NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION vs. ORLANDO CITY
GILLETTE STADIUM, Foxboro, Massachusetts
APRIL 30, 2016 (WEEK 9, MLS GAME #82)
7:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE, CSN-NE, TV27)
A key meeting of Eastern Conference clubs currently above the red line is ahead when the New England Revolution and Orlando City SC face off for a second time this season, Saturday evening at Gillette Stadium. The Revolution are looking to snap a four-game winless run, playing for a third draw in that time at midweek in a 1-1 result with the Portland Timbers. Orlando City haven’t won in their last three starts, dropping a 3-2 decision at the New York Red Bulls last weekend. The teams, level on points in the division, reached a dramatic 2-2 draw April 17 in Orlando.
- Cyle Larin netted his fourth goal of the season, his first after hitting the back of the net in each of the first three games this season, but Orlando City still saw their winless run stretched to a third game in a 3-2 loss at the New York Red Bulls on Sunday evening.
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Orlando City took a late lead through Kevin Molino, but the Revolution scored an equalizing goal deep in stoppage time for a second time this season to leave the teams in a 2-2 draw at the Citrus Bowl. Lee Nguyen scored the latest penalty kick in the club’s history, in the 96th minute, for the equalizer.
- The teams met twice during Orlando City’s inaugural MLS season. They reached a 2-2 draw May 8 at the Citrus Bowl in the first meeting, then the Revolution claimed a 3-0 victory Sept. 5 at Gillette Stadium.
REFEREE: Robert Sibiga. AR1 (bench): Jeff Muschik; AR2 (opposite): Peter Balciunas; 4th: Kevin Terry Jr.
MLS Career: 5 games; FC/gm: 25.0; Y/gm: 2.6; R: 1; pens: 1
SUSPENDED: none
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NE: Gershon Koffie … ORL: Seb Hines, Cristian Higuita
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (3 meetings): Revolution 1 win, 7 goals … Orlando City 0 wins, 4 goals … Ties 2
AT NEW ENGLAND (1 meeting): Revolution 1 win, 3 goals … Orlando City 0 wins, 0 goals … Ties 0
FUTURE MATCH: 7/31: Orlando City SC vs. New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m. ET
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Orlando City took a late lead through Kevin Molino, but the Revolution scored an equalizing goal deep in stoppage time for a second time this season to leave the teams in a 2-2 draw at the Citrus Bowl. Lee Nguyen scored the latest penalty kick in the club’s history, in the 96th minute, for the equalizer.
- The teams met twice during Orlando City’s inaugural MLS season. They reached a 2-2 draw May 8 at the Citrus Bowl in the first meeting, then the Revolution claimed a 3-0 victory Sept. 5 at Gillette Stadium.
- Coaches record: Jay Heaps vs. ORL: P3 W1 L0 T2 … Adrian Heath vs. NE: P3 W0 L1 T2
LAST MEETING (MLS):
4/17: ORL 2, NE 2 (Kaka 2; Molino 92+ -- Bunbury 37; Nguyen 96+)
- The game got off to a furious start. Just 15 seconds in, Orlando City’s Julio Baptista drew a foul in the box, and Kaká converted the resulting penalty to put City in front in just the second minute.
- But the Revolution equalized in the 37th minute when Teal Bunbury finished off a Chris Tierney from close range.
- Orlando City looked to have hit for a late winner when Kevin Molino hammered home a low drive from the center of the area after the Revs failed to clear.
- Yet just four minutes later, referee Baldomero Toledo called a handball on Servando Carrasco in the penalty area and pointed to the spot, and the Revs' Lee Nguyen converted the penalty to leave the teams in a 2-2 draw.
- ORLANDO CITY SC (4-2-3-1): Joseph Bendik - Kevin Alston, Tommy Redding, Seb Hines, Brek Shea - Darwin Ceren, Antonio Nocerino (Servando Carrasco 90) - Adrian Winter (Kevin Molino 61), Kaka, Carlos Rivas (Cyle Larin 61) - Julio Baptista.
- NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (4-2-3-1): Bobby Shuttleworth - London Woodberry, Je-Vaughn Watson, Andrew Farrell, Chris Tierney - Scott Caldwell (Daigo Kobayashi 77), Gershon Koffie - Kelyn Rowe, Lee Nguyen, Diego Fagundez (Charlie Davies 62) - Teal Bunbury.
