Morning Sports Update
New England closed out a four-game road trip with three wins.
Will Sands and Mamadou Fofana celebrate the Revolution’s 2-1 win over Chicago Fire FC. Zoe Davis/Getty Images
September 14, 2026 | 12:02 PM
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Revolution continue building momentum: Week by week, the Revolution continue to fly under both the local and league-wide MLS radars. And week by week, New England continues to post impressive results.
The latest was a 2-1 win on the road against Chicago Fire FC on Sunday. New England cobbled together a 2-0 lead and then managed to hang on for all three points. Locked in a tough part of the schedule that includes four straight away games (and six of the team’s last seven games overall), first-year head coach Marko Mitrović has managed to enjoy a successful period.
With the narrow victory over Chicago, New England capped the road trip with three wins and one defeat, helping the local team retain its position of third place of the Eastern Conference.
After posting one of the league’s best home records in first half of the season, New England has improved on the road since the World Cup season pause.
That capacity (and the accompanying mentality) of being able to fight through tougher environments on the road and secure points will be vital in the playoffs. Chicago, who had a tying goal (correctly) called back due star striker Robert Lewandowski standing in an offside position, will likely be a potential postseason rival.
Given the tight margins of MLS, being able to exploit any advantage can prove decisive. On Sunday, midfielder Jackson Yueill (who rotated into the starting lineup with Alhassan Yusuf out) gave an overview of a tactical edge New England harnessed to score Dor Turgeman’s opener in the 39th minute.
Turgeman stayed high even when Chicago had the ball in the Revolution penalty box, positioning himself for a quick counter.
When Yueill won possession back in his own box, he turned and fired a vertical pass toward Turgeman without hesitation.
Caught upfield, the Fire defense was unable to get back in time as Turgeman made nice play to win the ball and then tuck away his finish for the goal.
Replays showed that Yueill’s pass — though far from pinpoint — had been the perfect play in the moment.
“The first goal, we spoke a lot about how much they like to push their wingbacks high. We thought we would have Dor isolated in certain moments to counter their counter a little bit,” Yueill explained. “That was a tactical thing that we were looking at. Credit to him for making the run and having the pace and the ability to finish.”
Yueill added that Peyton Miller’s goal also resulted from a similar tactical decision.
“The same thing with the second one. We were able to find [Turgeman] in behind and the back post [pass] to Peyton. I think the team executed really well in both of those instances.”
The Revolution finally return to Gillette Stadium this Saturday, and will face Orlando City at 7:30 p.m.
Scores and schedules:
The Red Sox defeated the Royals 4-1 on Sunday. Tomorrow, Boston begins a three-game series against the Rangers in Texas at 8:05 p.m.
Legacy FC also got a win on Sunday, defeating the Washington Spirit 3-0 (more on this below).
The Revolution (as noted above) got a win on Sunday as well, downing the Chicago Fire 2-1 on the road.
The Patriots will be back in action on Sunday in the home opener against the Steelers at 1 p.m.
More from Boston.com:
Payton Tolle’ immaculate inning: Tolle recorded all three outs via strikeout on a minimum nine pitches, savoring the moment
From around New England: Rhode Island FC secured a 3-0 weekend win thanks in part to this wondrous goal scored by Yutaro Tsukada.
On this day: In 1923, Red Sox first baseman George Burns joined a (still) very exclusive club, turning an unassisted triple play in a 4-3 win over Cleveland.
Burns caught a line drive with two runners (who started on first and second base) caught in motion. He tagged the runner leading from first base, and sprinted to the second base bag to get the third out. Burns was just the fourth in history to achieve such a rare feat at the time. To this day, unassisted triple plays have only happened 15 times in Major League Baseball (none since 2009).
Daily highlight: Legacy FC forward Amanda Gutierres helped achieve an impressive 3-0 road win with a difficult finish hooked around the goalkeeper.
Hayden Bird
Hayden Bird is a sports staff writer for Boston.com, where he has worked since 2016. He covers all things sports in New England.
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