New England 2 - 2 Real Salt Lake
Revolution, Real Salt Lake play to draw
| Scoring Summary | |
| New England | Real Salt Lake |
| Steve Ralston (77) | Javier Morales (13) |
| Taylor Twellman (79) | Andrew Williams (73) |
| Match Stats | ||
| New England | Real Salt Lake | |
| Shots (on Goal) | 9(1) | 9(5) |
| Fouls | 6 | 14 |
| Corner Kicks | 5 | 6 |
| Offsides | 8 | 3 |
| Time of Possession | 50% | 50% |
| Yellow Cards | 3 | 2 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 1 |
| Saves | 6 | 2 |
| Match Information |
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Stadium:
Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 18,893 Match Time: 19:30 ET Official(s): Baldomero Toledo (Referee) |
| Teams | |
| New England | Real Salt Lake |
| 1 Matt Reis | 18 Nick Rimando |
| 3 Chris Albright | 13 Ian Joy |
| 6 Jay Heaps | 3 Robbie Russell |
| 15 Michael Parkhurst | 6 Nat Borchers |
| 21 Shalrie Joseph | 17 Chris Wingert |
| 14 Steve Ralston | 5 Kyle Beckerman |
| 13 Jeff Larentowicz | 77 Andrew Williams |
| 18 Khano Smith | 8 Will Johnson |
| 31 Sainey Nyassi | 11 Javier Morales |
| 20 Taylor Twellman | 84 Clint Mathis |
| 11 Kheli Dube | 14 Yura Movsisyan |
| Substitutes | |
| 24 Brad Knighton | Chris Seitz 1 |
| 4 Gabrial Badilla | David Horst 33 |
| 27 Wells Thompson | Kenny Cutler 15 |
| 29 Abdoulie Mansally | Tony Beltran 2 |
| 28 Pat Phelan | Kenny Deuchar 16 |
| 16 Mauricio Castro | Robbie Findley 10 |
| 8 Chris Tierney | Tino Nunez 25 |
| Substitutions | |
| Mauricio Castro for Sainey Nyassi (69) | Robbie Findley for Clint Mathis (66) |
| Abdoulie Mansally for Kheli Dube (74) | Kenny Deuchar for Yura Movsisyan (83) |
| Tony Beltran for Javier Morales (90) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Sainey Nyassi (9) | Ian Joy (22) |
| Jay Heaps (90) | Javier Morales (16) |
| Khano Smith (18) | |
| Red Cards | |
| Andrew Williams (90) | |
| · Club Rosters: New England | Real Salt Lake | |
Updated: October 4, 2008, 10:42 PM ET
FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts -- Not much went right for the New England Revolution until the final minutes on Saturday night.Steve Ralston and Taylor Twellman scored late goals as the Revolution salvaged a 2-2 tie against Real Salt Lake in a contest loaded with playoff implications.
Ralston scored in the 78th minute and Twellman tallied one minute later to erase a two-goal deficit for New England (12-8-7), which is on the brink of the postseason.
The Revolution needed a win, a loss by the New York Red Bulls and either a loss or draw by DC United.
New England needed late offense just to salvage the draw in this one, while DC United suffered a 3-0 setback against Chivas USA. The Red Bulls also cooperated, suffering a 3-1 loss to Toronto FC.
The Revolution, who are 1-1-2 in all-time home meetings against Real Salt Lake, are aiming for their 10th playoff appearance in the franchise's 13-year history.
New England charged back late in the match, getting on the board when Ralston notched his eighth goal of the season - an unassisted tally. Twellman also went in by himself and netted his seventh goal of the campaign to knot the game at 2-2.
Javier Morales and Andy Williams - who was ejected for violent conduct during stoppage time - each scored a goal for Real Salt Lake (9-10-8).
Saturday, October 4, 2008
| Columbus | 1 | |
| Los Angeles | 0 | FT |
| DC United | 0 | |
| Chivas USA | 3 | FT |
| New England | 2 | |
| Real Salt Lake | 2 | FT |
| New York Red Bulls | 1 | |
| Toronto FC | 3 | FT |
| Colorado | 1 | |
| Houston | 3 | FT |
