NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION vs. CHICAGO FIRE
GILLETTE STADIUM, Foxborough, Mass.
June 13, 2015 (WEEK 15, MLS Game #149)
7:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE)
Long-time Eastern Conference rivals, the New England Revolution and Chicago Fire meet for the first time this season when the clubs clash at Gillette Stadium on Saturday evening. The Revolution have seen their current winless run extended to six games, falling 2-0 at the Portland Timbers last weekend. The Fire suffered their second consecutive defeat in bizarre fashion last Saturday, conceding a pair of own goals in a 3-2 home defeat by Orlando City SC.
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REFEREE: Silviu Petrescu. AR1 (bench): Joe Fletcher; AR2 (opposite): Anthony Vasoli; 4th: Ted Unkel
MLS Career: 96 games; FC/gm: 27.6; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 13; pens: 18
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: CHI: Matt Polster
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NE: Juan Agudelo, Jermaine Jones, Andy Dorman, London Woodberry, Lee Nguyen, Teal Bunbury … CHI: Adailton
DISABLED LIST: NE: Darrius Barnes
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: CHI: David Accam (Ghana; 6/14 vs. Mauritius); Shaun Maloney (Scotland; 6/13 vs. Ireland); Joevin Jones (Trinidad & Tobago; 6/16 vs. Jordan)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (49 meetings): Revolution 18 wins, 66 goals … Fire 21 wins, 66 goals … Ties 10
AT NEW ENGLAND (25 meetings): Revolution 13 wins, 36 goals … Fire 9 wins, 26 goals … Ties 3
RETURN MATCHES: 7/25: Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m. CT; 10/3: Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m. CT
LAST YEAR (MLS)
4/19: CHI 1, NE 1 (Amarikwa 16 – Nguyen 31)
7/12: NE 0, CHI 1 (Amarikwa 3)
9/7: NE 2, CHI 1 (Fagundez 41; Davies 60 – Nyassi 28)
- The teams evenly split their three league meetings a year ago. They split their two matches at Gillette Stadium, the Fire winning 1-0 on July 12, and the Revolution winning 2-1 on Sept. 7. They played to a 1-1 draw April 19 in the only meeting at Toyota Park.
- The Fire victory in Foxborough was their first there since 2010; the Revolution had won the three previous meetings between the teams at Gillette Stadium.
- Coaches record: Jay Heaps vs. CHI: P9 W5 L3 D1 … Frank Yallop vs. NE: P22 W12 L6 D4
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