On the 13th of August, New England Revolution and DC United will play a match in Foxborough in a meeting of these two mismatched Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. 7th placed New England Revolution is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Orlando City. Matt Polster struck first for New England Revolution in the 20th minute on a feed from Tommy McNamara, then Wilfrid Kaptoum added another in the 51st minute In the end, Orlando City couldn’t muster any offence and New England Revolution ran away with the shutout win. New England Revolution is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 14th placed DC United, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against New York Red Bulls. Neither DC United nor New York Red Bulls could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 4 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On the 23rd of April, DC United hosted New England Revolution in their last match together. DC United was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Brandon Bye scored the first goal for New England Revolution in the 6th minute, but Taxiarchis Fountas got the equalizer for DC United in the 26th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 39th minute on a goal by Michael Estrada to cap off a wild match.
Steven Birnbaum and Taxiarchis Fountas are the top scorers for DC United in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Gustavo Bou has been the most prolific scorer on New England Revolution in his last five matches with 3 goals.