2021 New England Revolution season

New England Revolution
2021 season
President	Brian Bilello
Head Coach	Bruce Arena
Stadium	Gillette Stadium
Major League Soccer	Conference: 1st; Overall: 1st
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Semifinals
U.S. Open Cup	Canceled
Biggest win	MIA 0–5 NE (7/21)
Biggest defeat	NSH 2–0 NE (5/8); NYC 2–0 NE (8/28)
Home colors	Away colors
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PresidentBrian Bilello

Head CoachBruce Arena

StadiumGillette Stadium

Major League SoccerConference: 1st
Overall: 1st

The 2021 season was the 26th in the history of the Major League Soccer club New England Revolution, a professional soccer team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The team was under the management of Bruce Arena in his second full MLS season as head coach of the Revs. The regular season began on April 17, 2021. In addition to the league, the Revolution were to compete in the 2021 U.S. Open Cup, before the competition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

The 2021 season saw the Revolution win their first Supporters' Shield in club history by having the best record in the regular season.^[2] They were eliminated in the conference semifinals of the MLS Cup playoffs after losing to New York City FC in a shootout.

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Date	Position	Name	From	Fee/notes	Ref.
December 19, 2020	GK	Earl Edwards Jr.	D.C. United	Free agent	^[3]
December 21, 2020	DF	Christian Mafla	Atlético Nacional	Transfer	^[4]
December 23, 2020	MF	Wilfrid Kaptoum	Real Betis	Free agent	^[5]
January 7, 2021	FW	Emmanuel Boateng	Columbus Crew	Free agent	^[6]
January 7, 2021	DF	A. J. DeLaGarza	Inter Miami CF	Free agent	^[7]
March 16, 2021	FW	Arnór Traustason	Malmö FF	Transfer	^[8]
March 22, 2021	MF	Maciel	New England Revolution II	Free transfer	^[9]
March 22, 2021	DF	Jon Bell	New England Revolution II	Free transfer	^[9]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
December 8, 2020	CB	Antonio Delamea Mlinar	Olimpija Ljubljana	Released	^[10]
	FW	Cristian Penilla	Free Agent	Released	^[10]
	MF	Diego Fagúndez	Austin FC	Released	^[10]
	MF	Isaac Angking	Free Agent	Released	^[10]
	GK	Jeff Caldwell	Hartford Athletic	Released	^[10]
	FW	Kekuta Manneh	Austin FC	Released	^[10]
	MF	Kelyn Rowe	Seattle Sounders FC	Released	^[10]
	MF	Lee Nguyen	Ho Chi Minh City	Released	^[10]
	DF	Michael Mancienne	Burton Albion	Released	^[10]
	MF	Nicolas Firmino	Free Agent	Released	^[10]
	DF	Seth Sinovic	Free Agent	Released	^[10]

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	USA	Andrew Farrell
4	DF	USA	Henry Kessler (GA)
5	MF	CMR	Wilfrid Kaptoum
6	MF	USA	Scott Caldwell (HG)
7	FW	ARG	Gustavo Bou (DP)
8	MF	USA	Matt Polster
9	FW	POL	Adam Buksa (DP)
10	FW	USA	Teal Bunbury
11	MF	GHA	Emmanuel Boateng
12	FW	USA	Justin Rennicks (HG)
13	MF	BRA	Maciel
15	DF	USA	Brandon Bye
17	FW	CAN	Tajon Buchanan (GA)
18	GK	USA	Brad Knighton
19	FW	UGA	Edward Kizza
22	MF	ESP	Carles Gil (DP)
23	DF	USA	Jon Bell
24	DF	USA	DeJuan Jones
25	FW	ISL	Arnór Traustason
26	MF	USA	Tommy McNamara
27	MF	COL	Luis Caicedo
28	DF	GUM	A. J. DeLaGarza
30	GK	USA	Matt Turner
32	DF	COL	Christian Mafla
35	DF	USA	Collin Verfurth
36	GK	USA	Earl Edwards Jr.
72	MF	USA	Damian Rivera (HG)

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

2021 New England Revolution season

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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

April 17 1	Chicago Fire FC	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
8:00 p.m. 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
7:00 p.m. 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
1:30 p.m. 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
7:30 p.m. 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
6:00 p.m. EDT	Buksa 86'	Report		Stadium: Gillette Stadium

May 22 7	New England Revolution	3–1	New York Red Bulls	Foxborough, Massachusetts
8:00 p.m. EDT	Bou 36' Buchanan 45+2' Buksa 82'	Report	Reyes 07' 31' 38'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Jair Marrufo

May 29 8	FC Cincinnati	0–1	New England Revolution	Cincinnati, Ohio
3:00 p.m. 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
7:30 p.m. EDT	Castellanos 39' Thiago 55' 56' Sands 77' Tajouri-Shradi 85'	Report	Polster 19' Bou 27' Maciel 53' Bell 78' McNamara 88'	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.

July 21 15	Inter Miami CF	0–5	New England Revolution	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. 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

June 23 10	New England Revolution	3–2	New York Red Bulls	Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m. EDT	Buchanan 26' Polster 29' Jones 35' Bou 52'	Report	Duncan 29' Klimala 53' Reyes 75'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Robert Sibiga

June 27 11	FC Dallas	2–1	New England Revolution	Frisco, Texas
9:00 p.m. EDT	Pepi 11', 54'		Bou 33'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium

July 3 12	Columbus Crew	2–2	New England Revolution	Columbus, Ohio
5:00 p.m. 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 FC	0–1	New England Revolution	Atlanta, Georgia
5:00 p.m. EDT	Franco 69' Conway 75'	Report	Bou 18' Kessler 77'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 42,517 Referee: Victor Rivas

July 25 16	New England Revolution	2–1	CF Montréal	Foxborough, Massachusetts
6:00 p.m. 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
6:00 p.m. 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
7:00 p.m. 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
6:00 p.m. 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
8:00 p.m. 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
7:00 p.m. 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
8:00 p.m. 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	New York, New York
7:30 p.m. 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
7:30 p.m. 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
7:00 p.m. 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
7:00 p.m. 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 FC	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 SC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m. 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
7:30 p.m. 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 FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 p.m. 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