FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution earned a 2-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium despite two weather delays that totaled two hours and 50 minutes. Second half goals from Jose Goncalves and Juan Agudelo gave the Revs their third straight home win and extended their unbeaten streak to four games, going 3-0-1 in that time.

In the 13^th minute, referee Jose Carlos Rivero suspended play due to lightning in the Foxborough area. The game resumed at 9:40 p.m. ET after a one hour and 49 minute delay.

Shortly after play resumed, Lee Nguyen and Diego Fagundez each had chances to put the Revs in front, but were denied by Houston’s Tyler Deric on each occasion.

After the scoreless first half, a string of thunderstorms approaching the stadium forced match officials to delay the start of the second half by one hour and one minute.

After the teams finally took the field, the Revolution controlled the play with Kelyn Rowe seeing a long distance effort palmed off the crossbar by Deric, who made a save on Nguyen 15 minutes later to keep the game scoreless. The Revs eventually took the lead in the 69^th minute through Goncalves, who scored his first goal of the season. The goal came as a result of a short corner combination with Nguyen and halftime substitute Daigo Kobayashi, before Nguyen sent a cross into the box that was headed high into the air by Houston defender A.J. Cochrane. The ball fell to Goncalves, who hit a first-time volley past Deric to put the Revs 1-0 up.

The score would remain the same until the 88^th minute, when Agudelo put the game out of reach with his fifth goal of the season. Fagundez sparked a counterattack by poking the ball forward to Nguyen, who raced forward, eluding the sliding challenge of David Horst before palying a square ball across the face of goal to Agudelo, who struck a low shot past Deric to make the final score 2-0 in favor of New England.

Revolution goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth made two saves on his way to recording his sixth shutout of the season and his first since June 13. The Revs will be off again next weekend before returning to action on Saturday, Aug. 29 when they face the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park to close out the month.

Full match highlights and statistics can be found here.

Revolution Santander Man of the Match

ANDREW FARRELL – The Revolution center back continuously broke up Houston attacks, limiting the Dynamo to just one shot on goal in the game, helping the Revs keep their seventh clean sheet of the season.

Next Game

The Revolution will be off next weekend before returning to action on the road on Saturday, August 29 when they travel south to Philadelphia to take on the Union at PPL Park. That game, which kicks off at 7 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 vs. Houston Dynamo
August 15, 2015 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
New England Revolution 2, Houston Dynamo 0

Scoring Summary:
NE – Jose Goncalves 1 (Unassisted) 69’
NE – Juan Agudelo 5 (Lee Nguyen 5) 88’

Misconduct Summary:
HOU – Luis Garrido (Yellow Card) 58’
HOU – David Horst (Yellow Card) 85’

New England Revolution: Bobby Shuttleworth; Jeremy Hall, Andrew Farrell, Jose Goncalves, Chris Tierney; Scott Caldwell, Jermaine Jones © (Daigo Kobayashi 46’); Kelyn Rowe (Teal Bunbury 77’), Lee Nguyen, Diego Fagundez; Charlie Davies (Juan Agudelo 59’).

Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, London Woodberry, Kevin Alston, Andy Dorman.

STATS: Shots 10, Shots on target 6, Saves 2, Corner kicks 4, Offsides 1, Fouls 13, Possession 51.9%, Passes 458 (80.1%)

Houston Dynamo: Tyler Deric; Sheanon Williams, A.J. Cochran, David Horst, DaMarcus Beasley (Kofi Sarkodie 46’); Nathan Sturgis (Boniek Garcia 76’), Luis Garrido; Alex, Brad Davis ©, Giles Barnes; Will Bruin (Erick Torres 56’).

Substitutes Not Used: Joe Willis, Rasheed Olabiyi, Leonel Miranda, Mauro Manotas.

STATS: Shots 7, Shots on target 1, Saves 4, Corner kicks 2, Offsides 0, Fouls 16, Possession 48.1%, Passes 422 (80.8%)

Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Assistant Referees: Craig Lowry and Mark Cahen

Fourth Official: Robert Sibiga

Weather: Partly Cloudy and 83 degrees

Attendance: 21,723

Team Records:

New England Revolution: 9-9-7, 34 pts.

Houston Dynamo: 8-9-7, 31 pts.

Additional Game Notes

• With the win, the Revolution are now 9-9-7 for 34 points on the season. They are now tied with Columbus Crew SC for third place in the Eastern Conference, though the Revs have played one more game than Columbus.
• This is the first time that the Revolution have had as many wins as losses on the season since they were 6-6-6 on June 24 following a loss to Columbus.
• New England is now 3-0-1 in its last four games, taking 10 of a possible 12 points in that time.
• The Revs have now won each of their last three games against the Dynamo and have not lost to them at Gillette Stadium since July 2013.
• This was the first and only game of the season between the Revolution and Dynamo and Houston is the final Western Conference team on the Revolution schedule.
• The Revs finish the season with a 3-5-1 record against the West including a 2-1-1 mark at Gillette Stadium.
• Revolution head coach Jay Heaps made one change to the team that beat Toronto FC 3-1 on Aug. 1 their last time out. Jermaine Jones returned to the starting lineup in place of Daigo Kobayashi, who began the game on the bench.
• This was the first time that Jones, who wore the captain’s armband, was in the starting lineup since May 31 against the LA Galaxy. He had missed nine straight games before coming off the bench against Toronto FC earlier this month.
• Darrius Barnes was the only Revolution player to miss the game because of injury, missing his 19^th straight game while recovering from left knee surgery.
• There was a one hour and 49 minute weather delay in the 13^th minute of the game because of lightning in the area.
• This was the first weather delay at Gillette Stadium since Aug. 16, 2003 in between overtime periods of a game between the Revolution and San Jose Earthquakes. That delay lasted 26 minutes.
• The game was delayed again at the start of the second half. That delay lasted one hour and one minute, starting at 11:30 p.m.
• The total time of the two delays was two hours and 50 minutes.
• Jermaine Jones exited the game at halftime and was replaced by Daigo Kobayashi.
• Jose Goncalves gave the Revs a 1-0 lead in the 69^th minute, volleying a left-footed shot past Tyler Deric following a failed clearance by the Dynamo. That was his first goal of the season.
• Goncalves now has at least one goal in each of his three seasons with the Revs, including a career-best of two in 2013.
• The Revs have now scored first in each of their last four games, going 3-0-1 in that time for 10 of a possible 12 points.
• Juan Agudelo rounding out the scoring in the 88^th minute with his fifth goal of the season and first since May 20 at Sporting Kansas City.
• Lee Nguyen was credited with the assist on Agudelo’s goal, giving him five on the season and 19 for his career. Nguyen is now one assist shy of becoming the sixth player in club history with 20 goals and 20 assists for his Revolution career.
• Bobby Shuttleworth finished the game with two saves for his sixth shutout of the season and first since June 13 against Chicago.
• Lee Nguyen was not shown a yellow card meaning that he is no longer on yellow card warning and would need to be booked twice more on the year to be forced to serve a one-game suspension.
• Scott Caldwell made the 80^th appearance of his MLS career in the game, playing the full 90 minutes in central midfield. He is now 15 minutes shy of setting a new career-high for minutes played in a season.
• Jay Heaps picked up the 49^th win of his MLS coaching career, leaving him one shy of becoming the second coach in club history with 50 or more wins.