FOXBOROUGH — All you need to know about the Revolution’s 3-2 loss to Philadelphia Union Saturday night in quickie form, complete with BSJ quickie analysis and insight.
HEADLINES
Delamea handle is the difference: A 74th-minute Philadelphia corner kick saw New England centerback Antonio Delamea reach out and handle the football, awarding the Union with a penalty. Fafa Picault stepped up to the spot and buried the pen to put Philly up 3-2, erasing all the good work the Revs had done in the half an hour beforehand. The Boys In Blue now are on a six-match slide since the calendar turned to July, with four defeats and two draws sprinkled in, and the defeat pushes the Revs out of the playoff places — while Philadelphia takes their place, albeit in fifth.
"It’s my fault that we lost this game and I think everyone can be mad at me," Delamea said after the game. "I’ll take the blame and just try to prevent things like this from happening in the future."
New England comes from two goals down to pull level: After a rather drab close to the first half, which we highlight below, New England came out of the locker room with a great deal of energy. They pushed out further and had Philly’s defenders on their heels, and capitalized within the first minute as Cristian Penilla’s toe poke pass saw Andrew Farrell blast it in out of Andre Blake’s reach, pulling the Revs back, 2-1. Then, after Picault goes into the book for a foul on Luis Caicedo, Diego Fagundez found Wilfried Zahibo’s noggin some 18 minutes later, equalizing and setting the Revolution up to potentially grab a point to keep the club in sixth.
.@2Fast2Farrell doesn't score often but when he does... #NEvPHI https://t.co/yGwhlKLfuA
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It's in the net!
Zahibo equalizes for @NERevolution. #NEvPHI https://t.co/SUa3C4jOtk
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There it is. The opener!
Jack Elliott puts @PhilaUnion ahead 1-0. #NEvPHI https://t.co/rJOBX3olFs
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) August 11, 2018
Jack. Elliott. Again.
He scores a brace in the first half! #NEvPHI https://t.co/PFxt66Q7Px
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