New England Revolution vs. New York City FC | MLS Match Preview

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NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION vs. NEW YORK CITY FC
GILLETTE STADIUM, Foxborough, Mass.
July 18, 2015 (MLS Game #197)
7:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE)

The New England Revolution return home looking to put the brakes on their recent slide, facing a crucial contest in the Eastern Conference when they meet New York City FC on Saturday evening at Gillette Stadium. The Revolution suffered their fifth loss on the trot last week, falling 4-1 at the New York Red Bulls. NYCFC are now just three points further behind the Revolution in the East, after reaching a 4-4 draw with Toronto FC last Sunday at Yankee Stadium.

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REFEREE: Sorin Stoica. AR1 (bench): Matthew Nelson; AR2 (opposite): Jason White; 4th: Marcos de Oliveira
MLS Career: 37 games; FC/gm: 28.8; Y/gm: 4.1; R: 18; pens: 20

SUSPENDED: NE: Jose Goncalves (through July 19)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: NE: Teal Bunbury, London Woodberry … NYC: Mehdi Ballouchy, Kwadko Poku, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Jason Hernandez
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NE: Juan Agudelo, Jermaine Jones, Lee Nguyen, Jose Goncalves … NYC: Shay Facey, R.J. Allen, Chris Wingert
DISABLED LIST: NE: Darrius Barnes … NYC: Tony Taylor
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: NYC: Mix Diskerud (USA, CONCACAF Gold Cup)

HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (1 meeting): NYCFC 1 win, 2 goals … Revolution 0 wins, 0 goals … Ties 0
AT NEW ENGLAND: First meeting.
FUTURE MATCH: 10/25: New York City FC vs. New England Revolution, tbd

The teams are meeting for the second time this season. David Villa and Patrick Mullins scored in each half to lead NYCFC to a 2-0 win March 15 at Yankee Stadium, the first win in the club’s history.
The third and final meeting between the clubs will come Oct. 25 during Decision Day, the final day of the season, at Yankee Stadium.
Coaches record: Jason Kreis vs. NE: P13 W8 L2 T3 … Jay Heaps vs. NYC: P1 W0 L1 T0

LAST MEETING (MLS)
3/15: NYC 2, NE 0 (Villa 19; Mullins 84)

New York City FC scored the first goal in their Yankee Stadium history in the 19th minute. It started with a darting run from the left side by David Villa, before playing a quick one-two with Ned Grabavoy. Villa received the return ball just inside the 18-yard box, took two more touches and finished clinically inside the far post for his first MLS goal.
The Revolution went a man in the 66th minute when substitute Khiry Shelton got behind the New England defense and was pulled down from behind by Jose Goncalves, who was shown a straight red card by referee Mark Geiger.
The game was put on ice in the 84th minute when Villa put in a cross and second-half substitute Patrick Mullins slid in at the back post to knock it home and seal NYCFC's first MLS victory.
NEW YORK CITY FC (4-4-2): Josh Saunders - Josh Williams (Shay Facey 79), Jason Hernandez, Chris Wingert, Jeb Brovsky - Sebastian Velasquez (Khiry Shelton 66), Mix Diskerud, Andrew Jacobson, Ned Grabavoy - David Villa, Adam Nemec (Patrick Mullins 84).
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (4-2-3-1): Bobby Shuttleworth - Kevin Alston (Darrius Barnes 59), Andrew Farrell, Jose Goncalves (sent off 66), Chris Tierney - Daigo Kobayashi, Andy Dorman - Kelyn Rowe, Lee Nguyen (Scott Caldwell 71), Diego Fagundez - Juan Agudelo (Charlie Davies 65).