The New York Red Bulls clearly came to Gillette Stadium with the intent of disrupting the game by fouling New England Revolution players. This ultimately resulted in a “frustrating” 1-0 loss for the home team.
Saturday’s game was a physical one with 36 total fouls (23 committed by the Red Bulls, 13 by the Revs). The frequent whistles made it difficult to get much going.
“They came in here to disrupt us and foul us as much as they could and, you know, take any kind of rhythm out of the game. And I think they accomplished that,” head coach Bruce Arena said after the game.