FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution’s preseason will begin on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018 as the team returns to Gillette Stadium to commence training for the 2018 Major League Soccer season. The Revolution will then make trips to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. for a series of friendlies and Tucson, Ariz. for the Mobile Mini Sun Cup, formerly known as the Desert Diamond Cup.
Following an initial week of physical examinations and training in Foxborough, the Revolution will travel to IMG Academy on Friday, Jan. 26 for the first leg of preseason competition. The club is scheduled to participate in three exhibition matches during this trip: Jan. 31 against an MLS opponent to be announced, Feb. 3 vs. Swedish side Malmö FF (2:30 p.m. ET), and Feb. 6 vs. USL club FC Cincinnati (3:30 p.m. ET). The Revolution will return to Foxborough on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
After a brief stint back in New England, the Revolution will travel to Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 11 for four matches in the Mobile Mini Sun Cup preseason tournament. In Tucson, the Revs will face FC Dallas on Feb. 14, FC Tucson on Feb. 17, Sporting Kansas City on Feb. 21, and a fourth opponent to be determined on Feb. 24. The match against Sporting Kansas City will be an ungated event, while all other contests in Tucson will be ticketed. For more information on the event and tickets, please visit www.PHXRisingFC.com or www.fctucson.com.
This marks the seventh straight year the Revolution will participate in the premier MLS preseason competition hosted by FC Tucson in partnership with Phoenix Rising FC. With 11 MLS clubs playing preseason contests in Tucson this February, it marks the largest MLS preseason event in the league's history. The Revs won the Desert Diamond Cup tournament in 2016 and were runners-up in the inaugural tournament in 2012.
<strong>Date</strong> |
<strong>Match</strong> |
<strong>Location</strong> |
<strong>Time</strong> |
<p>Wednesday, Jan. 31</p> |
<p>TBD</p> |
<p>IMG – Bradenton, Fla.</p> |
<p>TBD</p> |
<p>Saturday, Feb. 3</p> |
<p>Malmö FF (SWE)</p> |
<p>IMG – Bradenton, Fla.</p> |
<p>2:30 p.m. ET</p> |
<p>Tuesday, Feb. 6</p> |
<p>FC Cincinnati (USL)</p> |
<p>IMG – Bradenton, Fla.</p> |
<p>3:30 p.m. ET</p> |
<p>Wednesday, Feb. 14</p> |
<p>FC Dallas</p> |
<p>Tucson, Ariz.</p> |
<p>5:00 p.m. MT</p> |
<p>Saturday, Feb. 17</p> |
<p>FC Tucson</p> |
<p>Tucson, Ariz.</p> |
<p>4:00 p.m. MT</p> |
<p>Wednesday, Feb. 21</p> |
<p>Sporting Kansas City</p> |
<p>Tucson, Ariz.</p> |
<p>11:00 a.m. MT</p> |
<p>Saturday, Feb. 24</p> |
<p>TBD</p> |
<p>Tucson, Ariz.</p> |
<p>TBD</p> |
