Foxboro, Mass. ( Associated Press) — Matt Turner returned from an ankle injury that had sidelined him since early February and made three saves at the start of his final season with New England, helping the Revolution beat Inter Miami 2-0 on Saturday night gave.
The 27-year-old goalkeeper, who agreed to join Arsenal this summer in February, has not featured in a competitive match since February 2, when he combined in a World Cup qualifier against Honduras in St. Paul, Minnesota. Played for the United States. , That match was played on a night at Allianz Field with a kickoff temperature of minus −14 air chills with minus 3 °C (minus −16 °C), and New England coach Bruce Arena stated that Turner suffered frostbite. fell.
Turner stated that the injury was to his left leg, and the long layoff had resulted in an injury to his right leg during a closed-door match against Los Angeles FC, a match Revolution said took place on February 9.
Turner had replaced Manchester City’s Jack Stephen as the top American goalkeeper. With Stephen in goal, America qualified for a return to the World Cup in late March.
Damien Rivera scored in his first Major League Soccer debut. The 19-year-old home attacker took a Carles Gill feed and beat Nick Marksman on his near post, turning the Revs (3-5-1) up 1-0 with less than a minute into the game.
Adam Buxa capped the score in the 64th minute – four minutes after Inter Miami center back Damien Lowe was sent off for a second yellow card.
Inter Miami ended the match under one more man in the 76th minute after Jairo Quinteros was sent off for a second yellow card.
The Revolution beat Miami 15-7 with a 6-3 lead in shot on goal.
Nick Marksman saved four of six shots for Miami.
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