All you need to know about the Revolution’s 1-0 win over New York City FC Wednesday night, complete with BSJ quickie analysis and insight.
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The streak is over: Phew. 66-34 percent possession disadvantage? Doesn’t matter. Out-shot 28-11 overall? Who cares. Bad passing in the first half? Fuhgedabawdit. The only thing that matters is the scoreline, which the Revolution came out on top on. The 1-nil dub snaps New England’s nine-match winless streak dating back to June 30, and moves the Revs back into seventh place in the Eastern Conference with 33 points and a game in hand on sixth-place Montreal (it should be noted that eighth-place DC United has two games in hand on the Revs). NYCFC also came into the match 10-0-3 at Yankee Stadium, and The Boys In Blue spoiled that.
Offense flowed a touch better in the second half: Leominster native Diego Fagundez started the match on the bench, and the Revs' offense suffered from some poor passing (55 percent connected). But things turned around — at least visually — when Brad Friedel inserted Fagundez into the scheme, replacing Cristhian Machado at the start of the second half. Fagundez would end up starting the sequence which led to the goal by Brian Wright, his first MLS goal (and he nearly had his first in the first half, caroming the shot off the post). And Providence native Isaac Angking nearly had his first MLS goal in his league debut, coming on after Wright scored. The Revs’ final passing percentage? 59 percent. A little improvement on the small pitch at East 161st Street.
Right place. Right time. ?@brianwright777 scores his first MLS goal to put @NERevolution up. #NYCvNE https://t.co/eL8RQwMxeD
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) September 6, 2018