The New York Red Bulls fell to the New England Revolution, 2-1, at Gillette Stadium on Wednesday night. Mike Grella scored for New York, but goals from Diego Fagundez and Kelyn Rowe saw the home side take all three points.
The Red Bulls are now 13-8-6 on the season, and sit in second place in the Eastern Conference standings, one point behind New England. The Red Bulls are now 4-6-4 in 2015 when allowing the first goal.
Fagundez put the Revs ahead in just the second minute. The midfielder was played in by Juan Agudelo and was able to beat Luis Robles 1-on-1. New England midfielder Lee Nguyen also earned an assist on the play.
Mike Grella got his second goal in as many games minutes later to tie the contest at one. Grella started the play, making a long pass out of the midfield before hustling forward. Kemar Lawrence took the ball on the wing and played a cross that deflected off a defender, bounced back off of the goal post and fell to Grella, who drove a shot by a diving Bobby Shuttleworth.
The goal was Grella's seventh of the season, and his sixth point in the last seven games. Grella has two goals and four assists over that time.
New England retook the lead in the 65th minute with a goal from Kelyn Rowe. A partially cleared corner was played back in by Steve Caldwell, finding Rowe behind the defense. Rowe got a half-volley with his first touch that left Robles no chance to react.
The Red Bulls had a chance to tie in the 74th minute when Dax McCarty got a clean header off a corner kick, but the attempt was stopped by a diving Bobby Shuttleworth.
The Revolution outshout New York, 12-7 total, and 4-3 on frame. New York held a slight edge in possession at an even 54% for the match.
McCarty and Connor Lade both saw yellow in the contest, and will miss the Red Bulls' next match.
The Red Bulls continue on to Portland for a meeting with Timbers FC on Sunday, September 20. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET, with coverage on ESPN.
New York is back home on Friday, September 25, when Orlando City SC makes its first trip to Red Bull Arena.
New England Revolution 2, New York Red Bulls 1 | MLS Match Recap
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The final regular season match-up between last year’s Eastern Conference finalists sure looked a lot like a primer for a playoff rematch.
An action-packed Wednesday night tilt wound up going in favor of the New England Revolution, who walked away with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls. The result vaulted New England ahead of New York and into first place in the Eastern Conference standings.
The game looked like it might turn into a shootout early on. The Revolution struck just two minutes in after Juan Agudelo touched a pass to the left left to Diego Fagundez, who unleashed a hard effort that found its way past Luis Robles. It was the fourth straight game with a goal for Fagundez, who has six on the year.
Four minutes later, Jose Goncalves looked to clear a ball in the box, but smashed it off the crossbar, causing a rebound that Mike Grella pounced on for his seventh goal of the season.
That scoring pace would not hold up, but in the 21st minute the Revs found themselves with a golden opportunity after Dax McCarty pulled down Lee Nguyen just outside of the box. The Red Bulls captain made up for it, however, robbing Nguyen of a near-post goal on the ensuing free kick by scissor kicking the ball off the line.
In the 65th minute, Scott Caldwell set the Revs up with the lead once more, coming in on a loose ball at the top of the box and flicking it past a wall of defenders to a wide open Kelyn Rowe for a volleyed finish.
Another big save from a positional player kept the score at 2-1. In the 74th minute Sacha Kljestan sent a corner kick into traffic that McCarty met with a diving header, but Fagundez made the stop at the far post.
The win was New England’s sixth straight and they are now unbeaten in eight (7-0-1). New York, meanwhile, lost for just the second time in their last 10 matches (7-2-1).
New England next head over the border with a Saturday date against the Montreal Impact, and the Red Bulls go west to face the Portland Timbers on Sunday.
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