Carles Gil opens the scoring, Berterame equalizes, and New England leaves Florida with a hard-earned point
MIAMI — Against Lionel Messi’s teammates, the New England Revolution resisted and kept their momentum — but they could not add a fifth straight win to their record.
In a tense, end-to-end battle on Saturday night at Inter Miami’s brand-new Nu Stadium, the Revolution fought to a 1-1 draw against one of the most talent-rich rosters in MLS, ending their four-game winning streak but extending an undefeated run that has reshaped their season.
Carles Gil opened the scoring in the 56th minute, before Germán Berterame equalized for Inter Miami off a rebound in the 76th, leaving the defending MLS Cup champions still searching for their first home win of the season.
For New England, the result was both a missed opportunity and a statement.
Marko Mitrović’s side became the third visiting team to walk out of Inter Miami’s new stadium with at least a point in hand. Nu Stadium, the 26,700-seat soccer-specific venue that opened in April 2026, replaced the interim Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale — and so far, the new home has not produced a single Miami victory.
A Cautious First Half
From the opening whistle, Mitrović’s game plan was clear: absorb pressure, deny space behind the back line, and rely on quick transitions through Carles Gil and Dor Turgeman. With Matt Turner anchoring the defense between the posts, the Revolution conceded the majority of possession — Miami would finish the night with 63 percent of the ball — but limited the Herons’ clear chances in the opening 45 minutes.
Inter Miami, lining up in their 3-4-3 with Messi, Luis Suárez, and Berterame in attack, threatened first. A through ball from Rodrigo De Paul found Tadeo Allende, who finished the play, but the goal was ruled out for offside. The Revolution responded with sharp counters, with Griffin Yow and Peyton Miller looking to stretch Miami’s defense.
The first half ended scoreless, with both managers making changes at the break. Mitrović withdrew defender Ilay Feingold for Luca Langoni, while Inter Miami head coach Ángel Guillermo Hoyos replaced Noah Allen with Tadeo Allende.
Gil Strikes First
The deadlock broke in the 56th minute — and it was the captain who delivered.
Carles Gil came out of nowhere to open the scoring for the Revolution in Miami, finishing a sequence that began with a New England corner and continued through a two-phase build-up.
The Spanish playmaker, a former MLS MVP, has now contributed to goals in three consecutive matches, extending the most influential stretch of his 2026 campaign.
The visiting bench erupted. The home crowd, who had filed into Nu Stadium expecting their first home win in three tries, fell silent. For nearly twenty minutes, New England held the lead and looked the more compact, more organized side.
Miami’s Pressure Pays
But Inter Miami’s quality eventually came to light. Hoyos turned to his bench, introducing Preston Plambeck and Ian Fray. The substitutions tilted the field. Plambeck fired a strong shot off a pass from Messi, but Turner produced a great save. Miami earned consecutive corners; on one of them, De Paul sent in a cross that found Fray unmarked, but his header was poor.
The breakthrough finally came in the 76th minute. Germán Berterame, the Mexican striker, equalized off a rebound — his third goal in four matches. Turner had made the initial save, but the ball bounced into Berterame’s path, and he made no mistake.
The momentum had shifted, and the final fifteen minutes turned into a war of attrition. Miami pushed for the winner. New England absorbed and counterattacked. Tempers rose: David Ruiz was shown a yellow card after a hard challenge on Gil right at the edge of the box, earning the Revolution a dangerous free kick.
The match would yield three yellow cards for Inter Miami and none for New England — a measure of just how disciplined Mitrović’s road performance had been.
Turner Holds the Line
If the Revolution leaves Miami with a point, much of the credit belongs to the man between the posts. Matt Turner, the U.S. international, was again outstanding. He stopped Plambeck’s dangerous strike, smothered a shot from Suárez, and commanded his area against a Miami attack featuring three of the most decorated forwards in MLS.
His work — combined with the Revolution’s compactness in central defense, where Mamadou Fofana and Ethan Kohler were once again steady — kept the score tied through stoppage time.
What the Result Means
For Inter Miami, the draw is the latest chapter in a strange contradiction. The Herons are now 0-0-3 at Nu Stadium this season, compared with 5-1-1 in MLS road matches. Hoyos’s team has not lost in MLS play since the season opener at LAFC, but the new stadium continues to host stalemates rather than celebrations. Inter Miami is now unbeaten in 9 consecutive MLS matches (5-0-4) and in 11 across all competitions (5-0-6). Yet they have not won at home since the building opened.
For the Revolution, the picture is sharper. The four-game winning streak ends, but the unbeaten run now stretches to five.
New England had lost each of its previous four meetings with Inter Miami — a streak that stretched back across multiple seasons — and Saturday’s result snapped that pattern emphatically. Mitrović’s side has now collected points in five straight matches, climbing into firm contention in the Eastern Conference.
There is also the symbolic weight of the result. To take a point off a Miami squad starring Messi, Suárez, De Paul, and Berterame — on the night the new stadium hosted its third home match — is the kind of performance that builds belief inside a locker room.
The Revolution return to Gillette Stadium next Saturday, May 2, when they host Charlotte FC at 7:30 p.m. ET. With Carles Gil finding form, Peyton Miller and Dor Turgeman producing goals, and Turner playing some of the best soccer of his career, New England leaves Miami with a result that may matter more in retrospect than in the moment.
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