NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY
Gillette Stadium | Foxborough, Mass.
Saturday, Oct. 1| Week #30| MLS Game #309
7:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE, CSN-NE, KMCI-38)
A critical contest to the playoff ambitions of both teams is on deck when the New England Revolution play host to Sporting Kansas City on Saturday evening at Gillette Stadium. The Revolution come into the game now four points below the red line in the Eastern Conference, their three-game winning run put to an end in a 2-0 loss at Columbus Crew SC last weekend. Sporting are now just two points ahead of the red line, sitting in fifth place in the Western Conference after a 2-1 win at the San Jose Earthquakes last weekend.
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- The Revolution saw their three-game winning streak – their longest of the season – put to an end in a 2-0 loss at Columbus Crew SC on Sunday evening at Mapfre Stadium.
- Dom Dwyer scored his 15th goal of the season as Sporting extended their undefeated run to three games, following a pair of draws, with a 2-1 win at the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday evening. The win ended a 12-game winless streak on the road for SKC, their longest since 2008.
- Sporting won the lone meeting between the teams a year ago, a 4-2 victory May 20 at Sporting Park. The Revolution had a three-game winning streak alive in the series before last year’s SKC win, triumphant in all three league meetings during the 2014 season.
- The Revolution’s 2-0 win at Gillette Stadium on April 26, 2014 snapped a six-game Sporting undefeated streak in league play in the series, scoring their first goals vs. SKC since July 30, 2011, snapping a 592-minute shutout streak. The Revolution are undefeated in the last three meetings in Foxborough.
- When the Revolution won 3-2 on Sept. 26, 2014, it was their first win in Kansas City since 2008, ending an eight-game winless streak there.
REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Matthew Nelson; AR2 (opposite): Brian Dunn; 4th: Jorge Gonzalez
MLS Career: 55 games; FC/gm: 25.8; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 12; pens: 23
SUSPENDED: KC: Roger Espinoza (caution accumulation; through Oct. 2)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: NE: Scott Caldwell … KC: Matt Besler, Jimmy Medranda
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NE: Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury, Juan Agudelo, London Woodberry … KC: Dom Dwyer, Lawrence Olum
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (51 meetings): Revolution 16 wins (1 shootout), 64 goals …Sporting 24 wins (1 shootout), 81 goals …Ties 11
AT NEW ENGLAND (26 meetings): Revolution 9 wins (1 shootout), 36 goals … Sporting 11 wins (0 shootout), 40 goals … Ties 6
LAST YEAR (MLS):
5/20: KC 4, NE 2 (Dwyer 29; Nemeth 39, 46; Feilhaber 43 – Agudelo 11; Caldwell 64)
- Sporting won the lone meeting between the teams a year ago, a 4-2 victory May 20 at Sporting Park. The Revolution had a three-game winning streak alive in the series before last year’s SKC win, triumphant in all three league meetings during the 2014 season.
- The Revolution’s 2-0 win at Gillette Stadium on April 26, 2014 snapped a six-game Sporting undefeated streak in league play in the series, scoring their first goals vs. SKC since July 30, 2011, snapping a 592-minute shutout streak. The Revolution are undefeated in the last three meetings in Foxborough.
- When the Revolution won 3-2 on Sept. 26, 2014, it was their first win in Kansas City since 2008, ending an eight-game winless streak there. • Coaches record: Peter Vermes vs. NE: P14 W6 L5 D3 … Jay Heaps vs. KC: P9 W3 L4 D2
