The New England Revolution’s dominance in Concacaf Champions Cup play has not carried over into league play.
The Revolution opened the season 0-3 in MLS play with Saturday night time’s 4-1 blowout loss to Atlanta United FC earlier than over 67,000 followers on Saturday night time at Mercedes Benz Stadium.
Atlanta United FC dynamic attacker Giorgos Giakoumakis scored three objectives, the second MLS participant to file a hat trick towards the Revolution this season. D.C. United striker Christian Benteke scored three objectives in a 3-1 win within the season opener on Feb. 24.
“None of use are happy where we are in the league at all,” stated Revolution head coach Caleb Porter. “We are dissatisfied and there have been moments in each a kind of league recreation the place we had been proper there.
“But the reality is we are not doing a good enough job finishing the chances we are given and we are giving up, for me, soft goals.”
The Revolution (3-0) will play the second leg of their Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 sequence towards LD Alajuelense on Thursday (8) at Estadio Alejandro Morea Soto in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The Revolution will resume MLS play towards reigning Eastern Conference champion FC Cincinnati on March 17 at Gillette Stadium.
The Revolution performed the sixth of eight video games in 26 days and Porter made important adjustments to the Starting XI that pummeled LD Alajuelense 4-0 on Wednesday night time at Gillette Stadium. In distinction, Atlanta FC performed its first recreation since shedding their MLS opener 1-0 on Feb. 24 at Columbus.
“They were fresh and we were playing our third game in six days and we were there, we were in the game,” stated Porter
Team captain Carles Gil, who signed a four-year contract extension on the Thursday, was again on the 10-slot after sitting out the sport towards Alajuelense.
Giacomo Vrioni, who missed consecutive video games towards Toronto FC and Alajuelense attributable to yellow card accumulation, returned to the striker spot in Porter’s most popular 4-2-3-1 formation. Center again Henry Kessler was stationed alongside Dave Romney in the course of the backline.
Vrioni practically atoned for his misplaced time within the fourth minute when his contested shot within the penalty space sailed inches over the crossbar. Tomas Chancalay suffered a worst destiny when his header from the highest of the field hit the crossbar within the thirteenth minute.
Atlanta went up 1-0 on a curious sequence of occasions within the forty fifth minute and stoppage time. Midfielder Saba Lobjanidze scored however the play was whistled lifeless as a result of Revs’ keeper Henrich Ravas took down Giorgos Giakoumakis within the penalty space earlier than the shot. Thiago Almada buried the penalty kick in stoppage time.
“I think the first half was good when you look at the execution to start game,” stated Porter. “I assumed we disrupted their construct up and Tomas hit the crossbar on a kind of and we must always have scored on a pair extra.
“I thought we were unlucky being down 1-0 going into the break. That was a tough goal to give up at the end of the half.”
The Revolution went down a person within the fiftieth minute when left again DeJuan Jones left the sector after taking a forearm to the face by defender Bartosz Slisz. Jones was checked out and resumed play two minutes later.
Atlanta United went up 2-0 in within the fifty fifth minute on its second awarded penalty kick of the match. Right again Nick Lima was known as for a hand ball within the penalty space.
Giakoumakis fired the ball by Ravas on the present aim. Giakoumakis scored on a header on a Brooks Lennon cross within the sixtieth minute to offer Atlanta United FC a 3-0 lead. Giakoumakis accomplished the hat trick when he beat Ravas to the far put up within the 74th minute.
Carles Gil scored the Revolution’s lone aim off a nook kick within the within the 83rd minute.
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