FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The only goal of Wednesday night’s 1-0 loss to New York City FC arrived around the hour mark, but New England Revolution head coach Jay Heaps felt the game might’ve hinged on a couple of flashpoints earlier in the first half.
The Revs had a penalty shout turned away in the eighth minute with Kelyn Rowe was clattered into while running onto Lee Nguyen’s chip – NYCFC goalkeeper Josh Saunders pushed Rowe’s bundled shot off the post – while Teal Bunbury bounced a header over the crossbar from close range after 30 minutes.