FOXBORO – The New England Revolution began the first of 4 dwelling video video games in April with a 1-1 draw with New York Metropolis FC sooner than 18,521 on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium.
The Revolution (4-1-1) fell into second place tie with Atlanta with 13 elements, one behind Cincinnati (4-0-2) inside the Japanese Convention, and may host CF Montreal subsequent Saturday. NYCFC upped its mark to 2-2-2.
“Give them credit score however I feel we may have achieved higher,” talked about Revolution head coach and sporting director Bruce Area. “It was OK, it’s not a loss.”
Area made two modifications to the start XI that beat D.C. United 2-1 on March 25 at Audi Subject, one amongst which accounted for a significant enhance inside the midfield. Revolution rainmaker Carles Gil, the 2021 league MVP, made his fifth look and first start as a result of the dwelling opener in opposition to the Houston Dynamo on March 4. Gil missed the game in D.C. with a hamstring hurt.
Gustavo Bou and Jack Panayotou made deep flanking runs inside the eighth and ninth minutes, nevertheless every probes fizzled out on account of a shortage of numbers inside the penalty area. Bou was denied by NYCFC goalkeeper Luis Barraza inside the nineteenth minute on an uncontested shot from the left half of the penalty area.
The Revolution have been awarded a free kick after Bobby Wooden was poleaxed from behind by midfielder Keaton Parks three ft open air the sector inside the thirtieth minute. Bou’s blast eluded Barraza’s upstretched arm nevertheless sailed inches over the crossbar. Each camps produced 5 pictures inside the scoreless first half.
“His (Bou) health has improved and he’s getting on the ball,” talked about Area. “He’s doing effective.”
The Revolution opened the second half with a blitz and appeared to take a 1-0 lead inside the 61st minute. Dylan Borrero’s kick from the left flank bounced off the highest of defender Mitja Ilenic’s and sailed contained within the near put up. However the goal was overturned on consider when the replay confirmed that Bou had indirectly interfered with the goalkeeper.
“Not permitting that purpose was utterly ridiculous,” talked about Area. “They’re presupposed to proper errors, not create them, and it was totally absurd, the rationale they gave for that.
“I feel they stated Gustavo was within the line of the goalkeeper and the man was not enjoying the ball deliberately. It was utterly absurd and we’re losing our time even discussing it.”
The Revs went up 1-0 for precise on a superb explicit particular person effort by Gil inside the seventieth minute. Gil pressured a turnover at midfield, eluded two defenders and fired it by Barraza for his first of the season. Petrovic preserved the lead when he stoned Thiago Martins header off a free kick inside the 77th minute.
NYCFC tied the game 1-1 on a nook kick inside the eightieth minute. Gabriel Pereira’s launched a rainbow into the penalty area that Talles Magno headed by Petrovic for his second of the season.
“Give them credit score, they scored an excellent purpose off a nook kick and we didn’t defend properly sufficient,” talked about Area. “We should always have achieved a greater job bumping 43 (Magno) and attacking the ball higher.”
