{"id":26925,"date":"2014-07-29T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T19:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=26925"},"modified":"2014-07-29T15:31:55","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T19:31:55","slug":"the-warm-up-nevscol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=26925","title":{"rendered":"The Warm Up: #NEvsCOL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The New England Revolution are back in action, less than a week after their losing streak hit eight, hosting the Colorado Rapids on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Gillette Stadium, Foxboro.<\/p>\n

Scheduled kick-off:<\/strong>\u00a07:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

TV\/Radio:<\/strong>\u00a0Comcast Sportsnet; 98.5 FM The Sports Hub.<\/p>\n

Season series:<\/strong>\u00a0First and only meeting of the season\u2026The teams tied 2-2 in their preseason game on March 1st. Patrick Mullins and Teal Bunbury scored for New England; Edson Buddle and Vicente Sanchez scored for Colorado. The Rapids beat New England, 2-1<\/a>, in their lone meeting of the 2013 season.<\/p>\n

Revolution update:<\/strong>\u00a07-11-2 overall, 23 points through 20 games (1.15 points per game), with 25 goals scored and 33 goals against\u2026.Currently on an 8-game losing streak in MLS matches\u2026Revolution allowed at least two goals in three straight games and have allowed two or more goals in seven of their last eight games\u20264-4-1 at home\u2026 The Revolution are 2-2-1 at home against Colorado since 2008 with four goals for and five goals against\u2026The last five games between the Revolution and the Rapids have been decided by one goal or less; the last result decided by more than one goal was Colorado\u2019s 3-0 win on September 18th<\/sup>, 2010.<\/p>\n

Rapids\u00a0update:<\/strong>\u00a08-6-6 overall, 30 points through 20 games (1.50 points per game), with 31 goals scored and 24 goals against\u2026The Rapids are in fourth place in the Western Conference entering Wednesday\u2019s game\u2026The Rapids blanked Chivas USA, 3-0, this past Friday to break a three-game winless streak\u2026Colorado has allowed six goals in their last four games (1-1-2) but have scored eight goals\u2026Deshorn Brown is Colorado\u2019s leading scorer with seven goals on the season, but is likely to miss the game<\/a> against the Revolution \u2026Jose Mari (fourth on the team with three goals) and defender Shane O\u2019Neill will likely miss the game as well, according to MLSSoccer\u2019s Chris Bianchi<\/p>\n

Injuries:<\/strong>\u00a0The Revolution had a new addition to the injury report ahead of their class with Colorado. Chris Tierney, who left Saturday\u2019s game against Columbus in the 21st<\/sup> minute, was listed as out with a left MCL sprain. Tierney joins Andy Dorman (right MCL sprain) and Shalrie Joseph (left calf strain) as out on the injury report. For Colorado, Deshorn Brown (groin), Shane O\u2019Neill (knee) and Jose Mari (ankle) are all listed as questionable but ColoradoRapids.com reports they are undergoing fitness tests to test their availability for Colorado\u2019s game on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Next for Revolution:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday, August 2nd, at 7:00 PM on the road at the New York Red Bulls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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