CARSON, Calif. – Coming off a pair of encouraging 3-2\u00a0victories, the Revolution were quickly humbled Saturday night at the Home Depot Center, where they suffered a 3-0 thumping to Chivas USA.<\/p>\n
Nick LaBrocca (22′), Marcos Mondaini (45′)\u00a0and Alejandro Moreno (57′) scored while Dan Kennedy kept the Revs off the board to give New England its worst defeat of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were definitely confident coming in here, we tried to get after it tonight and get the three points,” said Revolution skipper Shalrie Joseph. “Unfortunately, we started off really slow and we didn\u2019t keep possession of the ball.”<\/p>\n
Possession was certainly an area of concern for manager Steve Nicol, who\u00a0used a 4-4-2 formation for the first time this season. The gaffer had hoped\u00a0to find some measure of success with\u00a0a Shalrie Joseph-Benny Feilhaber\u00a0pairing in the central midfield.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the Revolution’s makeshift formation did little to produce\u00a0quality opportunities throughout the game. \u00a0A header by Zack Schilawski off a Didier Domi cross was tipped over the crossbar by Dan Kennedy in the 7th minute for the first and only attempt the Revolution had at goal in the first half.<\/p>\n
While the Revs struggled to assert themselves, Chivas had no problem finding their attacking rhythm. After knocking on the doorstep for the first twenty minutes, Chivas finally\u00a0bursted through\u00a0when Mondaini’s cross at the endline found LaBrocca, who managed to head the ball in past Bobby Shuttleworth.<\/p>\n
With their form severely lacking, the Revs hoped to limit the damage and head into the interval with a single goal separating them from Chivas. But that hope was dashed\u00a0when\u00a0Mondaini doubled the Chivas advantage in the 45th minute, heading in a cross from Moreno and putting the Revs down two goals moments before the halftime whistle.<\/p>\n
“To give up two goals in the first half, especially the one that comes basically in stoppage time before the half is a back breaker for us,” said Shuttleworth. \u00a0“Then we\u2019re chasing the game from there, which is tough.”<\/p>\n
Moreno continued to terrorize the Revs in the second half. \u00a0In the 55th minute, Mark Kadlecik initially awarded Chivas a penalty kick\u00a0after\u00a0it appeared that he\u00a0handled the ball inside the area while marking Moreno.<\/p>\n
But Kadlecik overturned his decision after consulting with the\u00a0fourth official\u00a0and determining that it was actually Moreno who had handled the ball. \u00a0But, Moreno\u00a0refused to relent minutes later\u00a0when he corraled a poorly-delivered Didier Domi clearance inside the area and banged it into the back of the net to make it 3-0 Goats.<\/p>\n
“You have to take care of each of other with the ball,” said Nicol.\u00a0“You\u2019re trying to lead the ball onto to where you want them to go.”<\/p>\n
From there, the Revs watched the Goats continue their fluid form while Shuttleworth, who came up with a pair of spectacular saves in the waning minutes, prevented any further damage.<\/p>\n
But, once the final whistle sounded, the Revs walked off the pitch thoroughly beaten, with little\u00a0to be happy about\u00a0in locker room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Tonight, all around we were second best in every department,” said Nicol. “The goals were predictable, bad defending all around. Tonight was poor, very poor.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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