FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Carles Gil and teenager Peyton Miller both scored during second-half stoppage time to cap two-goal efforts and the New England Revolution rallied to beat Orlando City 4-2 on Saturday night.
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Gil scored in the 19th minute and New England (14-8-4) took a 1-0 lead into halftime. Gil took a pass from Jackson Yueill before curling a left-footed shot from outside the box over the head of a leaping Maxime Crépeau.
Miller, 18, used assists from Dor Turgemon and Ethan Kohler to score in the 59th minute for a two-goal lead.
Iván Angulo scored for the fourth time this season — unassisted — three minutes later to cut it to 2-1.
Orlando City (10-12-4) pulled even in the 88th minute on a penalty kick by Martín Ojeda. The striker’s 12th goal of the campaign came after a foul on Miller.
The Lions played the contest without French star Antoine Griezmann, who was hurt in the club’s U.S. Open Cup semifinal loss to Columbus on Wednesday.
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But Miller scored three minutes into stoppage time and Gil scored again three minutes after that to help the Revolution improve to 9-2-2 at home this season.
Gil has a career-high 12 goals this season. The 33-year-old midfielder has 61 goals in 219 career matches with the Revs. Miller’s seven goals are also a career best.
Matt Turner totaled three saves for New England, which improved to 5-1-1 in its last seven matches.
Crépeau turned away four shots for Orlando City, which had gone 4-0-1 in its five most recent matchups with the Revs.
Orlando City saw a three-match win streak end and a 4-0-1 overall run. The club falls to 3-8-2 on the road.
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Up next
Orlando: At Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
New England: At Real Salt Lake on Saturday.