CF Montreal defender George Campbell scored within the 86th minute to safe a 1-0 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday night time at Stade Saputo in Montreal.
The setback dropped the Revolution (12-5-7) right into a second-place tie with Philadelphia within the Eastern Conference. The free-for-all in Montreal was the primary of three video games in eight days for the Revolution.
“We are disappointed and we could have walked away with a point,” mentioned interim head coach Richie Williams. “We simply weren’t nice within the ultimate third all night time lengthy.
“We had a breakdown at the end and it was unfortunate, but I thought they put a good effort in.”
The Revolution start a two sport homestand towards Red Bulls New York on Wednesday and Austin FC on Saturday at Gillette Stadium.
“We are hoping to get (injured) players back for the next couple of games back home,” mentioned Williams. “We need to get better from this and get home with our fans in our stadium and get two wins in the next two games.”
Williams was the Revolution’s area supervisor of report in his first MLS match of the season and third in all-competitions since changing Bruce Arena on Aug 1. Arena stays on indefinite administrative depart pending an investigation by MLS for making “insensitive and inappropriate remarks.”
Revolution Technical Director and appearing Sporting Director Curt Onalfo orchestrated three vital participant personnel transactions on Saturday and all concerned goalkeepers.
The Revolution finalized the switch of MLS All-Star goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic of Serbia to Chelsea FC of the English Premier League for a reported price of $18 million.
Onalfo used the freed-up worldwide roster spot to signal goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik, 34, of the Czech Republic by way of the 2024 season. The Revs additionally tendered a contract extension to back-up keeper Earl Edwards Jr. by way of 2024 and an choice in 2025. Edwards made his second MLS begin of the season towards Montreal.
“I thought Earl had a good game and we are always evaluating our players,” mentioned Williams. “We will continue to put the best team on the field to win games.”
The Revolution had been taking part in their first MLS match since July 15 and towards all-competitions since Aug. 7. Williams elected to make use of Giacomo Vrioni because the lone striker in a 4-2-3-1. Revs’ striker Gustavo Bou suffered a left damage in League Cup play and is our for 4 weeks.
Revolution midfielder Matt Polster picked up a wise yellow card within the twenty fifth minute when he hauled down Bryce Duke earlier than he might break in on Edwards. Revs playmaker Carles Gil created a pair of scoring probability for himself contained in the 30-minute mark however failed convert.
Williams tried to jump-start the offense within the 61st minute when he subbed in Emmauel Boateng and Tomas Chancalay, who made his Revs’ debut. Striker Bobby Wood got here in for Vrioni within the 72nd minute. Montreal dominated the sport down the stretch.
The Revolution plastered CF Montreal 4-0 at Gillette on April 8.
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