The New England Revolution might be coming off a somewhat strong win at home against the L.A. Galaxy, but they had lost 5 of their previous 6 matches. They will be now playing host to the Philadelphia Union on Saturday, July 29th, who are also coming off a strong win mid-week against the Columbus Crew. Even so, that was just their 2nd win in their last 6 matches in all competitions, having also dropped out of the US Open Cup in that span.
New England Revolution (6-9-5) are coming into this match after a hard-fought 3-4 win at home against the Los Angeles Galaxy. New England actually took the leaed twice in the first half, with Nguyen at the 16th minute and Kamara at the 34th. However, the Galaxy managed to pull even on both occasions, when Steres equalized both goals at the 22nd and at the 53rd minute. However, New England saw their own Bunbury score twice in a 3 minute span in the second half (70th and 73rd), while their opponents scored once again at the 79th minute for the final 3-4. Prior to that they had suffered a couple of home losses to the Red Bulls, one of which that left them eliminated from the US Open Cup, as they have now lost 5 of their last 7 matches (2-5-0). They are now sitting at the 10th spot of the Eastern Conference with 23 points after 20 matches, having scored 33 goals against 34 conceded. They have been solid at home (6-2-2), where they have won just two of their last 5 in all competitions (2-3-0). They will be coming into this match with just a couple of absences, as Kobayashi is out with a hasmtring injury, while Je Watson is on international duty.
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On the other hand, Philadelphia Union (7-9-5) are coming into this match after securing a pretty comfortable 0-3 win at home against the Columbus Crew. They easily won that match, as their opponents finished the match with just 9 men on the pitch, while Philadelphia also missed from the spot to increase their lead. Even so, that was just their 2nd win in their last 6 matches in all competitions (2-2-2). They are currently sitting at the 8th spot of the Eastern Conference with 26 points after 21 matches, having scored 29 goals against 24 conceded. They have been rather weak on the road so far (1-6-3), where they have scored just 9 goals against 11 conceded. They have been tragic there lately, as they have lost 4 of their last 6 matches (0-4-2), failing to keep a single clean sheet in that span, but also scoring in 4. They Will be coming into this match with quite a few absences, as Maurie Edu and Fabian Herbers are still out, while Derrick Jones, Fafa Picault, CJ Sapong and Jay Simpson are all still listed as questionable to participate.