New England Revolution
New England is now winless in its last eight games.
The Revolution lost to Orlando City 2-1 on what was an otherwise picturesque summer Saturday night at Gillette Stadium. The defeat extended New England’s run of games without a win to eight, nearly matching the nine-game unbeaten run that immediately preceded it.
And true to the team’s current (bad) form, Orlando City took an early lead in the 18th minute on what should’ve been a fairly manageable long ball right down the middle from a Revolution standpoint. Yet Orlando forward Martín Ojeda was able to get in behind New England’s back line and reach it right before Revolution goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic, who missed his attempted clearance.
New England was able to briefly level the score in the second half, when substitute Tomas Chancalay fired a well-aimed shot into the low corner off an Ilay Feingold cross.
But as has been the case far too often in 2025, the Revolution were unable to prevent the opposition from scoring a quick goal in direct answer. Just three minutes following Chancalay’s tying goal, Ojeda gave Orlando the lead again after a quality run from teammate Iván Angulo opened a shooting lane (from which the visiting No. 10 roofed his finish in what proved to be the game-winning goal).
The Revolution remain in 11th place in the Eastern Conference, and are now eight points adrift the current playoff line.
Here are a few takeaways:
An ideal starting lineup, but a halftime deficit
With the return of both Feingold at right wing-back and Mamadou Fofana at center-back, Caleb Porter’s team was essentially at full strength.
Yet despite starting with great energy, New England wound up on the back-foot following Ojeda’s opener in the 18th minute.
In fact, the Best XI lineup managed zero shots on target over the opening 45 minutes.
Winger-turned-forward Luca Langoni offered some of the Revolution’s best moments, but his forays forward — propelled by truly elite speed — were representative of his team’s wider failings: What began with excitement and promise ended with an anticlimactic tackle from the opposing team (and no goal-scoring chance being created).
Chancalay and a formation change provided a brief moment of hope
Trailing by a single goal at halftime, Porter turned to his bench for a spark. He swapped Chancalay for center-back Tanner Beason, shifting the formation from a 3-4-1-2 to a 4-2-3-1.
Both factors combined to produce a quick flurry of chances for the home team, and within ten minutes the Revolution had an equalizer.
Following a timely pass down the right wing to Feingold from midfielder Alhassan Yusuf, the 20-year-old wing-back whipped in a perfect cross. Chancalay calmly collected the ball, took a touch inside, and ripped his shot into the near corner.
It was a reflective of the positive spark that Chancalay provided after coming of the bench, but it proved to be short-lived.
Playoff prospects continue to dwindle
With the defeat, the Revolution fell to 2-6-2 at home in 2025. Given the fairly standard MLS formula of “win your home games, draw your away games” in order to make the postseason, New England’s truly poor record at Gillette Stadium this season is a reason why the team is not in close playoff contention.
This makes what might normally be viewed as a reassurance — the Revolution play seven of the team’s final 11 games at home — into an additional point of anxiety.
Can New England find a way to gain even a fraction of momentum down the stretch? The latest test will come on Friday (against CF Montreal) at the start of a three-game home stand. A 3-0 win over Montreal on May 31 remains the Revolution’s most recent victory.
If the situation doesn’t improve soon (or looks somehow even more bleak after that run of games), Porter’s already-hot seat will begin to get even hotter.
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