The Revolution had a nine-game unbeaten streak snapped by the Chicago Fire in the MLS Eastern Conference final. Chris Armas (101’) converted a golden goal off a Damani Ralph feed, following a Justin Mapp advance on the right. The Revolution (12-9-9) completed its first plus-.500 regular season. [Read more…] about Nov. 14, 2003 – Chicago Fire 1:0 [aet] Revolution, MLS playoffs, Soldier Field (Att.: 14,610)
Revolution victory over Fire concludes their best regular-season (17W-7L-8D, 59 points), second-highest point total for an Eastern Conference team in MLS’ 10-year history. Taylor Twellman (17 goals in 25 games) MLS scoring champion. Michael Parkhurst played every minute of every regular-season game, committing a total of five fouls (two cautions) in 2,880 minutes of playing time. Goal: Twellman (35’). [Read more…] about Oct. 15, 2005 – Revolution 1:0 Chicago Fire, Gillette Stadium (Att. 11,812)
The Chicago Fire handed the Revolution their worst defeat, equaled by a 6-0 result in a regular-season match at Real Salt Lake in 2009. The record was snapped in a 7-0 loss to Atlanta United on Sept. 13, 2017. This series ignited the rivalry between the Revolution and Fire, which went on to lose, 1-0, to Kansas City in the MLS Cup final.
Sept. 22, 1910 – Fall River Rovers 3:1 Hyde Park Blues (Chicago) [Read more…] about Sept. 22, 2000 – Chicago Fire 6:0 Revolution, MLS playoffs, Soldier Field (Att.: 5,972)
The result left the Revolution (7W-14L-1D, 22 points) seven points behind the MetroStars with six matches remaining for the final MLS Eastern Conference playoff spot. [Read more…] about Aug. 18, 2002 – Revolution 0:2 Chicago Fire, first game at (renamed) Gillette Stadium (Att.: 15,336)
The Chicago Fire eliminated the Revolution from both the 2009 MLS playoffs (for the second successive season) and SuperLiga. The Revolution’s rivalry with the Fire began cooling down as both teams declined. Since 2009, the teams have met once in an elimination situation, the Revolution taking a 2-1 victory over the Fire in a 2016 U.S. Open Cup match.
Goals: Jankauskas; McBride, Blanco.
Molina, Fonseca, Batista (Tigres); Darwin Quintero, Francisco Torres (Santos).
Wolde Harris’ 50th-minute goal deflected off current New England Revolution assistant coach Tom Soehn to give the Revolution their first MLS playoff advantage. The Revolution had advanced to the playoffs only once in the first four seasons of MLS, and it took until this series for them to win their first playoff match. [Read more…] about Sept. 15, 2000 – Chicago Fire 2:1 Revolution, MLS playoffs at Soldier Field (Att.: 10,476)
The New England Revolution have established a strong home field advantage at Gillette Stadium, capitalizing on artificial turf and narrow dimensions of the field to throw opponents off their game. The team’s successful streak coincided with the Aug. 23, 2014 acquisition of Jermaine Jones, and extended to 19 games (12-0-7) with two playoff victories on the way to a berth in the 2014 MLS Cup final – the streak began after a loss to Columbus July 26, 2014. [Read more…] about June 13, 2015 – Revolution 2:0 Chicago. Revolution MLS regular-season home unbeaten streak reaches team record 17 games
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Jan. 3, 2003 – Revolution acquire Peter Nowak from Chicago in exchange for draft pick. Nowak, 38, retires before the season starts.
Here is my story for the Boston Globe. The Revolution had reached the 2002 MLS Cup final and were about to add Shalrie Joseph, Pat Noonan and Matt Reis for the ’03 season. Nowak seemed ready to go. [Read more…] about Jan. 3, 2003 – Revolution acquire Peter Nowak from Chicago Fire