is now unbeaten in its first two matches for the first time since 2013.
Lee Nguyen proved dangerous throughout the match for the Revs; his best opportunity came in the 55th minute when he beat D.C. United goalkeeper Travis Worra from about ten yards, only to have the ball strike the crossbar. Kelyn Rowe also had an opportunity to break the deadlock in second half stoppage time, but shot just wide of the net, keeping the score level. For D.C., Luciano Acosta had a number of opportunities while on the pitch, but failed to put the ball in the net.
Bobby Shuttleworth registered his first shutout of the season, 30th of his career, as the backline rebounded after allowing three goals in New England’s season opening match in Houston on March 6.
The Revolution are now unbeaten in ten consecutive home openers (6-0-4). The scoreless draw is the fourth consecutive scoreless draw that New England has had in its home opener, playing to a scoreless draw with Sporting Kansas City (2013), Vancouver (2014) and Montreal (2015).
Full match highlights and statistics can be found here.
Next Game
The Revolution will be back in action on Sunday, March 20 when they travel to face the Philadelphia Union. That game, which is scheduled to kick off at 2:30 p.m. ET, will be shown locally on Comcast SportsNet while 98.5 The Sports Hub will carry the game on the radio in English and WMVX 1570 AM Nossa Radio USA will carry the game in Portuguese.
New England Revolution vs. D.C. United
March 12, 2016 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 0, D.C. United 0
Scoring Summary:
None
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Gershon Koffie (Yellow Card) 26’
DC – Luciano Accosta (Yellow Card) 45+1’
DC – Sean Franklin (Yellow Card) 56’
DC – Nick DeLeon (Yellow Card) 64’
DC – Marcelo Sarvas (Yellow Card) 87’
New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Chris Tierney, Jose Goncalves ©, Andrew Farrell, Je-Vaughn Watson; Scott Caldwell, Gershon Koffie (Daigo Kobayashi 88’); Diego Fagundez, Lee Nguyen, Teal Bunbury (Kelyn Rowe 74’); Charlie Davies (Juan Agudelo 34’).
Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Darrius Barnes, London Woodberry, Zach Herivaux
STATS: Shots 18, Shots on target 3, Saves 3, Corner kicks 4, Offsides 1, Fouls 11, Possession 59.6%, Passes 492 (75.0%)
D.C. United: Travis Worra; Taylor Kemp, Bobby Boswell ©, Steve Birnbaum, Sean Franklin; Rob Vincent, Marcelo Sarvas, Nick DeLeon, Chris Rolfe (Julian Buescher 71’); Luciano Acosta (Alvaro Saborio 62’), Lamar Neagle (Miguel Aguilar 84’)
Substitutes Not Used: Charlie Horton, Luke Mishu, Kofi Opare, Jared Jeffrey
STATS: Shots 8, Shots on target 3, Saves 3, Corner kicks 3, Offsides 2, Fouls 20, Possession 40.4%, Passes 340 (64.0%)
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistant Referees: Peter Manikowski and Claudiu Badea
Fourth Official: Robort Sibiga
Weather: Sunny and 56 degrees
Attendance: 16,102
Team Records:
New England Revolution: 0-0-2, 2 pts.
D.C. United: 0-1-1, 1 pts.
Additional Game Notes
- With the draw, the Revolution are now 0-0-2 on the season.
- The Revs are now 12-5-4 all-time in home openers, including a 2-0-3 mark against D.C. United all-time in home openers.
- Today’s March 12 home opening match is the earliest home opening match in club history.
- Bobby Shuttleworth is the second goalkeeper in Revolution history to amass 30 shutouts. Matt Reis recorded 66 shutouts in a Revolution jersey.
- Revolution head coach Jay Heaps made one change to the squad that drew 3-3 with Houston last weekend with Scott Caldwell returning to the starting lineup. He replaced Kelyn Rowe, who made a substitute appearance in the 74th minute.
- Gershon Koffie and Je-Vaughn Watson each made their home debuts for the Revolution. Both players made their team debuts last weekend in Houston.
- The attendance for tonight’s game was 16,102. This was 1,913 fans larger than the home opener attendance in 2015 and the biggest home opener attendance for the club since 2007.
