Matt Turner returns with a shutout, as Revolution beat D.C. United at Gillette, end nine match winless streak
On the Revolution's first Alumni Night, with nearly two dozen stars from the past three decades in attendance, one of their own made his return to the field a victorious one. Goalkeeper Matt Turner had four saves and a shutout in his first MLS action since May 28, 2022.
D.C. (4-15-7, 19 points) sent many of its best chances wide of target, but the league's 2021 Goalkeeper of the Year —
'Just quality,' said Revolution coach Caleb Porter. 'You can see him, first couple crosses, he just comes edge of the box and just plucks it. Makes a couple really key saves, one big one in the first half. Just his presence, his distribution, his confidence really helped us.'
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The Revolution had the best chance of that first half, and in an all-too-common refrain, it ended with Campana missing the net on a close-range header. The striker had no less than five opportunities around the 6-yard box Saturday, but simply couldn't consistently challenge D.C. keeper Jun-Hong Kim (one save) — part of a United defense that has allowed an MLS-worst 51 goals.
Campana's fifth goal of the season, however, was exactly the sort Porter envisioned from the
Capi ➡️ Leo ➡️ GOAL
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Gil soon followed his ninth assist with his ninth goal. After Peyton Miller settled a cross and brought it back out of the area, he found Gil, who crossed up D.C.'s Boris Enow with a touch, then snuck a right foot through traffic that Kim scarcely saw before it was behind him.
It was Gil's 130th goal contribution (48 goals, 82 assists) in his seventh Revolution season, passing Taylor Twellman — who was in attendance Saturday — for the franchise record.
'He's just so professional and he has so much character. He's such a team guy. That's just very rare. Very rare,' Porter said of Gil. 'There was no flinch in him. There was no flinch in me. There was no flinch in this team. We're not going to back down. We're all fighters. We're all winners. We've not been winning, but we're winners.
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'Sometimes I love it when the adversity is really high, and the pressure is really high, because you just find out what you're made of. . . . In this game, and we've got to do it again, we really showed a lot of character.'
Carles Gil has passed Taylor Twellman for the most goal contributions in Revs history (130)!!
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The Revolution also got back forward Ignatius Ganago, who played the final 30 minutes after missing the last nine matches with
The test for he and his teammates gets significantly harder next Saturday, when Los Angeles FC visits Gillette Stadium. The big-money Black and Gold added winger Heung-Min Son this week, with the former Tottenham captain in line to visit Foxborough after playing 30 minutes on Saturday night in Chicago.
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