MONTREAL – The New England Revolution saw its six-game winning streak grind to a halt on Saturday night, losing 3-0 to the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo. With the loss, which was New England’s first in eight games, the Revs are now 13-10-6 for 46 points on the season, dropping the club to second place in the Eastern Conference, one point behind Columbus and one point ahead of D.C. United and the New York Red Bulls, who share third place.
Montreal jumped out to an early lead in the fifth minute when midfielder Johan Venegas scored on a deflected shot from distance. Venegas’ shot glanced off Steve Neumann, who was making his first start of the season, and curled just out of the reach of goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth to give the Impact a 1-0 lead.
Designated Player Didier Drogba and midfielder Ignacio Piatti nearly doubled Montreal’s lead in the 15th and 20th minutes respectively. Drogba saw his shot from outside the New England area flash off the top of the crossbar, while Piatti’s attempt flew inches over the bar.
Charlie Davies had the Revs' best chance of the first half, seeing a header cleared off the line by Laurent Ciman in the 31st minute from a Neumann cross,keeping the Impact lead at 1-0 going into the break.
Montreal doubled their lead in the 60^th minute when Didier Drogba tallied his fourth of the season, firing a free kick that deflected off Kelyn Rowe and into the net, giving the Impact a 2-0 lead.
After Montreal’s Marco Donadel was sent off in the 72^nd minute after receiving a straight red card for hard challenge on Andrew Farrell, the Impact managed to add another goal in the 76^th minute through substitute Dilly Duka. Drogba was again in the center of the action, slipping through Duka, who finished past Shuttleworth from inside the Revs’ area.
The Revs almost pulled a goal back in the 84^th minute when Chris Tierney pushed forward and played a hard ball across the Montreal area to Juan Agudelo, whose flicked attempt flew over the bar as the Impact saw out the 3-0 victory.
Full match highlights and statistics can be found here.
Revolution Santander Man of the Match
·Chris Tierney – Created four scoring chances for the Revs and battled throughout the 90 minutes, stifling the Montreal attack down his flank while creating at the other end of the field.
Next Game
The Revolution will return home and host the Philadelphia Union on Saturday, September 26 at Gillette Stadium. That game, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m. ET, will be shown locally on Comcast SportsNet and nationally on MLS LIVE. It will also be available locally on the radio, in English on 98.5 The Sports Hub and on WMVX 1570 AM Nossa Radio USA in Portuguese.
New England Revolution at Montreal Impact
August 19, 2015 – Stade Saputo (Montreal, Quebec)
Montreal Impact 3, New England Revolution 0
Scoring Summary:
MTL – Johan Venegas 1 (Ignacio Piatti 6) 5’
MTL – Didier Drogba 4 (Unassisted) 60’
MTL – Dilly Duka 2 (Drogba 1, Bush 1) 76’
Misconduct Summary:
MTL – Laurent Ciman (Yellow Card) 63’
MTL – Marco Donadel (Yellow Card) 69’
MTL – Marco Donadel (Red Card) 72’
New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Jeremy Hall (Juan Agudelo 70’), Andrew Farrell, Jose Goncalves, Chris Tierney; Jermaine Jones ©, Steve Neumann (Scott Caldwell 61’); Teal Bunbury (Diego Fagundez 61’), Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe; Charlie Davies.
Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Donnie Smith, Kevin Alston, Daigo Kobyashi.
STATS: Shots 10, Shots on target 4, Saves 1, Corner kicks 3, Offsides 2, Fouls 4, Possession 58.0%, Passes 432 (81.9%)
Montreal Impact: Evan Bush; Eric Miller, Laurent Ciman, Victor Cabrera, Laurent Ciman; Marco Donadel, Calum Mallace (Nigel Reo-Coker 54’), Johan Venegas, Ignacio Piatti © (Kyle Bekker 77’), Andres Romero (Dilly Duka 71’); Didier Drogba.
Substitutes Not Used: Eric Kronberg, Hassoun Camara, Wandrille Lefevre, Dominic Oduro.
STATS: Shots 12, Shots on target 4, Saves 3, Corner kicks 4, Offsides 2, Fouls 16, Possession 42.0%, Passes 309 (76.1%)
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Assistant Referees: C.J. Morgante and Kathryn Nesbitt
Fourth Official: Armando Villareal
Weather: Rainy and 75 degrees
Attendance: 20,801
Team Records:
New England Revolution: 13-10-6, 46 pts.
Montreal Impact: 10-11-6, 33 pts.
Additional Game Notes

•        With the loss, the Revolution saw their record drop to 13-10-7 for 46 points on the season. They are now alone in second place in the Eastern Conference, one point behind Columbus Crew SC and one point ahead of both New York and D.C. United, who share third place.
•        Tonight’s loss was the Revs’ first loss since the 4-1 loss to the New York Red Bulls on July 11.
•         Prior to tonight’s loss, the Revs were unbeaten in their previous eight games, going 7-0-1 since July 18 when they beat New York City FC 1-0 at Gillette Stadium. The Revs’ eight-game unbeaten streak ended one game shy of equaling their nine-game unbeaten streak from earlier this year, which is the longest in the league this season.
•       Coming into tonight’s game, New England had won each of its last six games for the longest winning streak in MLS this season and           matched the club record for longest winning streak and was tied for the second-longest in MLS since the start of the 2000 season,      which was the first year in which ties were not settled by shootouts.
•       New England managed to claim six of a possible nine points over a seven day stretch, picking up wins over Toronto FC and the New York Red Bulls on Sunday and Wednesday respectively, before losing to Montreal tonight.
•       The Revs have taken 22 of a possible 27 points from its last nine games. The club had 24 points from its first 21 games.
•       This was the second of three meetings between Revolution and the Impact. The two sides drew 0-0 in the Revs’ home opener at Gillette Stadium on March 21 and the two sides will close out their season series in the Revs’ final home game of the regular season on Oct. 17.
•       The Revs are now 3-5-2 against Montreal since the club entered MLS in 2012, including a 2-3-1 record at Stade Saputo.
• Revolution head coach Jay Heaps made six changes to the team that beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 on Wednesday at Gillette Stadium.
•        Jeremy Hall, Chris Tierney, Steve Neumann, Jermaine Jones, Teal Bunbury and Charlie Davies all returned to the starting lineup in place of London Woodberry, Kevin Alston, Scott Caldwell, Daigo Kobayashi, Diego Fagundez and Juan Agudelo.
•       Of the five players who were replaced in the starting lineup, Agudelo, Alston, Caldwell, Fagundez and Kobayashi began the game on the bench, along with goalkeeper Brad Knighton and Donnie Smith. Woodberry and Dorman did not make the trip to Montreal.
•       Agudelo, Caldwell and Fagundez all entered the action in the second half.
•       Steve Neumann started in place of Scott Caldwell. The start was Neumann’s first regular-season start of the 2015 season and his first since Oct. 16, 2014 at Houston. Neumann’s only other start this season came in the Revs’ 1-0 defeat to the Charlotte Independence in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 17.
•       Bobby Shuttleworth made his 100^th start to become the 26^th goalkeeper in MLS history and the second goalkeeper in Revolution history to start in 100 games.
•        London Woodberry missed the game while serving a one-game suspension for yellow-card accumulation. He was shown his sixth yellow card of the season against the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday.
•        Woodberry is the third Revolution player to miss a game because of yellow-card accumulation, joining Andy Dorman and Jermaine Jones who returned to tonight’s lineup after serving his suspension during Wednesday’s game.
•        Montreal midfielder Johan Venegas scored his first goal of the season in the fifth minute to give the Impact a 1-0 lead.
•        This was the first time the Revs conceded the opening goal since their 4-1 loss to the New York Red Bulls on July 11.
•        The Revs made two substitutions in the 61^st minute with Scott Caldwell replacing Steve Neumann and Diego Fagundez replacing Teal Bunbury.
•        The substitute appearance was Caldwell’s second of the season and first since the 2-0 loss to New York City FC on March 15. Caldwell has appeared in a team-high 31 matches in all competitions this season.
•        This was also the first time Fagundez has appeared off the bench since the Revs’ last defeat against the Red Bulls on July 11, breaking a streak of eight consecutive starts..
•        Montreal midfielder Marco Donadel was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Andrew Farrell in the 72^nd minute.
•        Donadel was the fifth player to have been sent off against the Revolution this season, joining Hassoun Camara, Ned Grabavoy, Jozy Altidore and Cristian Maidana.
•        Bobby Shuttleworth made one save on the night and saw his record drop to 12-9-6 on the season.
•        Tonight’s 3-0 loss marked the greatest goal differential in a New England loss since the 4-1 defeat to New York on July 11, while the game also marked the highest goal differential where the Revs were unable to score since the 3-0 loss to Seattle Sounders FC in the season opener on March 8.