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<\/a>Rajko Lekic scored his first career MLS goal on Saturday. (Photo by CHRIS ADUAMA\/aduama.com)<\/p><\/div>\n
Feilhaber set up the opening score, laying off a ball to Marko Perovic who pounded a first time shot into the back of the net.\u00a0 Kei Kamara equalized for Kansas City two minutes later and then gave his side the lead midway through the second half by converting a 69th<\/sup> minute penalty kick.\u00a0 Shalrie Joseph leveled the match again before Lekic scored the game winner in the 83rd<\/sup> minute off a Zak Boggs cross.<\/p>\n The Revolution (2-2-3, 9 points) entered the game without having won since March 26 and without having scored since April 6.\u00a0 Kansas City (1-3-1, 4 points) were also looking for their second win of the season and for a forward to step in for Mexican international Omar Bravo, who did not make the trip to New England due to a sports hernia.<\/p>\n \u201cWe made chances,\u201d said Steve Nicol.\u00a0 \u201cWe haven\u2019t made chances and we haven\u2019t scored goals.\u00a0 We should be happy we got three.\u00a0 So if we make more chances, we\u2019ll score more goals.\u201d<\/p>\n Kamara filled in forcefully for Bravo, scoring both of Kansas City\u2019s goals.\u00a0 But Kansas City greatly benefited from the Revolution\u2019s inconsistent play in midfield.\u00a0 With Feilhaber starting in his first game and Lekic only his second, communication was an issue with the Revolution for parts of the match.<\/p>\n \u201cI hung in there for 90 minutes,\u201d said Feilhaber, who flew to Boston from Copenhagen on Thursday.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m satisfied with my performance and the team\u2019s.\u00a0 For me, it will only get better.\u00a0 I\u2019ll get fitter and start playing better.\u201d<\/p>\n Steve Nicol employed a 4-4-2 formation and put Feilhaber alongside Stephen McCarthy.\u00a0 Joseph pushed up and joined Lekic as a forward while Zak Boggs and Perovic worked the wings.\u00a0 Feilhaber was dangerous throughout the match, serving dangerous passes behind the Kansas City defense though Sporting\u2019s midfield looked more dangerous in the first half.<\/p>\n The Revs opened the scoring in the 12th<\/sup> minute after Feilhaber collected a deflected pass from Lekic and sent it back to Perovic. The Serbian midfielder powered a shot past goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen that landed just inside the near post.<\/p>\n \u201cI had the opportunity to get close to the box,\u201d said Feilhaber of his assist on Perovic\u2019s goal. \u00a0\u201cIt came right to me.\u00a0 I was ready to shoot but I had to take a step.\u00a0 The defender ran toward me and I saw [Perovic] sitting at the top of the box and I just slipped it to him and he banged it in.\u201d<\/p>\n Kansas City immediately responded by stealing possession in midfield and sending players into the attack.\u00a0 Teal Bunbury played Kamara who cut past Didier Domi and fired a low drive past Matt Reis for the equalizer less than two minutes after the Revs had taken the lead..<\/p>\n \u201cTo get a goal so quickly was huge for them,\u201d said Nicol.\u00a0 \u201cIt took the wind out of our sails and the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n Then referee Edvin Jurisevic\u2019s involvement in the second half began to shape the game.\u00a0 Lekic was dragged down in the penalty area in the 52nd<\/sup> minute but Jurisevic waved away the Revolution\u2019s protests for a penalty kick.<\/p>\n But in the 68th<\/sup> minute, Kevin Alston was whistled for a foul against Bunbury in the box and Jurisevic awarded the penalty kick.\u00a0 Kamara converted the penalty, firing hard to the left, beating Reis for the second time.<\/p>\n The Revolution were able to respond quickly, Shalrie Joseph heading in a Kenny Mansally freekick in the 72nd<\/sup> minute for his third score of the season.<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t put our heads down,\u201d said Joseph.\u00a0 \u201cWe took the game to them.\u00a0 Mansally served a great ball in and put it in such a dangerous place.\u00a0 All I had to do was get to it.\u00a0 I got enough on it to get it in.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c[Joseph] does it and that\u2019s why he\u2019s captain,\u201d said Reis.\u00a0 \u201c[Nicol] talks about getting good balls in the box and we did.\u00a0 We got a great ball in there and he put it away.<\/p>\n Jurisevic then ejected Kansas City defender Aurelian Collin in the 75th<\/sup> minute for pushing Feilhaber in New England\u2019s penalty area.\u00a0 The booking forced Kansas City, who had been tightly marking Revolution midfielders and forwards, to be more stretched defensively.<\/p>\n Boggs found himself wide open on the wing and served a ball into the box in the 83rd<\/sup> minute.\u00a0 Lekic\u2019s head connected on the service, sending the ball past an outstretched Jimmy Nielsen for the game winning goal and Lekic\u2019s first career MLS strike.<\/p>\n “I felt like I was in heaven,\u201d said Lekic.\u00a0 \u201cIt was like a dream.\u00a0 When I saw the goal I was very happy.\u00a0 It was my second game so still it takes two or three games to get to know each other.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHis header was fantastic,\u201d said Nicol.\u00a0 \u201cThat was just a pure striker\u2019s finish.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope there\u2019s many more.\u201d<\/p>\n The win marks the first time this season the Revs have scored three goals in a match.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great that we fought back,\u201d said Reis. \u00a0\u201cThe pieces of the puzzle are starting to fit together and you can see what we can do.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a matter of getting on the same page.\u00a0 You can see that everything is falling into place.<\/p>\n \u201cAt home we have to get three points,” Reis added. “Whether it\u2019s the way we did it tonight or some other way.\u00a0 So job well done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lekic scores his first MLS goal and Feilhaber shines in his debut as the Revs beat Kansas City 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