FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Luca Langoni scored early, then defender Mamadou Fofana scored his first career goal and had a league-high five assists, and the New England Revolution defeated CF Montreal 3-0 on Saturday.
New England (2-3-0) has lost all three road games under first-year coach Marko Mitrovic, but the Revolution has won two home games by a combined score of 9-1. Mitrovic was not on the field as the Revs were shut out after receiving a red card in the 34th minute.
Montreal fell to 1-5-0, ending a six-game road trip to start the season.
New England took the lead in the 6th minute and held a 1-0 lead until halftime. rangoni goalwas in the right place to knock in Dol Turziman’s deflected shot. It was Langoni’s first goal of the season and his sixth netter in 43 career games.
The Revolution took a 2-0 lead in the 77th minute. Rangoni sets up Fofana’s netter.. Fofana had one assist in 30 games (all starts) as a rookie last season.
18-year-old defender Payton Miller scored the goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Miller has started 33 of his first 36 games this season, scoring two goals, and has two goals in three games off the bench.
Matt Turner totaled five saves for New England, earning his first clean sheet of the season and his 25th clean sheet in 117 career starts for the club.
Thomas Guillier saved two shots in his 14th career start over the past two seasons for Montreal.
Montreal defeated the Revs 3-1 in their last trip to Foxboro in July.
New England leads the series with a 19-14-4 record.
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Montreal: Hosts the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
New England: Hosts D.C. United on Saturday.
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