However, each club struggled for financial solvency and folded. The Boston area was next represented by the New England Tea Men (1978–80) and Boston Minutemen (1974–76), who played in the FIFA-backed, major professional North American Soccer League (NASL). At the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 in Uruguay, Bert Patenaude (from Fall River, Massachusetts) scored the first hat-trick in World Cup play. The Marksmen were one of the most successful soccer clubs in the United States, winning the National Challenge Cup four times. In the 1920s, the Boston Soccer Club (later renamed the Bears) and Fall River Marksmen were formed and played in the professional American Soccer League, which comprised teams based in the northeastern U.S. In 1862, the Oneida Football Club in Boston was the first organized team to play any kind of "football/soccer" in the United States. Soccer has a long history in the New England region. The Revolution have participated in five MLS Cup finals in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2014, which are the most of clubs who have not won the MLS Cup. They won their first Supporters' Shield in 2021.
The following year, they won the 2008 North American SuperLiga. The Revolution won their first major trophy in the 2007 U.S. The Revs are the only original MLS team to have every league game in their history televised. The club played their home games at the adjacent and now-demolished Foxboro Stadium, from 1996 until 2001.
New England plays their home matches at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, located 21 miles (34 km) southwest of downtown Boston. The name "Revolution" refers to the New England region's significant involvement in the American Revolution that took place from 1775 to 1783. The club is owned by Robert Kraft, who also owns the New England Patriots along with his son, Jonathan Kraft. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inaugural season. The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league.
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