Nashville SC vs. New England Revolution
2026 MLS Regular Season | Matchday 13
Wednesday, May 13 | 6:30 p.m. CT
Gillette Stadium | Foxborough, MA
Broadcast Details
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Key Storylines
For the outright lead
If you’re searching for the stakes of Wednesday’s match, look no further than the MLS standings. The Boys in Gold sit two points ahead of the Revolution atop the Eastern Conference standings through 11 games — one fewer than third place Inter Miami — making Wednesday’s showdown effectively a battle for the conference lead. Should Nashville win, it will sit five points clear with a game in hand. Should New England, it would leapfrog the Boys in Gold with an identical number of matches played. A draw maintains the status quo, with the potential for Miami to jump into second.
The implications of a win for either team are enormous. Nashville has held top spot in the East since a 3-1 win against Minnesota United on Matchday 3, developing a goal difference more than double anyone else’s ahead of Wednesday’s kickoff. New England, meanwhile, overcame two poor seasons to sail up the table in 2026, after finishing 11th in 2025 table, 17 points adrift of the MLS Cup Playoff spots, and 14th in 2024. Nashville has never tasted a conference title while New England, a founding member of MLS, owns three.
The two best teams in the East in 2026 have walked different roads toward their position — Nashville as a clear frontrunner from the jump and New England as surprise contender. Wednesday’s match serves as much to verify the Boys in Gold’s title credentials as it does solidify the Revolution’s turnaround. There aren’t many higher stakes than that.
Revitalized Revs
February’s MLS opener at GEODIS Park was a brutal one for New England fans. The Boys in Gold seized a 2-0 lead inside 16 minutes through a Sam Surridge brace, Hany Mukhtar added a third goal just before halftime and Warren Madrigal iced the game after the Revolution clawed one back out of the locker room. If one were to assess both clubs’ seasons based on that game alone, they would correctly assume Nashville would fly high. They would incorrectly assume New England would fall flat.
After losing to the Boys in Gold and Red Bull New York in February, the Revolution sent six goals past Cincinnati in March to kickstart a run of nine league matches with only one loss. New England has kept three clean sheets in that span, outscored its opponents 19-8 and won seven times. Ten additional players have scored for New England after its torrid start and an extra five have logged assists, headlined by former MLS MVP Carles Gil (four goals, four assists) and 24-year-old Argentine starlet Luca Langoni (two goals, six assists), both of whom scored against Philadelphia this weekend. Starting goalkeeper Matt Turner — a seasoned veteran of MLS and the U.S. Men’s National Team — has saved 79% of the shots he has faced this season, preventing five expected goals in the process. New England is also the only MLS club to win every game it has played at home this year.
Perhaps no team, save Supporters’ Shield leaders San Jose or Vancouver, is in better form right now than New England. It will feel confident about its chances to exact revenge on Nashville after its demolition in February, especially with such an overwhelming home-field advantage. The Boys in Gold will have to play as well as they have all year — a level no club has yet achieved in Foxborough — if they hope to trip up the red-hot Revolution.
Series History & What’s Next
Nashville and New England have enjoyed a well-balanced history against one another, with the Boys in Gold holding a 4-4-3 advantage in MLS regular-season play since their inaugural meeting in October 2020. Nashville owns a three-game unbeaten run against New England dating back to 2025’s opener, and Sam Surridge leads the all-time goals race with seven — including a hat trick in Foxborough last season — through six career games. Warren Madrigal secured a club-best MLS debut against New England in February as well with two assists and a goal and enters Wednesday’s match in superb form after a brace off the bench over the weekend.
The Boys in Gold return home after Wednesday’s match for a Sunday showstopper at GEODIS Park, hosting fellow Concacaf Champions Cup semifinalist LAFC on Sunday at 7:00 p.m. CT.
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