New England Revolution grab two-goal lead, then fall to the Red Bulls

HARRISON N J Sports Illustrated Stadium continues to be a house of horrors for the New England Revolution which had its - lead evaporate in a second half meltdown on Wednesday night against the New York Red Bulls The Red Bulls - - points emerged victorious - riding a pair of braces by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Emil Forsberg as the Revolution s winless run reached seven games New England is now - - across all competitions at the facility which opened in and formerly went by the name Red Bull Arena To add further intrigue former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning who defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI led the Red Bulls onto the field before the challenge as the hosts weekly celebrity guest It started so well for the Revolution - - points on this hot and sticky night Leonardo Campana opened the scoring in the fifth minute with his third goal of the season and first since May The ball fell his way near the top of the penalty area following a fast break Alhassan Yusuf started the play with a long pass forward to meet the run of Peyton MIller whose attempted layoff to Luca Langoni deflected off New York defender Noah Eile and toward an open Campana Campana took control of the loose ball then calmly rolled a low drive past New York goalkeeper Carlos Coronel Campana appeared to double the Revolution s advantage minutes later after he poked in another loose ball off a corner kick but the tally was annulled by match referee Sergio Boiko after a brief VAR check The Revolution eventually doubled their lead Langoni s shot from inside the penalty area off Carles Gil s feed slamming off the post before ricocheting in off defender Kyle Duncan s chest from close to point-blank range But the dynamics began to change near halftime The Revolution faced two heart-in-mouth moments as goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic coughed up possession in the box with an errant back pass straight to Ronald Donkor in the th minute eventually dropping low to stop a point-blank effort from a wide-open Daniel Edelman Forsberg volleyed over the crossbar six minutes later The Red Bulls ramped up pressure in the second half with Donkor and Edelman combining to completely break through Donkor laid off a poorly-cleared cross to the top of the area for Edelman whose one-time shot deflected off New England s Keegan Hughes before nestling in the back of the net Choupo-Moting tied the battle with his th goal of the season in the th minute finishing off a Forsberg s layoff The Red Bulls took the lead in the nd minute as Forsberg absolutely broke through with a right-footed cannon from outside the box that flew in past and outstretched Ivacic Choupo-Moting recorded his brace in the rd minute tucking in Donkor s feed from the right side of the box Boiko awarded a penalty kick to the Red Bulls in the th minute as Hughes brought down Julian Hall in the box Forsberg converted the ensuing spot kick firing to the left side of the net to beat Ivacic once again Campana recorded a consolation goal in the third minute of second half stoppage time but the bid for the Revolution to re-establish came too late Wednesday night s contest marked the preponderance goals the Revolution have conceded in a championship this year and the preponderance they ve conceded since falling - to Inter Miami CF in last year s season finale The Revolution play six of their next eight games including each of their next four at Gillette Stadium starting this Saturday against Orlando City SC