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Red Bulls Topple Revolution 2-0

June 8, 2014 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
New England Revolution News Release


FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Revolution suffered a 2-0 loss today at Gillette Stadium in the teams' final match before the Major League Soccer break for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Goals from Eric Alexander and Peguy Luyindula helped the Red Bulls hand the Revs their second straight loss.

While the loss was New England's (7-5-2, 23 pts.) first at home in the 2014 season, the Revs remained in first place in the Eastern Conference after the weekend. With the victory, the Red Bulls (4-5-6, 18 pts.) recorded their first regular-season win at Gillette Stadium since June 29, 2002 - a span of almost 12 years.

New England next action comes in the fourth round of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, June 18. The Revolution will travel to face the Richmond Kickers (USL PRO) at City Stadium in Richmond, Virginia.

The Revolution next sees MLS action on June 28, when they host the Philadelphia Union at Gillette Stadium.

Key Plays

1' - NE's Patrick Mullins lets fly from 20 yards but his left-footed strike is punched aside by Luis Robles | WATCH THE PLAY 17' - NY GOAL: Eric Alexander heads the ball into an empty net off of a Lloyd Sam free kick delivery after Bobby Shuttleworth was

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Revolution suffered a 2-0 loss today at Gillette Stadium in the teams' final match before the Major League Soccer break for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Goals from Eric Alexander and Peguy Luyindula helped the Red Bulls hand the Revs their second straight loss.

While the loss was New England's (7-5-2, 23 pts.) first at home in the 2014 season, the Revs remained in first place in the Eastern Conference after the weekend. With the victory, the Red Bulls (4-5-6, 18 pts.) recorded their first regular-season win at Gillette Stadium since June 29, 2002 - a span of almost 12 years.

New England next action comes in the fourth round of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, June 18. The Revolution will travel to face the Richmond Kickers (USL PRO) at City Stadium in Richmond, Virginia.

The Revolution next sees MLS action on June 28, when they host the Philadelphia Union at Gillette Stadium.

Santander Man of the Match

M Diego Fagundez -   Contributed to the Revs' offense with incisive passing and darting runs. Had five of the team's 22 shots, and came closest to scoring with a shot that struck the inside of the post in the first half

Next Games

The Revolution next travel to Richmond, Virginia, to face the Richmond Kickers (USL PRO) in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, June 18, at City Stadium.

Kickoff: 7 p.m. The match will be live-streamed. Check revolutionsoccer.net for more information in the coming days

The Revolution next returns to MLS action when the team hosts the Philadelphia Union after the World Cup break on Saturday, June 28, at Gillette Stadium in their third and final meeting with the Union this season.

Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. TV: Comcast SportsNet New England Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub

Additional Game Notes

The loss tonight dropped the Revolution's record to 7-5-2 with 23 points ... after winning five straight games from April 26 to May 24, the Revs are now winless in their last two Tonight's loss is the Revolution's first loss at Gillette Stadium this season ... the Revs are now 4-1-1 at home so far this season The loss also snapped the Revs' eight-game undefeated streak at Gillette Stadium that dated back to Sept. 21, 2013 Despite the loss, the Revs will come out of the weekend atop the Eastern Conference standings, one point ahead of D.C. United and Sporting KC, which are tied for second place with 22 points Tonight's loss is the Revolution's second straight shutout loss, and the team's sixth offensive shutout this season ... all five of the team's losses this season have come when they've been held scoreless The loss pushed the Revolution's all-time record against the New York Red Bull (formerly the New York/New Jersey MetroStars) to 26-21-15 Tonight marked the first regular-season loss to New York at home since June 29, 2002 ... the Revs were unbeaten in their previous 17 regular-season home games against New York Bobby Shuttleworth made his 13th  start of the season ... his is now 6-5-2 this season ... Shuttleworth is 2-3-3 against the New York Red Bulls in his career Tonight marked the first time Bobby Shuttleworth has conceded more than one goal at home this season Daigo Kobayashi returned to the starting 11 tonight, replacing Kelyn Rowe at midfield Kelyn Rowe came on as a halftime substitute for Patrick Mullins ... this was Rowe's fourth substitute appearance of the season Steve Neumann made his ninth straight substitute appearance, replacing Daigo Kobayashi at midfield - the appearance was his longest substitute stint of the season (19 minutes) Saer Sene made his eighth appearance of the season, replacing Andy Dorman at midfield in the 81st minute ... it was Sene's first appearance since April 19 at Chicago The Revs forced New York goalkeeper Luis Robles into nine saves, the most against a Revs opponent since Aug. 13, 2011 when Columbus made nine saves in a 3-1 win over New England at Crew Stadium Three players were unavailable tonight because of injury: Kevin Alston (hamstring), Shalrie Joseph (calf) and Charlie Davies (calf) Tonight's attendance (23,950) was the largest crowd the Revs have played in front of this season, and the seventh highest stand-alone Revolution home game attendance in Gillette Stadium history

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