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Revolution defender Kevin Alston battles for the ball with Impact defender Dennis Iampichino during Sunday’s game. (Photo: Chris Aduama\/aduama.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. \u2013 For the third straight home game, the Revolution fell 1-0, this time at the hands of the Montreal Impact Sunday night in front of 12,857. New England has now lost three straight \u2013 their longest losing streak of the season \u2013 and are winless in their last six (0-5-1).<\/p>\n

\u201cHeartbreaking. Disappointing. Not good enough,\u201d Revolution head coach Jay Heaps said. \u201cWe\u2019re struggling to find the way the way a little bit and it\u2019s a really bad loss at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanna Nyassi, twin brother of Revolution midfielder Sainey Nyassi, proved to be the super sub for Montreal, coming on at halftime and scoring 15 minutes later to give the away team the win.<\/p>\n

The Impact midfielder pick pocketed Revolution midfielder Benny Feilhaber in Montreal\u2019s half, sprinted down the field, beat two Revolution defenders before blasting it past Matt Reis for the game winner.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the third game in a row we\u2019ve made a mistake and its come down and cost us,\u201d Heaps said.<\/p>\n

The Revolution haven\u2019t scored at home since their last regular season win \u2013 July 8th<\/sup> against New York. On Sunday, it wasn\u2019t because a lack of chances, though.<\/p>\n

Defender Chris Tierney\u2019s left footed toe poke curled through four players before clanking off the far post in the 36th<\/sup> minute. Five minutes later, Saer Sene\u2019s blast from inside the area beat debuting Impact goalie Troy Perkins, but rattled off the crossbar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re playing some good soccer, getting behind defenses, and we\u2019re shooting the ball well,\u201d New England defender AJ Soares said. \u201cIt\u2019s not going our way right now, we have to keep our heads up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Revolution\u2019s best chance in the second half came when Sene took a Lee Nguyen flick, only to see his close-ranged attempt tipped over by Perkins.<\/p>\n

\u201cGive their goalie some credit,\u201d Revolution midfielder Clyde Simms said. \u201cHe made some big saves tonight, he had a very good game tonight for them and him and the post and crossbar kept them in the game, I believe.\u201d<\/p>\n

As seen in the past with Revolution opponents, Montreal used physical play throughout the game, drawing three yellow cards from referee Allen Chapman.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe it\u2019s something we have to look at, becoming more physical ourselves,\u201d Revolution midfielder Ryan Guy said. \u201cI think it\u2019s something that could affect our game in a positive way.\u201d<\/p>\n

New England regained the services of Honduran striker Jerry Bengtson, who returned from Olympic play, but the designated player didn\u2019t have many touches and was subbed out in the 62nd<\/sup> minute for Fernando Cardenas.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looked a little tired,\u201d Heaps said. \u201cHe\u2019s been in Honduras for the last four, five days \u2013 he came back the other day. He had a training with us and two days with us. But also, we were just trying to change it up a little bit. We needed fresh legs in. That was really it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite 10 attempts on goal in the second half, the home team couldn\u2019t break their scoreless streak.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust that final ball is lacking,\u201d defender Chris Tierney said. \u201cI think we\u2019re getting into decent spots, we have good spells of possession, but when we get into that advanced third of the field it\u2019s just about putting the ball on the money and committing to getting runs in the box and we haven\u2019t been doing that lately.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Revolution are now 2-11 in games decided by one goal and their 2012 playoff hopes are almost all gone. With 11 games left on the schedule, only a perfect record would guarantee them a playoff spot according to SportsClubStats.com.<\/p>\n

New England returns to action on Saturday, August 18th<\/sup>, when they visit Toyota Park to challenge the Chicago Fire. Game is scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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