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New England Revolution: 2020 Preview – Playoff-Bound again?

By Matt Coles

FOXBOROUGH, MA - JULY 27: New England Revolution midfielder Teal Bunbury (10), New England Revolution forward Gustavo Bou (7) and New England Revolution forward Carles Gil (22) during a match between the New England Revolution and Orlando City SC on July 27 2019, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
FOXBOROUGH, MA - JULY 27: New England Revolution midfielder Teal Bunbury (10), New England Revolution forward Gustavo Bou (7) and New England Revolution forward Carles Gil (22) during a match between the New England Revolution and Orlando City SC on July 27 2019, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 12: Revolution head coach Bruce Arena before a MLS match between D.C. United and the New England Revolution, at Audi Field, in Washington D.C.(Photo by Tony Quinn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 12: Revolution head coach Bruce Arena before a MLS match between D.C. United and the New England Revolution, at Audi Field, in Washington D.C.(Photo by Tony Quinn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

2020 Outlook

The New England Revolution will play five pre-season matches against MLS opposition before the start of the regular season, with matches against the LA Galaxy and Colorado Rapids in Carson, California.

They will then travel to Portland to face Minnesota United, Vancouver Whitecaps and the Timbers, who will be playing on home soil over the course of the week.

The regular-season will start on February 29 for the Revs, who will travel north of the border to face the Montreal Impact in their season-opener. They will then have tricky home tests against Chicago Fire and the Portland Timbers to get their campaign up and running.

New England will face last year’s basement side, FC Cincinnati, twice in the space of a month in April and May, with a return fixture against Montreal and matches against both sides from New York in between.

They play New York City FC again in mid-June, just four days before they host the reigning MLS Cup champions, Seattle Sounders, at Gillette Stadium.

New England have one of the easier run-ins to the regular-season, based on last year’s standings, as they finish on Decision Day with a trip to Orlando to face the Lions, who came second bottom of the Eastern Conference in 2019.

Prior to that, they host Inter Miami CF, in a run that could see them going to the playoffs, or knocked out of contention ahead of the post-season.

Along with the league campaign, the Revolution will also feature in the U.S. Open Cup, where they will join in the fourth round thanks to last season’s league position. They will make their bow in the competition in mid-May.

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New England will be looking to reach the postseason once again, and keeping the likes of Bou and Gil can only help. The Revs could be looking at sneaking into the post-season on the final day of the season, much like 2019.

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