Revolution Stay Unbeaten at Gillette Stadium After Defeating Orlando City SC 3-1
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (June 17, 2023) – The New England Revolution (9-3-6; 33 pts.) defeated Orlando City SC (7-4-6, 26 pts.), 3-1, on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium. Emmanuel Boateng, Gustavo Bou, and Carles Gil all found the scoresheet while Earl Edwards Jr. made three saves in his first start of the season. With the victory, New England extends its home unbeaten streak to nine games, matching the club’s longest streak without a home loss to open a season.
Boateng, starting a 10th straight match for the first time in his MLS career, opened the scoring with his second goal of the season in the 57th minute. As Bou drove the endline and sent in a low cross, Boateng capitalized off a rebound from Orlando’s Mason Stajduhar and slotted a left-footed shot into the bottom-right corner from the edge of the penalty area.
Bou added to the lead 12 minutes later, netting his third goal of the season with a curling effort from long range. Homegrown Player Noel Buck earned his first MLS assist on the goal, while Gil recorded his eighth helper of 2023 on the play.
After Duncan McGuire cut the deficit in half for Orlando in the 80th minute, Carles Gil closed out the scoring five minutes later, finishing off a counterattack to put the game out of reach. Bou and Giacomo Vrioni recorded assists on Gil’s team-leading seventh goal of the season. The assist was Bou’s second of the year and Vrioni’s first in MLS.
New England’s 6-0-3 start to the season equals its best home start through nine games, set in 2005 and matched in 2015. The Revolution are one of three MLS teams without a loss at home this season.
The Revolution conclude the three-game homestand on Saturday, June 24, facing Toronto FC for the second and final time this season. The 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff at Gillette Stadium airs on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV in English and Spanish, and on the radio at 98.5 The Sports Hub or 1260 AM Nossa Radio in Portuguese.