{"id":116538,"date":"2021-10-14T18:40:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T18:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=116538"},"modified":"2021-10-14T18:40:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T18:40:28","slug":"revs-beat-fire-with-late-goal-clinch-mls-playoff-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yorunoteiou.com\/?p=116538","title":{"rendered":"Revs beat Fire with late goal, clinch MLS playoff spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carles Gil scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time to give the New England Revolution a hard-fought 3-2 road win over the Chicago Fire on Wednesday night, clinching an MLS playoff spot in the process.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Gil’s third goal of the season, assisted by Tajon Buchanan went past Fire goaltender Gabriel Slonina and also gave the Revolution a franchise-record 18th win of the year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

First-place New England (18-4-5, 59 points) snapped Chicago’s home success.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Fire (6-15-5, 23 points) came into Wednesday’s match unbeaten in its past three home matches, having acquired all but four of their points this season at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Overall, Chicago has now lost six of its past seven games.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Revolution struck first when Henry Kessler sneaked a shot past Slonina in the 11th minute.<\/p>\n

The goal, assisted by Jonathan Bell, link alternatif dewadominoqq<\/a> was the first of the season for Kessler.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Chicago was finally able to get its offense going near the end of the first half, applying pressure on New England goaltender Matt Turner. The Fire — who had gone three straight matches without a goal — finally snapped the skid when defender Carlos Teran found the net for the first time in his MLS career in the 40th minute to tie the game 1-1.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Teran almost scored a second goal moments later but was denied by Turner, who finished<\/a> the night with seven saves.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Chinonso Offor had an opportunity to put the Fire ahead in the 59th minute, but his header sailed over the net.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Revolution would not miss on their next opportunity when Teal Bunbury scored with an assist from Gustavo Bou in the 62nd minute for a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The advantage lasted less than a minute as Gaston Gimenez, who assisted on Teran’s goal, took a pass from Offor to tie the score at 2-2 on his second goal of the season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Turner made a pair of saves in the 77th minute to deny Chicago. He was also assisted by Kessler, who stopped a shot when Turner was away from his line.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

–Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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