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Revolution Fall to Pumas UNAM in SCCL Quarterfinals

March 17, 2022 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
New England Revolution News Release


MEXICO CITY - The New England Revolution were eliminated from the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League on Wednesday night, falling to Pumas UNAM in the second leg, 3-0, with the hosts advancing after a penalty shootout, 4-3.

Earl Edwards Jr. made five saves of his eight saves in the opening half hour to keep the match scoreless, but Juan Dinenno opened the scoring for Pumas in the 33rd minute. Dinenno doubled the lead in the 49th minute, before Sebastián Saucedo extended the lead 10 minutes later to tie the series at 3-3.

With the series level after 180 minutes, the match went to a penalty shootout to decide the winner. Carles Gil, DeJuan Jones, and Jozy Altidore all converted their attempts, and Edwards Jr. made one save to deny Efrain Velarde's effort. However, Dinenno converted the final penalty attempt to send Pumas to the SCCL semifinals.

The New England Revolution resume the 2022 Major League Soccer season on Saturday, March 19 against expansion side Charlotte FC in the clubs' first-ever meeting. The match kicks off at 7:00 p.m. ET at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., airing locally on WSBK-TV38, myRITV, and on CoziTV in Western Mass. The contest also airs on the radio at 98.5 The Sports Hub and 1260 AM Nossa Radio.

POSTGAME NOTES

2022 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Quarterfinals - Second Leg

March 16, 2022 - Estadio Olímpico Universitario (Mexico City, Mexico)

New England Revolution 0, Pumas UNAM 3

(Agg: 3-3; Pumas advances on penalty kicks, 4-3)

Team Notes:

Tonight's Starting XI features seven changes from last Saturday's MLS match against Real Salt Lake, as Earl Edwards Jr., Jon Bell, Arnór Traustason, and Adam Buksa are the lone four Revolution players to feature in both starting lineups.

The Revolution are now 8-2-1 all-time against Liga MX opponents, and 2-1-0 against Pumas.

Individual Notes:

Omar Gonzalez made his 30th career appearance in the Concacaf Champions League, playing 90 minutes with one shot on target.

Earl Edwards made eight saves to tie a career high previously set on Aug. 19, 2017.

Jon Bell made his SCCL debut in tonight's match, becoming the first Revolution II graduate to appear in international club competition for New England.

Tommy McNamara made his sixth career SCCL appearance, playing 45 minutes as a second-half substitute and registering a team-high two chances created.

DeJuan Jones started and played 90 minutes at left back, completing 88.2 percent of his passes and winning five of his eight duels with one chance created.

GAME CAPSULE

Referee: Ivan Barton (SLV).

Assistant Referees: David Moran (SLV - AR1); Geovany Garcia (SLV - AR2).

Fourth Official: Jaime Herrera (SLV).

Video Assistant Referee: Drew Fischer (CAN).

Assistant Video Assistant Referee: Ismael Cornejo (SLV).

Weather: 65 degrees and mostly cloudy.

Scoring Summary:

PUM - Juan Dinenno 4 (Rogério De Oliveira 2) 33'

PUM - Juan Dinenno 5 (Rogério De Oliveira 3) 49'

PUM - Sebastian Saucedo (Unassisted) 59'

Penalty Shootout:

NE - Carles Gil (Goal) 1-0

PUM - Arturo Ortiz (Goal) 1-1

NE - DeJuan Jones (Goal) 2-1

PUM - Alan Mozo (Goal) 2-2

NE - Tommy McNamara (Saved) 2-2

PUM - Efrain Velarde (Saved) 2-2

NE - Sebastian Lletget (Missed) 2-2

PUM - Nicolas Freire (Goal) 2-3

NE - Jozy Altidore (Goal) 3-3

PUM - Juan Dinenno (Goal) 3-4

Misconduct Summary:

NE - Arnór Traustason (Yellow Card - Bad Foul) 16'

NE - Jozy Altidore (Yellow Card - Unsporting Behavior) 72'

New England Revolution: Earl Edwards Jr.; DeJuan Jones, Omar Gonzalez, Jon Bell, Brandon Bye; Matt Polster, Arnór Traustason (Tommy McNamara 45'), Sebastian Lletget, Carles Gil ©; Gustavo Bou (Jozy Altidore 71'), Adam Buksa.

Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton, Ryan Spaulding, A.J. DeLaGarza, Maciel, Emmanuel Boateng.

Pumas UNAM: Alfredo Talavera ©; Alan Mozo, Nicolas Freire, Arturo Ortiz, Efrain Velarde; Leonel López, Omar Islas (Diogo de Oliveira 62'), Higor Meritão Sebastian Saucedo (Jorge Ruvalcaba 69'); Rogério De Oliveira (Washington Corozo 74'), Juan Dinenno.

Substitutes Not Used: Julio González, Jeronimo Rodriguez, Ricardo Galindo, Santiago Trigos.

Pumas UNAM Team Statistics New England Revolution

25 (11) Shots (on Target) 7 (3)

8 Blocked Shots 0

1.69 Expected Goals (xG) 0.83

8 Saves 3

10 Corner Kicks 6

1 Offsides 0

10 Fouls 9

431 (83.8%) Passes Attempted (% Completed) 277 (68.2%)

62.2% Possession 37.8%

POSTGAME QUOTES: New England Revolution 0 (3) at Pumas UNAM 3 (4) (Agg: 3-4)

New England Revolution Sporting Director & Head Coach Bruce Arena

On if playing a more defensive style was the right approach:

Arena: "Yes."

On what would have been the key to advancing through to the semifinals.

Arena: "What would have been the key to get through? Not conceding three goals and/or scoring a goal. Even as well as Pumas played, and we didn't play well, we had a chance right at the end of the game to score and didn't, then obviously lost on penalties. We're not surprised the way that the game looked. We knew it was going to look like that and the altitude was going to be a factor. And give them credit. We made too many mistakes tonight."

On how the backline looked without Andrew Farrell and Henry Kessler:

Arena: "Well, they were under a lot of pressure during the game. We made some mistakes that caused goals, but that's the way it goes. There's no excuses. We certainly could have been a little bit better, and the third goal is an example. We just made too many mistakes on that particular play."

On what he said to the team before penalty kicks:

Arena: "Well, we generally know who our best penalty kickers are and our first three guys were the guys that we knew would be confident taking them, so they went. And then I do ask which players feel comfortable taking a penalty and Sebastian [Lletget] and Jozy [Altidore] said they'd take one, so that's how we went in that particular order."

New England Revolution Defender Brandon Bye

On his takeaways from Wednesday's match:

Bye: "I think there were a few things that went wrong. At the end of the day, we have to look at the film and figure those things out. I can't really speak to that right now just because the game just ended and you're trying to wrap your head around all of those things."

On the defensive approaching heading into tonight's match with a 3-0 aggregate lead:

Bye: "At the end of the day, that's the decision we made, and we went through it. We have to be together on that. Whatever the decision was whether it was go find a goal, defend, whatever it is, we made that decision as a team, as a coaching staff, as a unit, and that's something that we have to live with."

On the team's reaction to being eliminated:

Bye: "We lost the game. We're going to be mad. We're going to be disappointed. We had three goals up at our place. It's not a result that we wanted, obviously. We lost the game. That's how I feel."

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