New England Revolution @ Inter Miami Cf: Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION @ INTER MIAMI CF: WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021 GAME CAPSULE THE PRESS BOX Broadcast Information 2021 MLS Television: WSBK-TV38, myRITV Regular Season Talent: Brad Feldman (Play-by-Play), Charlie Davies (Analyst) Match #15 Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub (English); WBIX 1260 Nossa Radio (Portuguese) Streaming: ESPN+ for out-of-market subscribers Wednesday, July 21 2021 MLS Record: DRV PNK Stadium 2021 MLS Record: Postgame Press Conference: Click here to participate in the postgame 8-3-3, 27 pts. (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) 2-7-2, 8 pts. press conference with Bruce Arena and select Revolution players. 1st in East. Conf. 7:30 p.m. ET 14th in East. Conf. LAST STARTING XI (JULy 17 at ATLANTA) 2021 MLS SCHEDULE 7 BOU 9 BUKSA 2021 MLS RECORD: 8-3-3 12 GP, 11 GS, 7 G, 2 A 14 GP, 8 GS, 5 G, 1 A (Home: 5-1-0 Away: 3-2-3) 22 GIL 2021 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE 14 GP, 14 GS, 2 G, 10 A Date Opponent Time / Result Broadcast Sat., April 17 at Chicago Fire FC T, 2-2 WBZ/myRITV Sat., April 24 D.C. UNITED W, 1-0 TV38/myRITV 13 MACIEL 5 KAPTOUM 8 POLSTER Sat., May 1 ATLANTA UNITED FC W, 2-1 TV38/myRITV 10 GP, 9 GS, 0 G, 0 A 7 GP, 3 GS, 0 G, 1 A 14 GP, 13 GS, 0 G, 0 A Sat., May 8 at Nashville SC L, 0-2 TV38/myRITV Wed., May 12 at Philadelphia Union T, 1-1 TV38/myRITV 24 JONES 15 BYE Sun., May 16 COLUMBUS CREW W, 1-0 ESPN2 13 GP, 13 GS, 1 G, 2 A 14 GP, 13 GS, 1 G, 1 A Sat., May 22 NEW YORK RED BULLS W, 3-1 TV38/myRITV Sat., May 29 at FC Cincinnati W, 1-0 TV38/myRITV 4 KESSLER 2 FARRELL Sat., June 19 at New York City FC W, 3-2 TV38/myRITV 12 GP, 9 GS, 0 G, 0 A 14 GP, 14 GS, 0 G, 1 A Wed., June 23 NEW YORK RED BULLS W, 3-2 TV38/myRITV Sun., June 27 at FC Dallas L, 2-1 TV38/myRITV 18 KNIGHTON Sat., July 3 at Columbus Crew T, 2-2 ESPN 2 GP, 2 GS, 1.50 GAA Wed., July 7 TORONTO FC L, 2-3 TV38/myRITV/CoziTV Sat., July 17 at Atlanta United FC W, 1-0 ESPN PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Wed., July 21 at Inter Miami CF 7:30 p.m. TV38/myRITV # Player Pos. Pronunciation Sun., July 25 CF MONTREAL 6:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 2 Andrew Farrell D FAIR-ull Sat., July 31 at New York Red Bulls 6:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 4 Henry Kessler D KESS-lurr 5 Wilfrid Kaptoum M WILL-frid kap-TOOM Wed., Aug. 4 NASHVILLE SC 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 7 Gustavo Bou F goo-STAH-voh BOH Sun., Aug. 8 PHILADELPHIA UNION 6:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 8 Matt Polster M POLE-stir Sat., Aug. 14 at Toronto FC 8:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 9 Adam Buksa F BOOK-sah Wed., Aug. 18 D.C. UNITED 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 10 Teal Bunbury F TEEL BUN-burr-ree Sat., Aug. 21 FC CINCINNATI 8:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 11 Emmanuel Boateng F EE-ma BOA-tang 12 Justin Rennicks F WREN-icks Sat., Aug. 28 at New York City FC 7:30 p.m. TV38/myRITV 13 Maciel M MAH-see-ELL Sat., Sept. 11 NEW YORK CITY FC 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 17 Tajon Buchanan M TAY-zhon BYU-cannon Wed., Sept. 15 at Philadelphia Union 7:30 p.m. TV38/myRITV 18 Brad Knighton GK NIGHT-ton Sat., Sept. 18 COLUMBUS CREW 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 19 Edward Kizza F KIZZ-uh 22 Carles Gil M CAR-LESS HEEL Sat., Sept. 25 ORLANDO CITY SC 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 24 DeJuan Jones M de-WAHN Wed., Sept. 29 at CF Montreal 7:30 p.m. TV38/myRITV 25 Arnór Traustason M ARE-nor TRIST-steh-sun Sat., Oct. 16 CHICAGO FIRE FC 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 26 Tommy McNamara M MACK-na-MARE-ah Wed., Oct. 20 at D.C. United 8:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 27 Luis Caicedo M loo-EES kai-SAY-doh Sun., Oct. 24 at Orlando City SC TBD FS1 28 A.J. DeLaGarza D DAY-la-GAR-za 32 Christian Mafla D MA-fla Wed., Oct. 27 COLORADO RAPIDS 7:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 35 Collin Verfurth D VERR-furth Sun., Oct. 31 at Chicago Fire FC 2:00 p.m. TV38/myRITV 72 Damian Rivera M DAME-ee-in riv-AIR-uh Sun., Nov. 7 INTER MIAMI CF 3:30 p.m. TV38/myRITV NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION @ INTER MIAMI CF: WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021 WHAT TO WATCH fOR vS. INTER MIAMI PLAyER AvAILABILITy report • The Revolution remaining in first place in the Eastern Confer- OUT: Luis Caicedo (Lower Body) ence standings. New England’s eight wins are tied with Seattle, L.A. Galaxy and Kansas City for the MLS lead. INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Tajon Buchanan (Canada - Gold Cup) • New England continuing to rank among MLS leaders in points Matt Turner (United States - Gold Cup) (2nd - 27), goals scored (T-2nd - 23), and goal differential (T6th - 5). • The Revolution recording consecutive away wins for the sec- QUOTEWORTHy ond time this season. The club defeated FC Cincinnati, 1-0, and the New York Red Bulls, 3-2, on May 29 and June 19, respec- Here is what Sporting Director and Head Coach Bruce Arena, midfielder tively. Matt Polster, and defender Brandon Bye had to say ahead of Wednes- • New England playing against 2020 expansion side Inter Miami day's match at Miami: CF for the first time in club history. • The Revs winning an away game against a Miami-based team Revolution Sporting Director and Head Coach Bruce Arena for the first time, as the club went 0-6-2 in away games at Lock- hart Stadium - which was located on to the current site of DRV On Wednesday's matchup against Inter Miami: PNK Stadium - against the Miami Fusion from 1998-2001. Arena: "They are a team that needs three points. They have good players. • New England adding to the club’s three road wins and 11 away They brought in some new players that they'll be playing in the game, and goals, which rank tied for first and second in MLS, respectively, we expect them to be a handful. We know some of the results haven't this season. The club's 14 away wins in the regular season and gone their way as of late, so we expect to see a team that comes at us real playoffs sinceBruce Arena took the helm in June 2019 are the most in MLS. hard and it's going to be difficult game.” • Bruce Arena picking up his 25th regular season win with New England (24-13-19). Revolution Midfielder Matt Polster • The Revolution’s trio of Designated Players - F Gustavo Bou, F On playing alongside Maciel and Wilfrid Kaptoum in Atlanta: Adam Buksa and M Carles Gil- starting together for the third straight match and sixth time this season. The trio has factored Polster: “I thought we all balanced each other out really well. We’re all into 20 of New England’s 23 goals scored this season. good on the ball. Defensively, we’re all capable of defending in moments. • Gil adding to his league-leading 10 assists and 73 chances cre- And I thought our spacing was good. I think that kind of formation we ated. The Spaniard's chance creation is nearly double that of haven’t really seen yet, so for our first time out to do that in a tough envi- the second-place player (Brooks Lennon - 37). ronment like Atlanta where they were desperate for points, I thought we • Gil (73) staying on pace to break Diego Valeri's record of 124 chances created in a single season, set in 2019 (source: Opta). did well. I think there’s things to improve on in that kind of formation, but I • The Revolution remaining unbeaten when Gil registers an as- think for the most part we were really good in those moments.” sist (18-0-5). • Bou remaining among the league’s top five in goals scored, Revolution Defender Brandon Bye where his team-high seven goals are tied for third league-wide. On watching Matt Turner (USA) and Tajon Buchanan (Canada) playing The Argentinian forward has scored in six of his last seven ap- pearances. against each other in the Gold Cup on Sunday: • Buksa getting on the scoresheet with a goal or assist for a third Bye: “I watched with some of the guys, actually. It was a good perfor- consecutive game. mance from both of them. Tajon obviously showed well. He didn’t get a • Buksa continuing to lead the league in headed shots (21) and goal or an assist, or something like that, but you can tell he is definitely aerial duels won (58). He also ranks third in total shots (46). a flare player out there and showing well for Canada, and then obviously • Buksa continuing to appear in every match since the start of 2020, the only Revs player to do so. Turner keeping the clean sheet. It’s always good to watch those guys in • D Andrew Farrell (253) tying Matt Reis (254) for third place on those big games.