On Feb. 16, the New England Revolution defeated the New York Red Bulls 3-1 to win their first game at the MLS preseason Desert Diamond Cup tournament at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium in Tucson, Ariz.
The Revolution now stand at 1-1-0 in that tournament and will reach the Championship match with a win over Real Salt Lake on Wed., Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. ET. A draw could put the Revs through to the final if the Red Bulls don’t defeat the Sounders by three or more goals. The championship will be televised next Saturday on NBC Sports Network.
In the first Cup game on Feb. 13, the Seattle Sounders shut out the Revolution 2-0 with goals from Brad Evans and Eddie Johnson, assisted by Mauro Rosales.
Revs come from behind with three second-half goals
The Revs were without suspended Sainey Nyassi and Kevin Alston, new signing Chad Barrett, Ryan Guy, Saer Sene and Chris Tierney were unavailable because of either illness or injury.
Juninho, traded from the LA Galaxy in the offseason, put the Red Bulls ahead in the 11th minute with an unassisted goal from 25 yards out.
Nguyen brought New England level with a penalty in the 52nd minute that slipped by New York goalkeeper Luis Robles. Six minutes later, Honduran national Jerry Bengtson scored the Revolution’s first goal from the run of play in the 2013 preseason to put New England up 2-1 with a header.
Australian training camp invitee Marko Jesic added an insurance strike for the final 3-1 result, assisted by Juan Toja in the 88th minute. Jesic formerly played with the A-League Newcastle United Jets.
2013 Desert Diamond Cup table as of 2/18/13
Team__________ P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Seattle Sounders 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 6
2 NE Revolution 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 Real Salt Lake 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1
4 NY Red Bulls 1 0 1 0 3 5 -2 1
NE Revolution vs. NY Red Bulls Match Report
February 16, 2013 – Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
New England Revolution 3, New York Red Bulls 1
Scoring Summary:
NYRB – Juninho (unassisted) 11
NE – Lee Nguyen (penalty) 52
NE – Jerry Bengtson (Donnie Smith) 58
NE – Marko Jesic (Juan Toja) 88
New York Red Bulls – Luis Robles (Ian Joyce 68), Kosuke Kimura (Brandon Barklage 67), Jamison Olave (Digao 67), Heath Pearce (Makrus Holgersson 64), Roy Miller (Connor Lade 64), Eric Alexander (Andrew Ribeiro 67), Tim Cahill (Rafhael Domingues^ 67), Josue Martinez (Lloyd Sam 67), Juninho (Michael Bustamante* 46), Fabian Espindola (Amando Moreno 67), Thierry Henry (Peguy Luyindula^ 67)
New England Revolution: Matt Reis, Darrius Barnes (Tyler Polak 64), Jose Goncalves, A.J. Soares (Stephen McCarthy 43), Andrew Farrell (Bilal Duckett 62), Donnie Smith* (Kelyn Rowe 62), Kalifa Cisse (Andy Dorman 64), Clyde Simms © (Scott Caldwell 46), Lee Nguyen (Juan Toja 64), Diego Fagundez (Matt Horth 64), Jerry Bengtson (Marko Jesic^ 64)
^ - Training camp invitee
* - Unsigned draft pick
Misconduct Summary:
NYRB – Luis Robles (caution) 65
NE – Scott Caldwell (caution) 84
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Weather: Clear, 70 degrees
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