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New England Revolution Games
The city of Boston has attracted national attention for decades with their polarizing and infamous sports teams, from the Boston Celtics to the Boston Red Sox to the Boston Bruins. New England Revolution may not be as well-known at first glance, but Boston’s Major League Soccer (MLS) team has a passionate in-city following, showing that professional soccer is a lucrative and thrilling sport to contend with the sports craze of the city.
New England Revolution has been around for around 25 years, making it one of the first ten charter clubs in MLS. The team’s name comes from the history of the United States; New England was a major force in the American Revolution. Although several states beyond Massachusetts are part of the New England Region, including Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, the city of Boston is particularly proud of this history. Interestingly, they are owned by the Kraft family who own the NFL’s New England Patriots, another team that gladly pays homage to the past.
In some ways, New England Revolution are underdogs in MLS. Despite being a founding team, they have never won an MLS Cup or MLS Supporters’ Shield, two of the biggest awards in United States soccer. That said, they have come close on multiple occasions, securing a U.S. Open Cup (2007) and competing in several MLS Cup finals (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014). New England Revolution also won the second edition of the American SuperLiga (2008), which was a competition in which the top four MLS teams in 2007, determined by the MLS point system, competed.
When it comes to rivalries, New England Revolution’s main rivals are the New York Red Bulls. This rivalry originates from the Boston-New York rivalries that have carried over into most of the cities’ sports leagues, such as the Knicks versus the Celtics, the Yankees versus the Red Sox, and the Jets versus the Patriots. Some fans closely follow matches with other teams in the Eastern Conference, especially teams that go head-to-head often, such as Chicago Fire and D.C. United.
Despite the on-and-off performance of New England Revolution, their game attendance is usually high. Even in the rough early years when they held home matches in Foxboro Stadium, games routinely pulled in more than 15,000 fans each match. In successful seasons, attendance is even higher. Since 2002, New England Revolution has played out of Gillette Stadium. It is located in Norfolk County, about 30 miles outside of Boston, Massachusetts and 20 miles outside of Providence, Rhode Island. Gillette Stadium is a shared outdoor stadium for both football and soccer, holding a maximum of nearly 70,000 people. To be a part of the Boston sports experience, follow the New England Revolutions.