Box Score: Philadelphia Union 0, New England Revolution 0

FOXBOROUGH, Ma. (August 20, 2020) – The Philadelphia Union earned a point on the road in New England Thursday night after a tremendous defensive effort kept 44 crosses, and nine corners, out of the back of the Union’s net. Matt Real joined the starting lineup at left back for his third start of the season and Olivier Mbaizo made his first appearance of the season when he came on as sub in the second half. The Union next return to action for their first home match of the 2020 season at Subaru Park, August 25 vs. New York Red Bulls (7:30 p.m. ET / PHL17).

Philadelphia Union 0 – New England Revolution 0
Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, MA)
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Assistant Referees: Iaudiu Badea, Ian McKay
Fourth Official: Adam Kilpatrick
VAR: Alan Kelly
Weather: 62 degrees and clear

GOALS/ASSISTS
PHI – None
NE – None

DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
NE – Brandon Bye (caution) 25’
NE – Matt Polster (caution) 44’
PHI – Mark McKenzie (caution) 50’
PHI – Jack Elliott (caution) 53’

LINEUP
Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Raymon Gaddis, Jack Elliott, Mark McKenzie, Matt Real (Olivier Mbaizo,76’); Alejandro Bedoya, Jose Martinez, Jamiro Monteiro, Brenden Aaronson (Warren Creavalle, 89’); Kacper Przybyłko (Andrew Wooten, 76’), Sérgio Santos (Ilsinho, 63’)

Substitutes not used: Joe Bendik; Jakob Glesnes, Cole Turner, Anthony Fontana, Jack de Vries

New England Revolution: Matt Turner; Brandon Bye (DeJuan Jones, 64’), Andrew Farrell, Henry Kessler, Alexander Buttner; Matt Polster, Kelyn Rowe (Justin Rennicks, 86’); Cristian Penilla (Diego Fagundez 75’), Gustavo Bou, Teal Bunbury (Tajon Buchanan, 65’); Adam Buksa

Substitutes not used: Brad Knighton; Jeff Caldwell, Michael Mancienne, Seth Sinovic, Scott Caldwell

TEAM NOTES

• The Union picked up a point on the road in New England, putting them in fourth place in the Eastern Conference, one point behind New York Red Bulls.
• Andre Blake earned his second clean sheet of the regular season, and third over all 2020 competitions. He is now 7-2-2 against the Rev’s with six clean sheets. He also continued to add to his league-leading regular season saves, now with 28.
• Matt Real registered his third start of the season and his fourth game played at left back. He started the Union’s first two regular season contests on the road. This match is Real’s 10th MLS appearance for the club.
• Olivier Mbaizo logged his first minutes of the season coming on to the pitch in the second half, playing as a right back.

The Union return to action back home at Subaru Park, August 25 vs. New York Red Bulls (7:30 p.m. ET / PHL17).