FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Jermaine Jones scored the game-winning goal for the second consecutive game, heading in a Chris Tierney free kick to give the New England Revolution (15-13-3, 48 pts.) a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Crew (11-10-10, 43 pts.) at Gillette Stadium. Revolution goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth made six saves on the night en route to earning his 14th victory of the season.

With the win, the Revolution claimed sole possession of second place in the Eastern Conference, two points ahead of Sporting Kansas City and four points behind first-place D.C. United.

Lee Nguyen opened the scoring in the 20th minute, getting on the end of a Teal Bunbury cross and slotting a shot past Columbus goalkeeper Steve Clark. The goal was Nguyen’s team-best 14th of the season, which sets a new Revolution record for goals by a midfielder.

The lead would last just five minutes before Columbus equalized through Ethan Finlay. Tony Tchani played him in behind the Revolution defense and Finlay rolled a shot past Shuttleworth and inside the far post, leveling the score at 1-1.

Shortly after New England had gone in front, the Crew were reduced to 10 men when defender Waylon Francis was ejected after being shown his second yellow card of the game.

Key Plays

• 1’ – CLB’s Ethan Finlay finds space inside the NE penalty area, but his low shot across the goal flashes wide | WATCH THE PLAY
• 5’ – CLB’s Waylon Francis cuts the ball back to Federico Higuain on the edge of the area, but his effort skips just wide of the goal | WATCH THE PLAY
• 18’ – CLB’s Waylon Francis gets to the end line and cuts the ball back to Ethan Finlay who flicks it to Aaron Schoenfeld but Bobby Shuttleworth smothers his low attempt | WATCH THE PLAY
• 20’ – NE GOAL: Teal Bunbury delivers a cross that narrowly evades Charlie Davies but falls to Lee Nguyen who calmly slots the ball into the corner | WATCH THE PLAY
• 25’ – CLB GOAL: Ethan Finlay receives a pass from Tony Tchani and slides his finish low beyond Bobby Shuttleworth | WATCH THE PLAY
• 37’ – NE’s Kelyn Rowe sends a short free kick to Jermaine Jones whose shot from 35 yards is tipped away for a corner by Steve Clark | WATCH THE PLAY
• 39’ – YELLOW CARD: CLB’s Waylon Francis shown a yellow card for chopping down Andrew Farrell | WATCH THE PLAY
• 41’ – YELLOW CARD: NE’s Jose Goncalves shown a yellow card for fouling Ethan Finlay | WATCH THE PLAY

HALFTIME SCORE: New England Revolution 1, Columbus Crew 1

• 52’ – CLB’s Tony Tchani slips through Ethan Finlay whose goal-bound shot is tipped away for a corner by Bobby Shuttleworth | WATCH THE PLAY
• 59’ – YELLOW CARD: NE’s A.J. Soares shown a yellow card for fouling Aaron Schoenfeld | WATCH THE PLAY
• 62’ – CLB’s Federico Higuain hits a low corner to the edge of the area for Hector Jimenez to strike but Bobby Shuttleworth pushes the ball away | WATCH THE PLAY
• 63’ – CLB’s Aaron Schoenfeld breaks clear and hits a powerful shot on frame but Bobby Shuttleworth blocks it away | WATCH THE PLAY
• 64’ – YELLOW CARD: NE’s Jermaine Jones shown a yellow card for tugging back Justin Meram | WATCH THE PLAY
• 67’ – NE GOAL: Chris Tierney whips in a free kick from the left and Jermaine Jones finds himself open at the back post to head into the back of the net | WATCH THE PLAY
• 70’ – SECOND YELLOW CARD & EJECTION: CLB’s Waylon Francis shown a second yellow card and ejected for an incident with Charlie Davies along the sideline | WATCH THE PLAY
• 93+ - YELLOW CARD: CLB’s Federico Higuain shown a yellow card for bringing down Daigo Kobayashi | WATCH THE PLAY
• 93+ - YELLOW CARD: NE’s Lee Nguyen shown a yellow card for time-wasting | WATCH THE PLAY

FINAL SCORE: New England Revolution 2, Columbus Crew 1
Santander Man of the Match

• GK Bobby Shuttleworth – Kept the Crew at bay with six saves on his way to recording his 14th win of the season

Next Game
The Revolution are back in action on Saturday, October 11 when they travel north of the border to face the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo. That game will kick off at 7:30 p.m.

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New England Revolution vs. Columbus Crew
October 4, 2014 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)

New England Revolution 2, Columbus Crew 1

Scoring Summary:
NE – Lee Nguyen 14 (Teal Bunbury 6) 20’
CLB – Ethan Finlay 9 (Tony Tchani 3) 25’
NE – Jermaine Jones 2 (Chris Tierney 4) 67’

Misconduct Summary:
CLB – Waylon Francis (Yellow Card) 39’
NE – Jose Goncalves (Yellow Card) 41’
NE – A.J. Soares (Yellow Card) 59’
NE – Jermaine Jones (Yellow Card) 64’
CLB – Waylon Francis (Yellow Card/Red Card) 70’
CLB – Federico Higuain (Yellow Card) 93+
NE – Lee Nguyen (Yellow Card) 93+

New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Andrew Farrell, A.J. Soares, Jose Goncalves ©, Chris Tierney; Scott Caldwell (Daigo Kobayashi 59’); Teal Bunbury (Steve Neumann 86’), Jermaine Jones, Lee Nguyen, Kelyn Rowe (Kevin Alston 69’); Charlie Davies

Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Darrius Barnes, Diego Fagundez, Patrick Mullins

STATS: Shots 11, Shots on target 6, Saves 6, Corner kicks 7, Offsides 1, Fouls 13, Possession 45.6%, Passes 329 (69.3%)

Columbus Crew: Steve Clark; Eric Gehrig (Hector Jimenez 46’), Tyson Wahl, Michael Parkhurst ©, Waylon Francis (Sent Off 70’); Ethan Finlay, Will Trapp, Tony Tchani, Federico Higuain, Justin Meram (Bernardo Anor 68’); Aaron Schoenfeld (Jairo Arrieta 71’).

Substitutes Not Used: Matt Lampson, Chad Barson, Kevan George, Ben Speas

STATS: Shots 15, Shots on target 7, Saves 4, Corner kicks 4, Offsides 2, Fouls 12, Possession 54.4%, Passes 404 (75.0%)

Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Assistant Referees: Philippe Briere (AR1) and Daniel Belleau (AR2)
Fourth Official: Daniel Fitzgerald

Weather: Rainy and 63 degrees
Attendance: 23,143

Team Records:
Columbus Crew: 11-10-10, 43 pts.
New England Revolution: 15-13-3, 48 pts.

Additional Game Notes

• With the win, the Revs are now 15-13-3 on the season for 48 points … they are two points ahead of Sporting Kansas City for second place in the Eastern Conference and four points behind D.C. United for first place with three games remaining in the regular season.
• New England’s 15 wins are one more than the club had in 2013 and tied for the second-most in club history.
• As a result of the victory, the Revs are now guaranteed of at least a top-six finish in the Eastern Conference … Montreal, Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia are all assured of finishing no better than tied with New England and none can record more victories than the Revs.
• This was New England’s first win of the season-series with the Crew … they finish the season with a 1-2-0 regular-season record against Columbus.
• New England is now 21-31-11 all-time against the Crew, including 13-14-15 at home.
• Revolution head coach Jay Heaps made two changes to the squad that earned a 3-2 win over Sporting Kansas City last Friday night … Scott Caldwell and A.J. Soares each returned to the starting lineup in place of Kevin Alston and Daigo Kobayashi … Alston and Kobayashi each began the game on the bench … Soares was back in the lineup after missing the win over Sporting with a calf injury.
• The Revolution were without Andy Dorman (right knee sprain) and Stephen McCarthy (left meniscus surgery) who each missed the game because of injury.
• Lee Nguyen gave the Revs a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute with his team-best 14th goal of the season. He now has a goal or an assist in seven of the last eight games, dating back to August 23 against Chivas USA … in that time, he has six goals and three assists in that time.
• Nguyen’s 14th goal sets a new club record for goals scored by a midfielder … he had been tied with Diego Fagundez, who had 13 goals from midfield in 2013.
• He is now seventh in MLS with 14 goals … his 14 goals are the most by a Revolution player since Taylor Twellman had 16 in 2007.
• Teal Bunbury was credited with the assist on Nguyen’s goal … that was his career-best sixth assist of the season … he now leads the team in assists and has one in each of his last two games.
• Prior to this season, Bunbury never had more than three assists in a year.
• This was the first time that the Revs have scored first at home since August 23 against Chivas USA, breaking a three-game streaking of having fallen behind at home.
• This was also the first time that New England had led Columbus this season. The initial lead would last just five minutes as the Crew equalized in the 25th minute … Ethan Finlay was credited with his ninth goal of the season, slotting a shot past Bobby Shuttleworth, to tie the score at 1-1.
• Jermaine Jones gave the Revs a 2-1 lead in the 67th minute, heading home a Chris Tierney freekick … that was his second goal of the season and first at Gillette Stadium.
• He has now scored the game-winning goal in each of the last two games.
• In the five games that Jones has started for the Revolution, he now has two goals and three assists … all of which have either given New England the lead or tied the game.
• Tierney was credited with the lone assist on Jones’ goal … this was his first assist for New England since July 4 against Real Salt Lake … he now has four assists on the season.
• The Revs are now a perfect 3-0-0 at home when Tierney records an assist.
• Columbus defender Waylon Francis was sent off in the 70th minute after being shown his second yellow card of the evening … he is the ninth player to be sent off against the Revs this season … New England is now 6-2-1 in games in which the opposition finishes with 10 men.
• Bobby Shuttleworth was named the Santander Man of the Match after making six saves … that equals his second-best single-game total this season … he made a season-high seven saves on July 19 away to FC Dallas.
• Five of Shuttleworth’s six saves came in the second half.
• Kevin Alston made the 130th appearance of his Revolution career … he is the 10th player to appear in 130 games for the club.
• Daigo Kobayashi came on as a second half substitute … he has appeared in all 31 regular-season games that the Revs have played this year.
• A.J. Soares was shown his fifth yellow card of the season … he is now one caution away from a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation.
• Lee Nguyen was shown his fourth yellow card of the season and is also one caution away from a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation.