2018 MLS Match Preview: New England Revolution vs. FC Dallas

New England Revolution vs. FC Dallas 2018 MLS Regular Season  Week 7 Gillette Stadium - Foxborough 7:30 pm ET – April 14, 2018 WATCH: ESPN+, MLS LIVE on DAZN in Canada

Its unclear if it's the Brad Friedel effect or “Fortress Foxboro,” but either way the New England Revolution are rolling with three wins in four straight matches without a loss. They face an FC Dallas side that is one of two teams in MLS — NYCFC the other — without a loss in 2018, though they have just one win in four matches.

New England Revolution

The Revs' lone loss this season came in Week 1, when they were down to 10 men after 24 minutes and finished with nine in a 2-0 defeat at Philadelphia. They were on the other end of an early sending off last Friday when Montreals Saphir Taider was given his marching orders in the 14th minute.

New England capitalized in a big way with Teal Bunbury, Andrew Farrell, Diego Fagundez and Wilfried Zahibo finding the back of the net in a comfortable 4-0 rout. Zahibo and Fagundez were named to the MLS Team of the Week presented by Audi for Week 6.

According to Friedel, it was a deserved honor for Zahibo, who is showing his skill the more comfortable he feels in his new surroundings.

“Wilfrieds an outstanding player, and it’s good that he’s starting to show that in MLS,” Friedel said. “He’s going to get better and better. He’s still a young player. He works very, very hard, and it’s not surprising to us that he’s doing well.”

Projected Starting XI (4-14-1, right to left) GK: Matt Turner — Andrew Farrell, Jalil Anibaba, Claude Dielna, Gabriel Somi — Wilfried Zahibo — Luis Caicedo, Scott Caldwell, Diego Fagundez, Cristian Penilla — Teal Bunbury

FC Dallas

FC Dallas (1-0-3) had their backs against the wall last Saturday, but Cristian Colman leveled in the 89th minute to secure a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids at Toyota Stadium. Thats where Oscar Pareja’s squad has played all their games in 2018.

But now they hit the road for the first time, and try to get points at a place where the Revs are unbeaten in their last 11, with nine wins during that stretch.

“New England is a team who has won a few games and a couple of them at home. We are going to feel that it is well known that its their turf,” Pareja said. “We [are trying] to plan the game and see not just in the lineup but what is the game plan that we can put together in order to get the points that we want.”

Projected Starting XI (4-2-3-1, right to left) GK: Jimmy Maurer — Reggie Cannon, Matt Hedges, Reto Ziegler, Anton Nedyalkov — Carlos Gruezo, Jacori Hayes — Michael Barrios, Mauro Diaz, Roland Lamah — Maxi Urruti

All-Time Series

Referees

Referee: Hilartio Grajeda Assistant Referees: Andrew Bigelow, Jonathan Johnson 4th Official: Mark Geiger VAR: Caleb Mendez