Somerville's Cristiano Oliveira scores winner for Revolution in US Open Cup at Rhode Island FC

Boston Globe

08-05-2025

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Cristiano finds the back of the net!! 🔥
— New England Revolution (@NERevolution)
New England advances to face fellow Major League Soccer original Chicago, which routed Detroit City of the USL Championship, 4-0. Sixteen MLS teams entered the domestic knockout competition in this week's fourth round, with all but one — New York City FC, which lost to the Championship's Pittsburgh Riverhounds — winning.
The Revolution's starting lineup on Wednesday featured three season debuts — midfielder Allan Oyirwoth, goalkeeper Alex Bono, and Andrew Farrell, who extended his franchise record with his 383rd appearance across all competitions.
Caleb Porter's attack was a quartet of players largely left out of the two-striker alignment that's sparked
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The latter earned the honor of the first goal at RIFC's new home, in his first start since missing nearly 11 months with an ACL tear. After the reigning USL Eastern Conference champions held their own in the early going, delighting much of the announced 9,539, Urruti and Chancalay surged toward goal in a 2-on-2.
A slide tackle from Rhode Island's Rio Hope-Gund knocked the ball to Chancalay, who took two touches left and drilled the ball through Vegas's legs for his first goal since last May 4.
Tomas scored the 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 at Centreville Bank Stadium! 🏟️
— New England Revolution (@NERevolution)
The hosts broke the ice on the banks of the Seekonk River through Rodriguez, one of just four USLC midfielders to score in double digits out of the midfield last season. He deftly slotted a Noah Fuson cross inside the post past a diving Bono, a 10-year MLS veteran signed in December to back up Aljaz Ivacic.
History in a highlight.
Maxi Rodriguez scores the first RIFC goal at Centreville Bank Stadium 🫡
— Rhode Island FC (@RhodeIslandFC)
Porter used Revolution II regulars Eric Klein, Liam Butts, Diarbian, and Oliveira off the bench in the second half, with Diaz playing 75 minutes and both Urruti and Chancalay 87.
New England will seek a fifth straight MLS victory on Saturday night, when it visits Orlando City.