FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution earned their first win of the season on Friday, defeating the New York Red Bulls 1-0 at Gillette Stadium. Diego Fagundez was the goalscorer for the Revs, finishing a low cross from Juan Agudelo to cement New England’s first victory.
Following a scoreless first half, the Revs got on the board in the 55th minute, as Juan Agudelo found Diego Fagundez for his second goal of the 2016 campaign. New York’s Bradley Wright-Phillips had a chance from point blank range in the 60th minute, but Bobby Shuttleworth recorded the crucial save, keeping the Revs in the lead.
New York’s Felipe was issued a red card in the 61st minute, leaving the Red Bulls to play with ten men for the final 29 minutes of the second half. The Red Bulls threatened in the 81st minute, as Bradley Wright-Phillips had the ball at his feet in the six-yard box following a corner, but Shuttleworth, March’s Santander Man of the Month, kept the clean sheet intact.
The Revs improve to 1-1-3, while the Red Bulls fall to 1-3-0. New England remains an unbeaten 1-0-1 at Gillette Stadium this season.
Full match highlights and statistics can be found here.
Next Game
The Revolution will be back in action on Saturday, April 9, when they host Toronto FC at Gillette Stadium. That game, which is scheduled to kick off at 4 p.m. ET, will be shown locally on Comcast SportsNet and simulcast on 98.5 The Sports Hub with Brad Feldman, Paul Mariner and Jessie Coffield. WMVX 1570 AM Nossa Radio USA will carry the game locally on the radio in Portuguese.
New England Revolution vs. New York Red Bulls
April 1, 2016 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 1, New York Red Bulls 0
Scoring Summary:
NE – Diego Fagundez 2 (Juan Agudelo 1, Scott Caldwell 1) 55’
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Juan Agudelo (Yellow Card) 39’
NY– Luis Robles (Yellow Card) 55’
NY– Felipe (Red Card) 61’
NY– Mike Grella (Yellow Card) 86’
NE – Teal Bunbury (Yellow Card) 86’
New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Chris Tierney, Jose Goncalves ©, Andrew Farrell, London Woodberry; Scott Caldwell, Kelyn Rowe; Diego Fagundez (Charlie Davies 78’), Lee Nguyen, Teal Bunbury (Femi Hollinger-Janzen 87’); Juan Agudelo (Daigo Kobayashi 70’)
Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Sambinha, Zach Herivaux, Donnie Smith
STATS: Shots 10, Shots on target 5, Saves 5, Corner kicks 6, Offsides 1, Fouls 18, Possession 47.9%, Passes 393
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Connor Lade, Kemar Lawrence (Chris Duvall 57’), Karl Ouimette, Sal Zizzo; Sacha Kljestan (Shaun Wright-Phillips 77’), Dax McCarty, Felipe, Lloyd Sam (Sean Davis 67’); Bradley Wright-Phillips, Mike Grella
Substitutes Not Used: Alex Muyl, Anatole Bertrand Abang, Kyle Reynish, Tyler Adams
STATS: Shots 16, Shots on target 6, Saves 4, Corner kicks 9, Offsides 2, Fouls 14, Possession 52.1%, Passes 430
Referee: Mark Geiger
Assistant Referees: Brian Dunn, Logan Brown
Fourth Official: Marcos DeOliveira
Weather: Cloudy and 60 degrees
Attendance: 11,849
Team Records:
New England Revolution: 1-1-3, 6 pts.
New York Red Bulls: 1-3-0, 3 pts.
Additional Game Notes
- With tonight’s win, the Revolution are now 1-1-3 on the season. They are now in for third place in the Eastern Conference.
- The Revolution are now 29-23-15 versus New York lifetime, and 21-5-7 in matches played in Foxborough.
- Tonight’s match was the first Friday evening regular season match at Gillette Stadium since June 6, 2008 against FC Dallas, a 2-1 victory for the Revolution. The Revolution are now 10-13-6 in Friday matches and 6-4-0 in Friday matches in Foxborough lifetime.
- Diego Fagundez scored his second goal of the season. He is the only Revolution player to have multiple goals this season.
- Juan Agudelo and Scott Caldwell each picked up their first assists of the season. They join Diego Fagundez as Revolution players that have recorded helpers this season.
- The Revolution recorded five shots on target, just one shy of the season-high of six shots on target in the season opener at Houston on March 6.
- Bobby Shuttleworth stopped five shots, tying his season-high which he set against Philadelphia on March 20.
- Bobby Shuttleworth has faced 71 shots this season, most of any goalkeeper in the League, and remains in the top half of all goalkeepers in save percentage at 72.0%.
The New England Revolution have loaned defender Donnie Smith to the Rochester Rhinos (USL). He is scheduled to rejoin the Revolution following the Rhinos’ match against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on Saturday. Smith made six appearances for the Rhinos in 2014 while on loan from the Revolution. He started three matches and appeared in Rochester’s postseason quarterfinal defeat to LA Galaxy II. The Matthews, North Carolina, native is yet to make an appearance for the Revolution this season.
