MLS New England Revolution

Ten-Man Revolution Suffer 2-1 Defeat to Vancouver

Published on June 27, 2015 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
New England Revolution News Release


FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Revolution suffered a 2-1 defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium. The loss was the club's first at home since July 26, 2014, snapping a club-record 17-game home undefeated streak. Cristian Techera gave Vancouver a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute and then drew a penalty just over 10 minutes later, which also resulted in an Andrew Farrell red card. Octavio Rivero converted the penalty to give the visitors a 2-0 lead, which they maintained until the 84th minute when Teal Bunbury pulled a goal back for the Revs. However, that would be as close as the Revs would get as they suffered their third straight defeat, slipping to 6-7-6 on the season.

The Revolution started the game on the front foot with both Bunbury and London Woodberry testing Vancouver goalkeeper David Ousted inside the opening 15 minutes. However, it would be the Whitecaps who scored first on the night, with Techera scoring his second goal of the year in the 18th minute. A Mauro Rosales cross from the right wing was headed down by Woodberry, but only as far as Techera, who pounced on the loose ball in the box and slid a shot past Bobby Shuttleworth from close range, giving Vancouver a 1-0 lead.

That was the first time that the Revs had allowed the opening goal at home this season and their attempt at a comeback became even more difficult 11 minutes later when Farrell was adjudged to have pulled down Techera inside the area, leading to a penalty kick for Vancouver and a red card for Farrell. Rivero stepped up to convert the penalty, doubling the Whitecaps' lead to 2-0.

Vancouver took that lead into the halftime break and nearly added to it in the opening minutes of the second half with Kekuta Manneh and Deybi Flores each going close before the Revs started to create opportunities at the other end. Bunbury twice saw attempts fly just wide and Lee Nguyen had a powerful drive held by Ousted, who made his best save of the night in the 80th minute when he palmed away a close range effort from Kelyn Rowe following a scramble in the box.

New England finally pulled a goal back in the 84th minute when Chris Tierney whipped in a free kick from the right that was headed down by Rowe before Bunbury drove a powerful shot past Ousted to make the score 2-1 and set up a dramatic finish.

New England and Vancouver each had chances in the game's closing minutes, with Darren Mattocks having a shot headed off the line by Scott Caldwell and Juan Agudelo having an effort saved by Ousted, who finished the game with eight saves to hand the Revs their third consecutive defeat in the league and fourth in all competitions.

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