NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION vs. CHICAGO FIRE
GILLETTE STADIUM • Foxborough, Massachusetts
July 23, 2016 • Week 20 • MLS Game #204
7:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE, CSN-NE, CSN Plus)
The New England Revolution and Chicago Fire meet for a second time this season in a critical Eastern Conference clash for both clubs when they face off Saturday evening at Gillette Stadium. The Revolution sit right on the red line in the conference, returning home off of a scoreless draw at Real Salt Lake last weekend. The Fire sit at the foot of the divisional standings, six points further back, after seeing their record road winless and losing slides extended in a 3-1 defeat at FC Dallas last weekend.
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- The Revolution snapped a two-game road losing run, despite being shut out at the attacking end for a third time in five games, reaching a scoreless result with Real Salt Lake on Saturday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- The Fire fell to a club-record seventh consecutive defeat on their travels, dropping a 3-1 decision at FC Dallas on Saturday evening at Toyota Stadium. The Fire’s MLS-record road winless streak, dating back to July 2014, is now at 34 games.
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Lee Nguyen scored early and Femi Hollinger-Janzen scored late as the Revolution took a 2-0 win May 14 at Gillette Stadium.
- The Revolution have won the last three meetings between the teams in Foxborough. When the Fire won there July 12, 2014, it was their first victory at New England since 2010.
- The Fire have a four-game undefeated streak alive at Toyota Park, with a 2-2 draw there last July 25, then a 3-1 victory on Oct. 3. The Revolution have won just twice all-time at Toyota Park – a 2-1 win in 2006, then a 1-0 victory March 9, 2013.
REFEREE: Juan Guzman. AR1 (bench): Sean Hurd; AR2 (opposite): Claudiu Badea; 4th: Jose Carlos Rivero
MLS Career: 71 games; FC/gm: 25.4; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 21; pens: 15
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: NE: Gershon Koffie, London Woodberry … CHI: Matt Polster
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CHI: Joao Meira
DISABLED LIST: NE: Xavier Kouassi
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (53 meetings): Revolution 20 wins, 73 goals … Fire 22 wins, 71 goals … Ties 11
AT NEW ENGLAND (27 meetings): Revolution 15 wins, 40 goals … Fire 9 wins, 26 goals … Ties 3
FUTURE MATCH: 10/16: Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution, 4 p.m. CT
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Lee Nguyen scored early and Femi Hollinger-Janzen scored late as the Revolution took a 2-0 win May 14 at Gillette Stadium.
- The Revolution have won the last three meetings between the teams in Foxborough. When the Fire won there July 12, 2014, it was their first victory at New England since 2010.
- The Fire have a four-game undefeated streak alive at Toyota Park, with a 2-2 draw there last July 25, then a 3-1 victory on Oct. 3. The Revolution have won just twice all-time at Toyota Park – a 2-1 win in 2006, then a 1-0 victory March 9, 2013.
- The teams have also now set a date in the semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup, on Aug. 9-10, after winning quarterfinal matches during the week.
- Coaches record: Jay Heaps vs. CHI: P13 W7 L4 T2 … Veljko Paunovic vs. NE: P1 W0 L1 T0
