{"id":47859,"date":"2023-09-25T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=47859"},"modified":"2023-09-25T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T20:25:00","slug":"revs-2023-mls-cup-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/09\/25\/revs-2023-mls-cup-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Revs Punch Their Ticket to the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/category\/mls\/revolution\/\" target=\"_self\">The New England Revolution<\/a> battled it out in Illinois over the weekend and secured a spot in the 2023 MLS Cup playoffs in the process. There has been a whirlwind of drama surrounding the club but that hasn\u2019t prevented them from returning to Massachusetts with a point.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2023 MLS Cup Playoffs will Feature the Revolution<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Drawing in Chicago<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Christian Benteke scored a hat-trick for D.C. United against the New York Red Bulls but conceding five at the other end left them without a point to show for it. This D.C. defeat worked in the favour of the Revolution as, along with a draw of their own, they booked their place in the 2023 MLS Cup playoffs as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Having conceded late goals against Austin FC and Minnesota United before losing to the struggling Colorado Rapids, this was a step in the right direction. Tomas Chancalay added to his brace in the Austin game by scoring the opener at Soldier Field and he continues to grow as a player in New England.<\/p>\n<p>20-year-old Brian Gutierrez hit back just moments later for the home side and they then took the lead in the second-half thanks to Paraguayan international Gaston Gimenez. The Revs\u2019 captain <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/07\/07\/captain-carles-gil-absent-vs-redbulls\/\" target=\"_self\">Carles Gil<\/a> made it 2-2 away from home his 16<sup>th<\/sup> goal contribution of the MLS season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In Carles Gil we trust. \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8<\/p>\n<p>The well fought goal that brought us back to level. \ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eChyHWAoSi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/eChyHWAoSi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New England Revolution (@NERevolution) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NERevolution\/status\/1706005581180391830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Defender <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/06\/18\/omar-gonzalez-performs-versus-orlando\/\" target=\"_self\">Omar Gonzalez<\/a> had this to say on the game and particularly, the ability to come from behind. \u201cIt was massive. To be down one and to get a goal to bring it back level was huge. It felt great knowing that we tied the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cI saw the look in my teammates\u2019 eyes and we wanted to push for the win. In recent games, we\u2019ve had the lead and then they scored and levelled the game on us, so it felt like a loss. Tonight, coming from the other way, it\u2019s not a win but it doesn\u2019t feel like a loss like the other ones did, so it doesn\u2019t sting as much. We levelled. We held strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/08\/26\/jordan-adebayo-smith-interview\/\" target=\"_self\">Exclusive Interview: Jordan Adebayo-Smith Talks Revs II Success, Moving from London to the U.S. and Life Away from the Pitch<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Looking Ahead to Charlotte Clash and 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>From one Eastern Conference rival to another as the Revs face <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2023\/03\/26\/red-bulls-battle-to-share-points\/\" target=\"_self\">Charlotte FC<\/a>. They currently sit 13<sup>th<\/sup> in the standings on this side of the division and are a point below 12th-placed Chicago. It is just about a month ago that Charlotte won a game in MLS and that was over LAFC no less.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Christian Lattanzio\u2019s side have drawn four games and loss one. Their latest outing was the sole defeat in question and it came at the hands of FC Cincinnati. Young Argentine Alvaro Barreal opened the scoring on the brink of half-time and then goals from Aaron Boupendza and Luciano Acosta in the second 45 secured the three points.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With a loss for D.C., <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NERevolution?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NERevolution<\/a> clinch a spot in the Audi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLSCupPlayoffs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MLSCupPlayoffs<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NERevs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NERevs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dZ6klMwsI2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dZ6klMwsI2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Major League Soccer (@MLS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/1705759107687358692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As previously mentioned, results went the way of the Revolution and so they will be playing in the post-season. When asked about this achievement, the man at the helm in New England, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SethMan31\/status\/1703047203592314944\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clint Peay<\/a>, said the following.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the main goal, to get in the playoffs and give yourself a chance, but we\u2019re not satisfied. We want to get the highest seed that we can possibly have to secure home-field advantage in the playoffs to the best of our ability. We still have a couple of tough games to go and that\u2019s going to be our goal moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It hasn\u2019t been an easy year for the Revs on the field or off the field but they continue to push forward and have the certainty of the 2023 MLS Cup playoffs now.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image credit: Mike Dinovo-USA TODAY Sports, taken Sept 23, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Revolution battled it out in Illinois over the weekend and secured a spot in the 2023 MLS Cup playoffs in the process. There has been a whirlwind of drama surrounding the club but that hasn\u2019t prevented them from returning to Massachusetts with a point. 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs will Feature the Revolution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3891,"featured_media":47860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[2895,5684,4563,4426,5683],"class_list":["post-47859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fire","category-revolution","tag-carles-gil","tag-clint-peay","tag-gaston-gimenez","tag-soldier-field","tag-tomas-chancalay"],"modified_by":"Jamie Rooke","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3891"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}