June 14, 2000 – Revolution 0:1 Mid-Michigan Bucks, U.S. Open Cup at Foxboro Stadium (Att.: 1,857)

The first U.S. Open Cup game in Foxborough turned into a disappointment for the New England Revolution.

The Revolution became the first MLS team to lose to an amateur team as Chad Schomaker capitalized on a Carlos Parra turnover to score a 90^th-minute goal for the Bucks. The Revolution lost to the Long Island Roughriders, 4-3, in extra time, in their debut U.S. Open Cup debut in 1997, then skipped the competition for two years.

The Revolution gambled by opening the stadium, drawing a “lively but all-time low crowd” (until a 947 crowd arrived for a 7-1 win in a rematch with the Bucks in 2001). The Revolution’s Shaker Asad had a seventh-minute penalty kick saved by Eric Pogue and Kenyan Bonaventure Maruti, who played at Southern Connecticut State, helped set up Schomaker’s goal. Revolution owner Robert Kraft went on the field to congratulate the Bucks, who went on to lose to the Miami Fusion on penalty kicks in the next round.

The Open Cup provided an opportunity for the Revolution to salvage their 2001 season, as they reached the 2001 finals, but fell, 2-1, in extra time to the Los Angeles Galaxy in Fullerton, Calif. The Revolution won the 2008 U.S. Open Cup and lost in the 2016 finals.

June 14, 2000 – Revolution 0:1 Mid-Michigan Bucks, U.S. Open Cup at Foxboro Stadium (Att.: 1,857)

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