MLS New England Revolution

Revolution wind down season with trip to D.C.

Published on October 14, 2008 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
New England Revolution News Release


FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Revolution hits the road for the final time in the 2008 regular season when the club visits bitter Eastern Conference rival D.C. United on Thursday, Oct. 16, at RFK Stadium. The match will be televised nationally as part of ESPN2's MLS Primetime Thursday, with a live half-hour pre-game show beginning at 7:30 p.m. and kickoff set for approximately 8 p.m. WRKO 680 AM will broadcast the game for radio listeners on taped-delay at approximately midnight, immediately following Red Sox playoff coverage. National audiences can also catch the action in Spanish on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio.

New England (12-9-7, 43 pts.) has already secured its spot in the 2008 MLS Cup Playoffs, where the club will meet another Eastern Conference rival, the Chicago Fire, in a two-game, aggregate-goals semifinal series beginning the weekend of Oct. 30-Nov. 2. The Revs and Fire are locked into the second and third spots in the East, although their order of finish will be determined over the last two games of the regular season. Both clubs have 43 points entering this week's MLS action, but Chicago owns the head-to-head tiebreaker, having defeated New England in all three regular-season meetings this year.

D.C. (10-14-4, 34 pts.), meanwhile, currently finds itself on the outside looking in on the playoff picture, but the club is just two points behind Kansas City and New York for fourth place in the Eastern Conference and just one point behind FC Dallas for the final wild card berth. Despite being winless in its last seven league matches (0-4-3), United is in the thick of the playoff hunt with two games remaining to climb into the postseason - although they will need outside help to crack the top eight.

Thursday night's match is the third and final meeting between the Revs and United in the 2008 regular season, and the only one at RFK Stadium. The teams have already met twice at Gillette Stadium, with the Revs earning a come-from-behind, 2-2 draw on May 29 and a 2-1 victory on Aug. 20. The clubs also met in a U.S. Open Cup Semifinal on Aug. 12 at RFK Stadium, with D.C. earning a 3-1 victory against a New England side lacking many of its normal starters.

Check out the New England Revolution Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Major League Soccer Stories from October 14, 2008


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central