Box Score | New England Revolution 2, Philadelphia Union 1

Philadelphia Union faced off against New England Revolution on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium on MLS Decision Day, falling 2-1. With the loss, the Union finished their 2023 MLS regular season with a 15-9-10 record and clinched fourth place in the Eastern Conference with 55 points. The Union went unbeaten in 16 out of 17 home games this season, scoring 33 goals and allowing 13. During the first half, forward Julian Carranza gave the Union a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute. New England then responded with a pair of goals from Gustavo Bou in the 25th and 43rd minute, making it 2-1.

Philadelphia Union will face off against the New England Revolution in the First Round of the 2023 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs (Time and date TBD). 
 
New England Revolution 2 – Philadelphia Union 1
Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, MA)
Saturday, October 21, 2023

TODAY’S MATCH INFO

REF: Tori Penso
AR1: Kathryn Nesbitt
AR2: Ryan Graves
4TH: Luis Diego Arroyo
VAR: David Barrie
AVAR: Joshua Patlak

SCORING SUMMARY

PHI –  Julian Carranza (Uhre) 16’
NE – Gustavo Bou (PK) 25’ 
NE – Gustavo Bou (Gil) 42’ 

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY

PHI –  Nathan Harriel (caution) 7’
PHI –  Damion Lowe (caution) 24’
PHI –  Kai Wagner (caution) 24’
PHI – Julian Carranza (caution) 90+4’

LINEUP

Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Kai Wagner, Damion Lowe, Jack Elliott, Jakob Glesnes, Nathan Harriel; Jack McGlynn (Leon Flach, 75’) , Alejandro Bedoya, Daniel Gazdag; Mikael Uhre (Jesus Bueno, 75’), Julian Carranza.

Substitutes not used: Joe Bendik; Olwethu Makhanya, Jeremy Rafanello, Joaquin Torres, Quinn Sullivan, Chris Donovan, Tai Baribo.

New England Revolution: Jacob Jackson, Dave Romney, DeJuan Jones, Ryan Spaulding, Noel Buck, Tommy McNamara, Matt Polster, Andrew Farrell, Carles Gil, Tomás Chancalay, Gustavo Bou ( Justin Rennicks, 90+3’).

Substitutes not used: Omar Gonzalez; Christian Makoun, Giacomo Vrioni, Bobby Wood, Emmanuel Boateng, Nacho Gil, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Earl Edwards Jr..

Notes

• Forward Julian Carranza scored his 14th goal of the season, tying him for the team lead in goals with midfielder Daniel Gazdag.
• The Union went unbeaten in 16 out of 17 home games this season, scoring 33 goals and allowing 13.
• With the result, this is the Union’s fifth straight season with a top-four record in the Eastern Conference, the only team to do so in that span in any conference. 

Philadelphia Union will face off against the New England Revolution in the First Round of the 2023 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs (Time and date TBD).