The Revolution overcame the opening 16 minutes of the second half in which they conceded three goals to earn a 3-3 road tie against Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night. Maxi Urruti delivered the tying goal in the 84th minute, finishing off a pass from Luis Diaz. Urruti had come on as a substitute just five minutes prior to help the Revolution secure a point that extended their unbeaten run in MLS to seven games (4-0-3) and 3-0-2 away from home since last tasting defeat April 5 at Cincinnati. The equalizer, Urruti’s first of the season, came less than 10 minutes after Revolution forward Ignatius Ganago had a goal called back for offsides and then upheld following video review. New England (5-4-4, 19 points) had a strong first half with Carles Gil setting up a pair of goals to take a 2-0 lead. In the 14th minute, Gil slotted a nice pass to Ganago to the left of the goal, and he centered a pass along the ground and Tomás Chancalay had the inside track to the ball against his defender and slid to redirect it in. It was the first regular-season start for Chancalay, who was the lone change to the starting lineup from last week’s 0-0 tie against San Jose with Leo Campana unavailable because of a hamstring injury suffered in the first half. The Argentinian forward is getting back into form after partially tearing his right ACL against NYCFC on May 25, 2024, and having surgery over the summer. He has played 74 minutes across five substitute appearances in MLS action since making his season debut April 12, which coincides with the start of the Revolution’s unbeaten run. Chancalay generated five scoring chances before being substituted off in the 70th minute. He started and scored in the Revolution’s 2-1 US Open Cup win over Rhode Island FC on May 7. The Revolution doubled their lead nine minutes later with Gil delivering a pass into the left side of the box for an open Peyton Miller. Miller’s low cross intended for Alhassan Yusuf was deflected into the net by SKC defender Jacob Bartlett for an own goal. Sporting Kansas City made three halftime substitutions and immediately took the play at the Revolution, scoring three times in the first 16 minutes. Dániel Sallói got the hosts on the board in the 53rd minute with his fifth goal of the season on a rebound of a shot from Bartlett. Another big rebound led to Sporting Kansas City pulling level with Revolution defender Mamadou Fofana pulling down Dejean Joveljic in the box, resulting in a penalty kick. Joveljic sent Revolution goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic the wrong way, tying the game in the 59th minute with his seventh goal of the year. Just two minutes later Sporting Kansas City grabbed the lead on a counterattack. Zorhan Bassong stripped Ganago to start the rush that led to a Erik Thommy cross from the right for a Manu García volley that took a slight deflection off Revolution defender Brayan Ceballos on its way to finding the back of the net. The tie marked the first of three road games in an eight-day span for the Revolution, who will visit D.C. United on Wednesday and Montreal next Saturday.
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