MONTREAL – Soccer can be a cruel game. The New England Revolution learned as much on Saturday afternoon at Stade Saputo, where one “really bad mistake” undid 45 minutes of solid work in what ultimately devolved into a 4-2 loss to the Montreal Impact.
New England were on the front foot for large portions of the first half and forced Montreal to rely upon a series of hopeful long balls to break them down, giving Revolution head coach Brad Friedel every reason to believe his side would be in control after the break.
But one bad sequence on the stroke of halftime changed the tenor of the entire afternoon.