Washington, May 1 (BNA) Matt Turner returned from an ankle injury that kept him out of action since the beginning of last February and made three saves at the start of his last season with New England, to help the Revolution beat Inter Miami 2-0 on Saturday evening.
The 27-year-old goalkeeper, who in February agreed to join Arsenal this summer, has not appeared in a competitive game since February 2, when he played for the United States in a World Cup qualifier against Honduras in St Paul, Minnesota. .
That match was played on a night with a kickoff temperature of 3 degrees (-16 degrees Celsius) and a wind chill of -14 degrees Celsius at Allianz Field, and New England coach Bruce Arena said Turner had suffered frostbite.
Turner said the injury was to his left foot, and that the long lay-off was because he injured his right foot during a closed brawl against LA FC, a game the Revolution said took place on February 9.
Turner replaced Manchester City’s Zach Stephen as America’s best goalkeeper. With Stephen in goal, the United States qualified in late March to return to the World Cup.
Damien Rivera scored in his first Major League Soccer game. The 19-year-old local striker received Carles Gill’s feed and beat Nick Marsman for his near post, putting the Revs (3-5-1) ahead 1-0 in less than a minute into the match.
Adam Bokas concluded the scoring with a goal in the 64th minute – four minutes after the Inter Miami defense sent Damion Lowe off for a second yellow card.
The Revolution beat Miami 15-7 with a score of 6-3 on goal kicks. Nick Marsman saved four of his six hits to Miami.
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