2021 New England Revolution season

The 2021 season was the 26th in the history of the Major League Soccer club New England Revolution. The season began on April 17, 2021 and in addition to the league, the Revolution were also to compete in the 2021 U.S. Open Cup, before the competition was canceled in July.

New England Revolution
2021 season
PresidentBrian Bilello
Head CoachBruce Arena
StadiumGillette Stadium
Major League SoccerConference: 1st
Overall: 1st
MLS Cup PlayoffsConference Semifinals
U.S. Open CupCanceled
Biggest winMIA 0–5 NE (7/21)
Biggest defeatNSH 2–0 NE (5/8)
NYC 2–0 NE (8/28)

The 2021 season saw the Revolution win their first Supporters' Shield in club history by having the best record in the regular season.[1] They were eliminated in the conference semifinals of the MLS Cup playoffs after losing to New York City FC in a shootout.

Roster changes

Signings in

Date Position Name From Fee/Notes Ref.
December 19, 2020 GK Earl Edwards Jr. D.C. United Free agent [2]
December 21, 2020 DF Christian Mafla Atlético Nacional Transfer [3]
December 23, 2020 MF Wilfrid Kaptoum Real Betis Free agent [4]
January 7, 2021 FW Emmanuel Boateng Columbus Crew Free agent [5]
DF A. J. DeLaGarza Inter Miami Free agent [6]
March 16, 2021 FW Arnór Traustason Malmö FF Transfer [7]
March 22, 2021 MF Maciel New England Revolution II Free transfer [8]
DF Jon Bell New England Revolution II Free transfer [8]

Out

Date Position Name To Fee Ref.
December 8, 2020 CB Antonio Delamea Mlinar Olimpija Ljubljana Released [9]
FW Cristian Penilla Free Agent Released [9]
MF Diego Fagúndez Austin FC Released [9]
MF Isaac Angking Free Agent Released [9]
GK Jeff Caldwell Hartford Athletic Released [9]
FW Kekuta Manneh Austin FC Released [9]
MF Kelyn Rowe Seattle Sounders FC Released [9]
MF Lee Nguyen Ho Chi Minh City Released [9]
DF Michael Mancienne Burton Albion Released [9]
MF Nicolas Firmino Free Agent Released [9]
DF Seth Sinovic Free Agent Released [9]

Current squad

As of August 19, 2021[10]
No. Pos. Player Nation
2 DF Andrew Farrell  United States
4 DF Henry Kessler (GA)  United States
5 MF Wilfrid Kaptoum  Cameroon
6 MF Scott Caldwell (HG)  United States
7 FW Gustavo Bou (DP)  Argentina
8 MF Matt Polster  United States
9 FW Adam Buksa (DP)  Poland
10 FW Teal Bunbury  United States
11 MF Emmanuel Boateng  Ghana
12 FW Justin Rennicks (HG)  United States
13 MF Maciel  Brazil
15 DF Brandon Bye  United States
17 FW Tajon Buchanan (GA)  Canada
18 GK Brad Knighton  United States
19 FW Edward Kizza  Uganda
22 MF Carles Gil (DP)  Spain
23 DF Jon Bell  United States
24 DF DeJuan Jones  United States
25 FW Arnór Traustason  Iceland
26 MF Tommy McNamara  United States
27 MF Luis Caicedo  Colombia
28 DF A. J. DeLaGarza  Guam
30 GK Matt Turner  United States
32 DF Christian Mafla  Colombia
35 DF Collin Verfurth  United States
36 GK Earl Edwards Jr.  United States
72 MF Damian Rivera (HG)  United States

Results

Preseason

March 27 LA Galaxy 1–0 New England Revolution Carson, California
Perez 22'
Zubak  45+1'
Report Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
March 31 LA Galaxy 1–4 New England Revolution Carson, California
Barajas 28' Report Buksa 6'
Bunbury 23'
McNamara 64'
Bou 67'
Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
April 3 Los Angeles FC 2–2 New England Revolution Los Angeles, California
Atuesta 63'
Rossi 90'
Report Bou 46'
Buksa 49'
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium

MLS Regular Season

April 17 1 Chicago Fire 2–2 New England Revolution Chicago, Illinois
8:30 PM EDT Berić 5'
Stojanović 11'
Kappelhof  79'
Report Buksa 14'
Bou 27'
Jones  90+2'
Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 8,102
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
April 24 2 New England Revolution 1–0 D.C. United Foxborough, Massachusetts
8:00PM EDT Traustason  32'
Bye 48'
Kaptoum  60'
Farrell  80'
Buksa  89'
Report Canouse  24'
Moreno  58'
Hines-Ike  90+4'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 7,905
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.
May 1 3 New England Revolution 2–1 Atlanta United FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00PM EDT Bye 19'  75'
Gil 53'
Polster  90+3'
Report Mulraney  17'
Franco  29'
Sosa  33'
Moreno 43'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Referee: Chris Penso
May 8 4 Nashville SC 2–0 New England Revolution Nashville, Tennessee
1:30PM EDT Sapong 25'
Lovitz  28'
Muyl 75'
Godoy  90+3'
Report Jones  57' Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 12,510
Referee: Victor Rivas
May 12 5 Philadelphia Union 1–1 New England Revolution Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7:30PM EDT Wagner  34'
Monteiro  53'
Przybyłko  71' 88'
Report Bunbury 85'
Bye  90+1'
Stadium: Subaru Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tori Penso
May 16 6 New England Revolution 1–0 Columbus SC Foxborough, Massachusetts
6:00PM EDT Buksa 86' Report Stadium: Gillette Stadium
May 22 7 New England Revolution 3–1 New York Red Bulls Foxborough, Massachusetts
8:00PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Referee: Jair Marrufo
May 29 8 FC Cincinnati 0–1 New England Revolution Cincinnati, Ohio
3:00PM EDT Stanko  9'
Kubo  69'
Report Buchanan  33'
Kessler  66'
Buksa 70'
Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Dave Gantar
June 19 9 New York City FC 2–3 New England Revolution Harrison, New Jersey
7:30PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 4,929
Referee: Allen Chapman
Note: The match was held at Red Bull Arena due to scheduling conflicts at New York City FC's home stadium, Yankee Stadium. New York City FC played as the home team for this match.
June 23 10 New England Revolution 3–2 New York Red Bulls Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00PM EDT
Report
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Referee: Robert Sibiga
June 27 11 FC Dallas 2–1 New England Revolution Frisco, Texas
9:00PM EDT
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
July 3 12 Columbus Crew 2–2 New England Revolution Columbus, Ohio
5:00PM EDT Zardes 39'
Nagbe  68'
Farrell 69' (o.g.)
Mensah  75'
Santos  79'
Report Buchanan 13'
Bou 30'
Jones  53'
Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,407
Referee: Alan Kelly
July 7 13 New England Revolution 2–3 Toronto FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
8:32PM EDT Gil 56'
McNamara  75'
Buksa 78'
Report Soteldo 9'
Lawrence 15'
Endoh 24'
Delgado  55'
Pozuelo  89'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 7:00PM, but was postponed due to lightning.
July 17 14 Atlanta United 0–1 New England Revolution Atlanta, Georgia
5:00PM EDT Franco  69'
Conway  75'
Report Bou 18'
Kessler  77'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 42,517
Referee: Victor Rivas
July 21 15 Inter Miami 0–5 New England Revolution Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30PM EDT Figal  15'
Chapman  62'
Report Traustason 15', 36'
Bunbury 27'
Buksa 45+4', 83'
Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Attendance: 13,963
Referee: Robert Sibiga
July 25 16 New England Revolution 2–1 CF Montréal Foxborough, Massachusetts
6:00PM EDT Bou 29', 73' Report Mihailovic 79' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 18,217
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
July 31 17 New York Red Bulls 2–3 New England Revolution Harrison, New Jersey
6:00PM EDT Carmona 8'
Fábio 63'
Report Bou 60'
Bye 84'
Buksa 90+1'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 13,444
Referee: Ramy Touchan
August 4 18 New England Revolution 0–0 Nashville SC Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00PM EDT Bou  34'
Farrell  37'
Kaptoum  48'
Report LaGrassa  33' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 10,279
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
August 8 19 New England Revolution 2–1 Philadelphia Union Foxborough, Massachusetts
6:00PM EDT Polster 10'
Bou 39'
McNamara  69'
Bunbury  90+3'
Report Mbaizo  22'
Aaronson 31'
Elliott  54'
Wagner  84'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 17,054
Referee: Armando Villarreal
August 14 20 Toronto FC 1–2 New England Revolution Toronto, Ontario
8:00PM EDT Delgado  48'
Osorio 79'
Report Buchanan 20'
Bye  63'
Bou 83' (pen.)
Stadium: BMO Field
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
August 18 21 New England Revolution 3–2 D.C. United Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00PM EDT McNamara 49'
Buchanan 53'
Traustason  33'  72'
Jones 85'
Report Arriola 10'
Ábila 90+6'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 11,419
Referee: Ted Unkel
August 21 22 New England Revolution 4–1 FC Cincinnati Foxborough, Massachusetts
8:00PM EDT Buchanan 7',  73'
Boateng 21'
Buksa 33', 61'
McNamara  68'
Farrell  86'
Report Brenner 54' Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 18,268
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
August 28 23 New York City FC 2–0 New England Revolution The Bronx, New York
7:30PM EDT Castellanos 31', 55'
Rodríguez  37'
Sands  40'
Chanot  45+2'
Þórarinsson  87'
Jasson  90+3'
Report Farrell  45+3'
Polster  86'
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Referee: Kevin Stott
September 3 24 Philadelphia Union 0–1 New England Revolution Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30PM EDT Harriel  33'
Bedoya  71'
Sullivan  77'
Fontana  80'
Aaronson  89'
Report Polster 33'
Traustason  55'  59'
Kessler  90+3'
Stadium: Subaru Park
Attendance: 15,152
Referee: Jair Marrufo
September 11 25 New England Revolution 2–1 New York City FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00PM EDT Boateng 21'
Kessler  63'
Buksa  64'
Buchanan 65'
Polster  90'
Gil  90+3'
Report Rodríguez 11'
Morales  45+2'  53'
Castellanos  52'
Thiago  74'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 19,481
Referee: Chris Penso
September 18 26 New England Revolution 1–1 Columbus Crew Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00PM EDT Buksa 62' Report Zardes 58'
Abdul-Salaam  65'
Parente  77'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 19,004
Referee: Allen Chapman
September 22 27 Chicago Fire 2–3 New England Revolution Chicago, Illinois
8:00 PM EDT Terán  17', 40'
Medrán  34'
Giménez 63'
Report Kessler 11'
Caldwell  31'
Bunbury 62'
Gil 90+1',  90+1'
Stadium: Soldier Field
Attendance: 7,052
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
September 25 28 New England Revolution 2–1 Orlando City Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00PM EDT Buksa 9'
Schlegel 35' (o.g.)
Buchanan  80'
Report Dike 18'
Michel  19'
Jansson  39'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 23,506
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
September 29 29 CF Montréal 1–4 New England Revolution Montreal, Quebec
7:30PM EDT Piette  27'
Torres 32'
Miller  90'
Report Jones 10'
Buksa 17'
Camacho 30' (o.g.)
Bou  58', 86'
Caicedo  90+2'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Referee: Ismail Elfath
October 16 30 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00PM EDT Kaptoum 47'
Bou 76'
Buchanan  90+3'
Report Medrán 49'
F. Navarro  60'
Aliseda 88'
M. Navarro  90+3'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 28,414
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
October 20 31 D.C. United 2–3 New England Revolution Washington D.C.
8:00PM EDT Felipe  18'
Robertha 53'
Ábila 90+3'
Report Polster  45'
Buksa 61'
Gil 64'
Bou 79'
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 13,387
Referee: Nima Saghafi
October 24 32 Orlando City 2–2 New England Revolution Orlando, Florida
7:30 PM Nani 39'
Mueller  47'
Dike 50' (pen.)
Report Buksa 81', 90+3'
Gil  87'
Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 17,539
Referee: Chris Penso
October 27 33 New England Revolution 1–0 Colorado Rapids Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00PM EDT Buchanan 74' Report Abubakar  15'
Rubio  53'
Esteves  90+2'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 10,199
Referee: Victor Rivas
November 7 34 New England Revolution 0–1 Inter Miami Foxborough, Massachusetts
3:30PM EST Kessler  34' Report Shea  39'
Matuidi 58'
Carranza  63'
Pizarro  64'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 31,635
Referee: Alan Kelly

MLS Cup Playoffs

November 30 Eastern Conference Semifinals New England Revolution 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
New York City FC Foxborough, Massachusetts
6:30 PM EST
Report Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 25,509
Referee: Drew Fischer
Penalties
Note: New York City FC advance on penalties 5–3.

References

  1. Le Miere, Jason (October 23, 2021). "New England Revolution win 2021 MLS Supporters' Shield". Major League Soccer.
  2. "New England Revolution sign free agent goalkeeper Earl Edwards Jr". Major League Soccer. December 19, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  3. "New England Revolution sign defender Christian Mafla from Atletico Nacional". Major League Soccer. December 21, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  4. "New England Revolution sign midfielder Wilfrid Kaptoum after La Liga stops". Major League Soccer. December 23, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  5. "New England Revolution sign veteran midfielder Emmanuel Boateng". Major League Soccer. January 7, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  6. "New England Revolution sign veteran defender A.J. DeLaGarza". New England Revolution. January 7, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  7. "Revolution sign Arnór Ingvi Traustason". New England Revolution. March 16, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  8. "Revolution sign defender Jon Bell and midfielder Maciel to first-team contracts". New England Revolution. March 22, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
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