New England spoils Olsen's coaching debut with 1-0 win over D.C. United

New England ruined Ben Olsen\'s debut as D.C. United coach by posting a 1-0 victory at Gillette Stadium. Pat Phelan notched the lone goal of the game, a header off a free kick at midfield right before halftime.

United had their chances but failed to convert, giving the Black-and-Red their fourth consecutive loss.

New D.C. interim coach Olsen made two changes from United\'s 3-0 defeat at Real Salt Lake. Bill Hamid replaced Troy Perkins in goal, while Chris Pontius returned up front with Danny Allsopp settling for a place on the bench.

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D.C. United 0, at New England Revolution 1
Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 12,218

D.C. United (3-13-3)
New England Revolution (5-9-3)

Scoring Summary:
NE -- Pat Phelan 1 (Chris Tierney 2) 42

Misconduct Summary:
NE -- Cory Gibbs (caution; Reckless Foul) 30
DC -- Pablo Hernandez (caution; Reckless Foul) 70
DC -- Carey Talley (caution; Reckless Tackle) 89

D.C. United -- Bill Hamid, Devon McTavish, Julius James, Carey Talley, Marc Burch, Andy Najar, Stephen King, Branko Boskovic (Adam Cristman 69), Santino Quaranta, Chris Pontius, Pablo Hernandez.
Substitutes Not Used: Danny Allsopp, Jaime Moreno, Kurt Morsink, Barry Rice, Troy Perkins, Jed Zayner.

New England Revolution -- Matt Reis, Emmanuel Osei, Darrius Barnes, Cory Gibbs, Chris Tierney, Sainey Nyassi, Shalrie Joseph, Pat Phelan, Khano Smith (Roberto Linck 80), Zack Schilawski (Ilija Stolica 73), Kenny Mansally.
Substitutes Not Used: Joseph Niouky, Seth Sinovic, Tim Murray, Bobby Shuttleworth.

Referee: Terry Vaughn
Referee\'s Assistants: Kermit Quisenberry; Peter Balciunas
4th Official: Lee Suckle
Time of Game: 1:53
Weather: Clear-and-77-degrees