{"id":868677,"date":"2025-08-28T23:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/new-england-revolution-v-charlotte-porter-buoyed-by-winning-mentality\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:12:36","slug":"new-england-revolution-v-charlotte-porter-buoyed-by-winning-mentality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/new-england-revolution-v-charlotte-porter-buoyed-by-winning-mentality\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Revolution v Charlotte: Porter buoyed by winning mentality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmwebhandler.aff-online.com\/C\/35442?sr=155474&#038;anid=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Porter believes the New England Revolution possess a winning mentality that means they will not give up on their playoff ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>With eight points separating them from a playoff spot and only seven regular-season matches remaining, the Revolution face a challenging task of avoiding missing the postseason in consecutive years for the first time since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>However, they gave themselves hope with a 2-1 win over the Columbus Crew.<\/p>\n<p>And ahead of a home clash with high-flying Charlotte FC, that victory over the Crew provided a much-needed confidence boost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur group has a great mentality, a winning mentality. These guys are fighting, grinding, clawing, scrapping,\u201d said Porter. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are playing consistently, we are defending really well. We just got a great result on the road. We are really focused on the next game. Right now I feel good about the group, and they feel good about themselves. This next game is the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte head into Saturday\u2019s clash having won their last three MLS outings 1-0, with the most recent coming at home against New York Red Bulls on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Currently sitting fourth in the Eastern Conference, Charlotte are in with a great chance of finishing in the playoff spots, and find themselves just seven points off first-place Philadelphia Union. <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The prep for Charlotte <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NERevs?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"> #NERevs <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6WMvZlZc6R\"> pic.twitter.com\/6WMvZlZc6R <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New England Revolution (@NERevolution) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NERevolution\/status\/1960438647716487616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"> August 26, 2025 <\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Having signed for Middlesbrough during the summer, forward Adilson Malanda has been loaned back to Charlotte to see out the remainder of their campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe give everything to get results. It\u2019s another step, and we want to go forward, and keep it working well to achieve things,\u201d Malanda said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent three incredible years here, we\u2019ve just kept improving. I\u2019ve really enjoyed my time here, it is not done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAYERS TO WATCH <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New England \u2013 Carles Gill <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gil notched his 10th assist of the season on Saturday, marking his fifth MLS campaign with double-digit assists since joining in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>That tally ties him with Cristian Espinoza and Nicolas Lodeiro for the most 10-assist seasons in the league over the past seven years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charlotte \u2013 Idan Toklomati <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toklomati set up the decisive goal in Charlotte\u2019s win over the New York Red Bulls last time out.<\/p>\n<p>He has now delivered either the game-winning goal or assist in each of Charlotte\u2019s last four MLS matches. <\/p>\n<p>Toklomati has seven goals to his name this term, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCH PREDICTION: CHARLOTTE FC WIN <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charlotte are on a seven-game winning streak in MLS, matching the longest single-season run of victories in the league over the past seven years. The last time a team went on a longer streak within one season was the Seattle Sounders, who won nine straight in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Smith\u2019s team have recorded 10 clean sheets from their 28 matches this season, a number bettered only by the Vancouver Whitecaps with 11. Four of those clean sheets have come in the last four games, going on a run of 420 minutes without conceding a goal. <\/p>\n<p>Despite going into the game as favourites, Charlotte lost 1-0 to New England in April, the Revolution\u2019s fifth win in seven all-time meetings. All five of the victories were by a single goal, while both losses were by multiple goals.<\/p>\n<p>New England\u2019s fortunes at home in recent months have been a mixed bag, having won just one of their last nine games at Gillette Stadium. <\/p>\n<p><strong>OPTA WIN PROBABILITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New England: 30.9%<\/p>\n<p>Draw: 25.1%<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte: 44.0%<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/new-england-revolution-v-charlotte-porter-buoyed-by-winning-mentality\/389326\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Caleb Porter believes the New England Revolution possess a winning mentality that means they will not give up on their playoff ambitions. With eight points separating them from a playoff spot and only seven regular-season matches remaining, the Revolution face a challenging task of avoiding missing the postseason in consecutive years for the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":868678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23106,3030,2005],"tags":[12071,9558],"class_list":{"0":"post-868677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"category-revolution","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-revolution"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}