All you need to know about the Revolution’s 2-1 win over the 10-man Colorado Rapids early Friday morning in quickie form, complete with BSJ insight and analysis:
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Revs now at seven straight without a loss: Don’t look now Boston sports fans, but the usually forgotten sons of our athletic passions are on a pretty darn good run right now. Thanks to a game which saw three separate weather delays due to severe weather in the Denver area and ended shortly after 2:15 a.m., New England now has gone seven straight games in the league without tasting defeat (4-0-3) thanks to their 2-1 win over the 10-man Rapids. The Revolution are now up to eighth place (6-8-5, 23 points) in the Eastern Conference, with Toronto FC (also 6-8-5) only ahead due to a superior goal difference (-3 to -14). The Revs have also improved to 5-0-2 against Western Conference sides in 2019.
Rubio pulls Rapids close: The tourists had a 2-0 lead and Colorado had looked thoroughly gassed, yielding plenty of space to New England. But in the last 20 minutes, the Rapids surged and managed to get a goal in the 71st minute as Diego Rubio — the player sent to Colorado from Sporting Kansas City when the Revs traded Kelyn Rowe back in December — scored on a corner kick at the top of the 6-yard box. But some neat saves by Matt Turner in the last five minutes of the game preserved the victory.
Bunbury scores 50th league goal, JF Caicedo gives Revs insurance: Bruce Arena wanted to get the first goal Thursday night, and Teal Bunbury certainly delivered the opener after some good football between Juan Agudelo, former Rapid defender Edgar Castillo, and Bunbury saw him take Castillo’s volley off his chest and into space. He chased it down and chipped Tim Howard, putting The Boys In Blue ahead, 1-0, in the 8th minute of play for his 50th career goal in MLS play. And after two significant weather delays and an abbreviated halftime, Juan Fernando Caicedo scored on a header from Carles Gil’s free-kick service in the 52nd minute, putting it across the face of goal past a frozen Howard.
? Teal Bunbury makes it 1-0 #NERevs, with the assist from ex-Rapids player Edgar Castillo pic.twitter.com/ot5J2DLzUN
— New England Revolution (@NERevolution) July 5, 2019
Are you not entertained??
Juan Fernando Caicedo heads home a Carles Gil cross to put the #NERevs up 2-0!#COLvNE pic.twitter.com/QuW7Oo4cWH
— New England Revolution (@NERevolution) July 5, 2019
What. A. Save!
Matt Turner keeping the #NERevs in it late! pic.twitter.com/xQnkkGzZR4
— New England Revolution (@NERevolution) July 5, 2019
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