This season is starting to look a lot like last year for the New England Revolution.
At this time in 2025, the Revs were in the middle of a nine-game MLS streak without a loss. One year later, they are rolling again as they’ve gone 5-0-1 in their last six MLS matches to rise to second place in the Eastern Conference.
When the Revolution (6-3-1, 19 points) host the Philadelphia Union (1-7-3, 6 points) Saturday in Foxborough, Mass., they look to extend their unbeaten streak and maintain their perfect record (5-0-0) at home.
This year, the Revs want to cash in on their streak — unlike last season, when they followed their successful run with a nine-game winless streak and failed to make the playoffs for the second straight year.
“We’ve had good results in the last several weeks, which helps the dynamic, always,” Revolution coach Marko Mitrovic said. “We want to be sure that we are not emotional thinking like, ‘Oh, now we are winning,’ and we don’t ignore things that we need to do good.”
While the Revolution have steamrolled their five foes at home, outscoring them 13-2, Saturday’s 1-0 win over visiting Charlotte FC was a struggle. Carles Gil scored the lone goal on a penalty kick seven minutes into second-half stoppage time.
Gil (three goals, three assists) and set-piece weapon Luca Langoni (one goal, six assists) rev up the offense for the Revs.
For Philadelphia, this season bears no resemblance to last year when it captured the Supporter’s Shield by compiling the best record in MLS.
After opening the season with six straight MLS defeats, the Union have gone 1-1-3 over their last five matches. That includes a scoreless draw last week against Eastern Conference leader Nashville SC.
“What we’re trying to do is bring stability to the back line and I think you’ve seen that over the last four or five weeks,” Philadelphia coach Bradley Carnell said.
The Union have the fewest goals of any team in the Eastern Conference with nine. Milan Iloski and Danley Jean Jacques are their lone players who have scored multiple goals with two apiece.
“It’s a team that’s very aggressive going forward, pushing the ball forward as soon as possible and trying to win their attacks, very good on winning second balls. That’s kind of their identity,” Mitrovic said. “We are not looking at the standings. Every game is unique.”
–Field Level Media
