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New England Revolution ties Chicago Fire

July 26, 2015 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
New England Revolution News Release


BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. - The New England Revolution played to a 2-2 draw with the Chicago Fire on Saturday night at Toyota Park to snap a six-game road losing streak. Lee Nguyen and Kelyn Rowe scored on either side of halftime for the Revs with Rowe's 77th minute equalizer earning a point for New England after they had fallen behind 2-1 two minutes earlier. This was the first time that the Revolution had come back from a goal down in the final 15 minutes to earn a point. With the draw, the Revs are now 7-9-7 on the season for 28 points, leaving them tied with Toronto FC for fourth place in the Eastern Conference.

New England went in front in the 28th minute when Lee Nguyen slotted home a rebound for his second goal in as many games and fourth of the season. Scott Caldwell was played in down the left flank and he hit a low, hard cross across the face of goal that was parried away by Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson, but only as far as Nguyen, who hit a right-footed shot into the open net, making the score 1-0 in favor of the Revs.

It appeared that the Revs would take that lead into halftime, however the Fire were able to equalize in the 44th minute from the penalty spot. Revolution captain Jose Goncalves poked a loose ball away from the foot of Chicago's David Accam at the top of the penalty area, but referee Ricardo Salazar adjudged Goncalves to have fouled the Fire winger and pointed to the spot. Shaun Maloney stepped up to take the penalty and he placed his shot just inside the right post, past the dive of Brad Knighton, tying the score at 1-1.

After the break, Chicago captain Razvan Cocis went close at both ends of the field, firing a right-footed shot just wide of Knighton's post in the 60th minute and then nearly scoring an own goal three minutes later when he redirected a Chris Tierney free kick off the post and out for a corner.

In the 75th minute, Cocis would give the Fire a lead flicking the ball over the line from close range to give Chicago a 2-1 lead. The Revolution struggled to clear a corner kick and a Matthew Watson shot was saved by Knighton, only for Cocis to react quickest to the rebound and score from close range, putting the Fire in front.

However, the Revs would answer just two minutes later when Juan Agudelo, who had just come on a minute earlier, chased down a long ball and found Chris Tierney on the left flank. The Revolution left back then hit a low cross that eluded a pair of Fire defenders and found Kelyn Rowe at the back post with Rowe prodding the ball home to tie the score at 2-2.

The Revolution nearly grabbed a winner late on but Rowe's cross from the right wing narrowly missed finding the foot of Charlie Davies, who had gotten open at the back post.

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