July 26, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
New England Revolution News Release
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution will open Leagues Cup 2024 group stage play on Saturday night, when the club welcomes LIGA MX side Mazatlán F.C. to Gillette Stadium. The match kicks off at 8:00 p.m. ET and is free to watch on the Apple TV app in English and Spanish. Saturday’s contest can also be heard locally on the radio in Portuguese via 1260 AM Nossa Radio USA.
Leagues Cup 2024 features all 47 first-division clubs from Major League Soccer and LIGA MX competing in a month-long tournament, where the top-three finishers will automatically qualify for the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup. New England enters the second edition of the annual summer competition after reaching the Round of 16 in 2023. Over four matches in the tournament last summer, the Revolution did not lose in regulation, posting a 1-0-3 mark and a 1-0-2 record against its three LIGA MX opponents. The Revolution posted one win and two losses in the shootouts that follow every Leagues Cup contest still deadlocked after 90 minutes. In the group stage, the winner of the shootout earns one additional point.
New England enters Leagues Cup 2024 on the back of a 1-1 draw against FC Dallas last Saturday in Foxborough. The point at home snapped a three-game losing skid for the Revolution. The match was highlighted by the home debut and first MLS start for 16-year-old defender Peyton Miller, a Homegrown product of the Revolution Academy hailing from Unionville, Conn. Miller, the second-youngest player to appear in and start a match for New England behind Diego Fagundez, was one of three Homegrown Players to feature in last weekend’s match along with midfielders Esmir Bajraktarević and Jack Panayotou.
Bajraktarević, who owns three goals and six assists across all competitions in 2024, generated a team-best three chances created in last weekend’s result. The 19-year-old winger led the attack along with veteran striker Bobby Wood, who tallied a team-best four shots in his first 90-minute appearance of the season. In defense, outside back Brandon Bye suited up for his third start of the season and also played all 90 minutes for the first time since returning from a year-long injury absence.
The Revolution hold a 9-4-3 all-time record against LIGA MX opponents, including a 9-2-3 mark at home. Saturday’s match is the first meeting between New England and Mazatlán, a fourth-year club founded in June 2020 and based on…
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