Revs Fall Apart In Second Half In Their 3-1 Loss

The New England Revolution were in action Saturday night against the Columbus Crew (10-7-7, 37 points) at Crew Stadium. The Revs led at the half with a goal by Benny Feilhaber in the 45th minute. However, they would fall apart in the second half, and lose 3-1 to the Columbus Crew.

The Revolution (4-11-9, 21 points) and the Crew would play a first half that was bland with not much action to really discuss about until late in the first half. In the 45th minute, Pat Phelan would set up Feilhaber inside of the box with a nice pass. Feilhaber would blast a strike that went into the back of the net. The Revs were suddenly ahead 1-0 as the half was coming to a close.

The Revs actually started the second half very brightly. In the 46th minute, Feilhaber intercepted a Columbus pass, but his attempt at goal would eventually be blocked.

Columbus would then step up the pressure, and eventually get their equalizer. In the 54th minute, Andres Mendoza sent a nice pass into the box, that Revs defender Kevin Alston unfortunately kicked into the Revs net for an own goal. The game was suddenly tied at 1-1.

To the Revs credit, they certainly didn't back down, and almost got a go ahead goal. In the 62nd minute, Feilhaber took a free kick that Stephen McCarthy headed right to A. J. Soares. Unfortunately, his shot hit the crossbar. This was a golden opportunity missed by the Revs that would come back to haunt them.

The rest of the match would be all downhill for the Revs. In the 75th minute, off of a corner kick by Josh Gardner, the Crew would score from a beautiful header by Julius James to give the home team the 2-1 lead.

The Crew would put the game away in the 81st minute. Crew midfielder, Robbie Rogers would sent a pass into the box that Emilio Renteria would slam into the net to give the Crew the 3-1 lead.

Unfortunately for the Revs they would not be able to come back from their deficit, and they would lose to the Crew 3-1. The Revs are now under serious pressure to come up with answers quickly to salvage their season.

The Revolution will next be in action Wednesday night August 17th against the Houston Dynamo at Gillette Stadium. The match takes place at 8 PM EST.

New England Revolution: Matt Reis, Chris Tierney, A.J. Soares, Darrius Barnes, Kevin Alston, Stephen McCarthy (Diego Fagundez 79), Sharlie Joseph , Pat Phelan, Benny Feilhaber, Milton Caraglio (Zak Boggs 79), Zack Schilawski (Kenny Mansally 68)