FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Andrew Farrell scored his first career Major League Soccer goal in 164 appearances and the New England Revolution eased past the 10-man Montreal Impact 4-0 on Friday night.
Montreal midfielder Saphir Taider received a straight red card in the 14th for studs-up contact with Luis Caicedo.
"It hurts to play with 10 men as of the quarter-hour mark," said Impact midfielder Samuel Piette. "At the end, whether it's 1-0 or 4-0, we didn't get the three points, it's a loss. We're not going to brood. It's a marathon, not a sprint, because the season is long. We won't give up because of this loss."
New England (3-1-1) extended its home unbeaten streak to 11 matches. Montreal (2-3-0) has lost five straight in the series.
It took just seven minutes for New England to take advantage of Montreal's first-half send off. Wilfried Zahibo sent a long pass over the
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"Losing a player so early in the game, it makes a difficult job even harder," said Montreal 'keeper Evan Bush.
"We need to forget this game, and like the coach says, you're better off losing a game 4-0 than losing four games 1-0. In a game like this, against a team in good form who keeps the ball well, we had to take advantage of our rare scoring opportunities, which we didn't do."
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