MLS Regular Season | Match #16
New England Revolution at New York City FC
Saturday, June 3 | 3:30 p.m. ET
Yankee Stadium | Bronx, N.Y.
Watch: FREE on Apple TV
– English Talent: Tony Husband (play-by-play), Taylor Twellman (analyst)
– Spanish Talent: Bruno Vain (play-by-play), Andres Agulla (analyst)
Listen: 98.5 The Sports Hub (English), 1260 AM Nossa Radio (Portuguese)
– English Talent: Brad Feldman (play-by-play), Charlie Davies (analyst)
CURRENT FORM
New England Revolution
4th in Eastern Conference (7-3-5, 26 pts.)
Last Result | 3-3 draw at Atlanta United FC
It’s been a wild week for the Revs, who’ve performed to consecutive 3-3 attracts with Chicago Fire FC and Atlanta United FC within the span of simply 5 days. New England raced out to a 2-0 lead on Wednesday night time at Mercedes-Benz Stadium handiest to look the hosts typhoon again to take a 3-2 lead within the 87th minute, however Carles Gil popped up along with his 2d function of the night time 3 mins into stoppage time to rescue some extent for the Revolution.
Winless of their final 4 league video games (0-2-2), the Revs are wrapping up a road-heavy portion of the agenda that has observed them play 5 of six video games at the street for the reason that starting of May. They’ll go back to Foxborough for the remainder of June, web hosting Inter Miami CF (June 10), Orlando City SC (June 17), and Toronto FC (June 24) within the coming weeks.
New York City FC
14th in Eastern Conference (4-7-4, 16 pts.)
Last Result | 3-1 loss vs. FC Cincinnati
A six-game winless run (0-5-1) has observed NYCFC slip all of the option to 14th within the Eastern Conference standings, only a unmarried level forward of last-place Inter Miami CF. They’ve scored simply 5 objectives all over that six-game stretch, as their assault has struggled to discover a rhythm since their final victory on April 22.
NYCFC have steadily been ready to depend on house shape all over tricky sessions, however Nick Cushing’s facet has suffered back-to-back 3-1 losses to the Philadelphia Union (at Citi Field) and FC Cincinnati (at Yankee Stadium) inside the previous week. Wednesday night time’s loss to Shield-leading Cincinnati used to be NYCFC’s first loss in 4 video games at Yankee Stadium this season (2-1-1).
KEY PLAYERS
Revolution goalkeeper Djordje Petrović
New England’s present winless run has coincided with a marked building up in objectives conceded, because the Revs have allowed 11 objectives of their final 4 video games after conceding simply 9 of their first 11 suits. That manner goalkeeper Djordje Petrović has been below higher drive, and the Revs may want him to be at his absolute best on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
The excellent news is that Petrović has traditionally been sharp towards NYCFC, hanging in combination one among his absolute best performances in a seven-save shutout effort final September. The 23-year-old Serbian used to be even stellar within the 4-2 loss to NYCFC final July, making seven saves, together with a first-half penalty kick.
NYCFC ahead Talles Magno
New York City FC have parted tactics with a number of attacking guns in recent times – maximum particularly Taty Castellanos and Maxi Moralez – however 20-year-old ahead Talles Magno stays a risk. The younger Brazilian broke out with seven objectives and 10 assists final season, whilst he has registered 3 objectives and one help in 14 appearances in 2023.
One of Magno’s 3 objectives this yr used to be towards the Revs within the 1-1 draw on April 1, because the 6-foot-1 striker headed house a nook kick within the overdue phases. Magno has now scored in two of his final 3 appearances towards the Revs, having additionally scored in final yr’s 4-2 win at Yankee Stadium.
STATUS REPORT
Revolution
New England will as soon as once more be with out seven avid gamers for Saturday afternoon’s consult with to Yankee Stadium: Dylan Borrero (ACL surgical treatment), Brandon Bye (left shoulder), Nacho Gil (proper leg), Henry Kessler (hamstring surgical treatment), Maciel (left Achilles), Tommy McNamara (left leg), and Damian Rivera (Costa Rica Under-23 National Team).
Gustavo Bou, in the meantime, returned to the Revolution’s matchday squad for the midweek draw with Atlanta after lacking 4 video games with a left leg damage, despite the fact that he used to be an unused change.
NYCFC
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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
New England Revolution wearing director and head trainer Bruce Arena
“They have a good team. They’re coming off two bad results, or not good results for them anyway, and I think they are obviously going to be really primed for this game. They know that they need to get some points, so I think it’s going to be a real difficult game. They’ve got an experienced team, good midfield players, and Yankee Stadium is always a difficult venue to play in.”
New England Revolution midfielder Matt Polster
“It’s definitely different than other stadiums across the league. Obviously, it’s in a baseball diamond so the angles of the field are a little bit off, but we can’t make excuses. We’ve played there plenty of times, plenty of guys have played there in that environment, so we need to make sure we get that out of our head, focus on the game at hand, and get those three points.”