FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – When the Revs take the pitch against Nashville SC on Wednesday night, they will officially reach the halfway point of the 2025 campaign. It’s only fitting that in their 17th match, and with 17 more still ahead, the Revs will face the same team they started the season against back on February 22.
Since that opening match, the 2025 MLS season has taken shape in unexpected ways – the defending MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy find themselves at the bottom of the standings, expansion side San Diego FC is soaring in their first year, and Carles Gil has been one of the best attacking midfielders in the league – oh wait, we expected that one.
Amid the league’s shifting hierarchy, New England have quietly made a compelling midseason story. With 16 new players on the roster, it took time for chemistry to develop. The Revs opened the season in Nashville with a 0-0 draw, followed by three straight losses. They found their first win at home against the New York Red Bulls in game five, but the real turning point came in April, when a tactical shift from a 4-2-3-1 to a 3-4-1-2 sparked a resurgence. New England went on a nine-game unbeaten run, a streak that was only snapped in their most recent match – a narrow 1-0 loss to FC Cincinnati.
“We’ve made a lot of progress from day one of preseason to now. It obviously is a team with a lot of new faces and new people on the team, so we had a period of time when the group was trying to gel and come together. That’s been a process, but we’ve been finding our form from a team perspective, so we want to continue that,” explained defender Tanner Beason. “It took a bit of time to build, so now we need to approach the rest of the season with an attitude that we can win and start to put more points on the table.”
After 16 games and with two in hand compared to most of the league, New England are in decent standing moving toward the second half of the season. Currently seated 11th in the crowded Eastern Conference, the Revs sit just two points back of the playoff places and nine points back of third-place Nashville, but these next 17 games will determine their fate.
“We’re on a good run. We just have to keep working hard day in and day out,” said 17-year-old Peyton Miller as he looks ahead to the second half of the season. “We have to make playoffs.”
The first half of the season has seen the Revs earn 23 points, with a majority of their games on the road. With 10 of their opening 17 games played away from home, the Revs now look forward to a friendlier schedule, hosting 10 of their final 17 in Foxborough.
After establishing themselves on the road for the early part of the season, New England will now have to do the same in Foxborough. With just one more match in June after their showdown with Nashville SC, the Revs will work to make Gillette Stadium a fortress as they charge toward the second half of 2025.
From league veterans to young players making their mark, everyone in the Revolution locker room has one single goal in mind, and every point matters to get them there.
“In the next 17 games, we want to be at the top of the table,” said Miller. “At the end of the day, what we want is to win this MLS Cup.”
