Revolution erase 3-goal deficit, tie Colorado

FOXBORO The New England Revolution staged a historic comeback on Saturday night rallying from a three-goal deficit to earn a dramatic - draw with the Colorado Rapids at Gillette Stadium The Revolution - - points stormed back with a stunning second-half rally after falling behind - The coda of the match was punctuated by substitute Maxi Urruti who rose up to head in the equalizer and his second goal of the season off a cross by Tanner Beason in the third minute of second half stoppage time With his association in a small rut and playing on just three days rest Revolution head coach Caleb Porter made three changes to his back line from last Wednesday s loss to Nashville SC Defenders Keegan Hughes Wyatt Omsberg and Brandon Bye returned to the starting lineup while usual starters Ilay Feingold Mamadou Fofana and Beason were given a breather For Hughes and Omsberg it was just their second regular season start Colorado - - points greeted the fresh faces with clinical finishing and ruthlessness In truth though it was a wide open championship from the start The Rapids opened the scoring in the th minute A giveaway by New England s Alhassan Yusuf led to a quick counter-attack which was punctuated by a sublime pirouette at the top of the box by Rafael Navarro who picked out a run toward the right side of the penalty area by Josh Atencio Atencio then served a low cross into the heart of the box for Ted Ku-DiPietro whose point-blank effort was saved by goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic the rebound falling to Calvin Harris for an easy finish into an open net Colorado doubled the advantage in the th minute Navarro ran onto Darren Yapi s cutting ball out of midfield then cut past both Omsberg and Bye before firing past Ivacic and into the far corner of the net The visitor s third goal arrived as Ku-DiPietro took on Hughes before firing past Ivacic in the th minute The Revolution at last got on the board in the th minute Carles Gil s cross from the left side of the box deflected off Sam Vines and rolled past goalkeeper Nicolas DeFreitas-Hansen Gil cut the deficit further in the th minute calmly slotting a penalty into the lower right corner as DeFreitas-Hansen dove the opposite way Referee Natalie Simon awarded the spot kick after Sam Bassett dragged Gil down in the box Urruti completed the comeback after coming on as a substitute in the rd minute to Leonardo Campana Despite going down by three the Revolution revealed their own offensive mettle but were thwarted by DeFreitas-Hansen who put in a commendable performance in place of Zack Steffen away on U S National Unit duty for the CONCACAF Gold Cup DeFreitas-Hansen halted a point-blank effort from Peyton Miller th minute stopped a header from Campana off a first half stoppage time corner kick then denied Luca Langoni at the near post with his foot Campana also fired wide of the near post th while second half substitute Luis Diaz was blanked by DeFreitas-Hansen th Saturday marked the first meeting between the two sides since with New England still trailing the all-time series - - Twenty-one years ago in September the Revolution delivered their best offensive performance on record thrashing the Rapids - at Gillette Stadium Saturday night s - draw wasn t a win but the dramatic comeback ranks among the club s most of memorable results