FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution have kept their unbeaten streak alive at Gillette Stadium, now a perfect four-for-four at home. With their fourth straight win in Foxborough, Saturday’s 2–1 comeback victory over the Columbus Crew marked just the third time in club history that the Revs have opened a season with four straight home wins. As New England spent most of the first half on the back foot, heading into the break trailing 1–0, these three points felt different.
“To be honest, in the first half when we were down 1-0, I wasn’t sure that we believed we could win the game. I didn’t see that in the faces of our guys,” head coach Marko Mitrović said following the three-point result. “I think Columbus is one great opponent and probably someone we needed to win against like today so that we can develop that belief that we can compete with anyone. I think our clear message was, at halftime we had some small tactical adjustments, but it was more like ‘guys, we can win this game. We just have to believe.’”
‘Believe’ was the word of the night as it echoed from Mitrović to the players in the locker room, who now sit 5th in the Eastern Conference table. For a team who had limited possession in the first 45 minutes, they came back in the second half with a motivation that was palpable.
“The message at the halftime was, believe. We know we have the quality, but once Marko came in, he got us all fired up and that really changed everything. Then we just carried that with us. You could see it in every tackle, every pass, every reaction, that we believed we were going to win the game,” said defender Ethan Kohler, who started the match in midfield but shifted to center back when Brayan Ceballos left with an early injury.
The comeback began in the 54th minute when Ilay Feingold drew a foul, setting up another pinpoint free kick delivery from Luca Langoni. His service found Dor Turgeman, who headed home his second goal of the season. The assist was Langoni’s sixth of 2026, second-most in MLS.
From there, the momentum belonged entirely to New England. The game winner felt inevitable, and while it didn’t come in the run of play, Turgeman made the difference again by drawing a foul in the box and earning New England a penalty.
Carles Gil, making his 200th regular‑season appearance for the club, stepped to the spot and buried the 85th-minute winner. The goal landed Gil in an exclusive club, becoming the fifth active player to reach at least 50 goals and 50 assists in his MLS career (50g/84a).
“Carles is unbelievable. He makes my life very easy. I have to say, if I see pressure, I give the ball to Carles. He's such a positive guy in the locker room. He's been so uplifting from when I got here, for me, for all the new players, and he instills a belief. Not always just through words, but to the way he plays. I mean, you can't not feel confident when he's on your team,” said Kohler.
For Gil, he was happy to complete the milestone, but proud to do it with New England.
“New England is the most important club in my career. I’ve spent many, many years here, and I am very happy,” the captain said. “For me, what is most important is winning games. It’s what I want with this team and in the end when I finish my career or when I finish my years here, what I want is to look back and have won a trophy. I think we are trying to be a championship team. Obviously, it’s not easy. We need to keep improving, but I think we are on the way.”
While any championship team starts by building their identity at home – as the Revs have done to start this season – they still have yet to win a game on the road. New England (4-3-0, 12 pts.), closed out a three-game homestand at Gillette Stadium against Columbus and will hit the road once again for a midweek test at Atlanta United FC, before heading further south to take on Inter Miami CF next weekend. For a Revolution side who have a lot of momentum at home, the challenge now is finding a way to carry that form with them away from Foxborough.
“Obviously, the support of the crowd has really carried us. They've been unbelievable. But at the end of the day, we're the same 20 guys. So, when we go there, we have to remember that it's football, whether we play it here or play it there. We have the same core beliefs wherever we play,” said Kohler. “We can play in a different country, those core beliefs remain the same. So, I think, if we remember our identity, we can do that here. We can do that when we go to Atlanta, we can do that at Miami. We can do that anywhere.”
