April 26, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
New England Revolution News Release
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution (1-6-1; 4 pts.) are set to host Inter Miami CF (5-2-3; 18 pts.) on Saturday night for a 7:30 p.m. match with more than 65,000 fans expected at Gillette Stadium for the MLS regular season matchup. The contest airs on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app in English and Spanish. Listen to the Revolution’s local radio broadcast on Country 102.5 FM (WBZ-FM) with Brad Feldman and Charlie Davies on location to call the action, also available nationally on SiriusXM FC (Ch. 157), and on 1260 AM “Nossa Radio USA” in Portuguese. Tune into MLS Countdown on MLS Season Pass for one full hour of Matchday 11 pregame coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Twenty-eight years to the day after the club’s inaugural home game at the former Foxboro Stadium on April 27, 1996, the Revolution will likely set a new single-game attendance record on Saturday. The expected sellout crowd will exceed the 61,316 fans who attended the 2002 MLS Cup final between New England and the LA Galaxy. Saturday’s match between the Revolution and Inter Miami is projected to post the second-highest attendance for a soccer match in Gillette Stadium’s 23-year history.
Inter Miami CF, the current Supporters’ Shield leaders through roughly one quarter of the season, carries a four-game unbeaten streak into Gillette Stadium, including a 3-1 home win over Nashville SC in Fort Lauderdale last Saturday. After falling behind 1-0 via an own goal, “the Herons” rallied with a two-goal and one-assist performance from its captain Lionel Messi , the first of which was assisted by decorated Uruguayan international Luis Suarez . Messi (7) and Suarez (6) are the leading scorers of a Miami team that also boasts two other former FC Barcelona fixtures in Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba .
Messi, who played once before at Gillette Stadium with a goal-and-assist performance for Argentina against Venezuela in Copa América Centenario in 2016, leads the team with six assists on the year. His 13 goal contributions rank second in MLS, as he became the first player in league history to record multiple goal contributions in five out of six games at the start of a season.
New England and Inter Miami CF have been evenly matched in the all-time series with three wins each through six meetings. In the last encounter, the Revolution collected a 3-1 victory on June 10, 2023, with goals from midfielders Carles Gil and Matt…
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