FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The chaotic final five minutes of Saturday night’s 2-2 draw with Orlando City SC was, in many ways, a microcosm of the New England Revolution’s 2016 campaign thus far.
After conceding a 90th-minute equalizer when London Woodberry’s attempted clearance deflected off the foot of Orlando forward Carlos Rivas and inside the near post, the Revs generated two golden opportunities to punch through a late winner only to see their efforts fall short.
Juan Agudelo, who’d given the Revs the lead with his first touch of the game after coming on as a 70th-minute substitute, had a powerful header crash off the crossbar, while Donnie Smith – playing as a makeshift forward because a hamstring injury limited his mobility after the Revs had made their final substitution – had a close-range effort palmed away by OCSC goalkeeper Joe Bendik.