May 14, 2025; Austin, Texas, USA; Austin FC head coach Nico Estevez reacted during the second half against Atlanta United FC at the Q2 Stadium. Compulsory Credit: Scott Watcher-Imgon Images Austin FC would be without its main aggressive weapon, when he first hosts the New England Revolution on Saturday night, which is in an integral match in an intimacy match for teams to move forward in standing.
Austin (7-8–5, 26 points) ranks ninth in the Western Conference, while New England ranks 11th in the east.
Austin led the house after 2–2 results against San Jose in the US Open Cup quarterfinal match on Tuesday. Austin won the penalty kick, 4–2 to proceed in the tournament, but lost the leading scorer Brandon Wazezer for the knee injury at the end of the season.
Wazakwes, who leads the Varde’s anemic crime with nine goals in all competitions this season, tore his right ACL in the 69th minute against San Jose.
Austin has an MLS-cum-cum 15 goals in 20 league matches this season; There are five of them in Wazakwase. Only defender Guilhemaye Biro, who scored twice, has several goals for Varde in MLS Play in 2025.
“You never want to see any of your players in those situations, but it is a part of the job and injuries,” Austin’s coach Nico Estevez said about Vazakvez. “On the other hand, when you build a roster, you will always have to plan that something bad can happen.”
Austin has produced 16 out of 26 points in his 10 home matches this year.
Meanwhile, New England (6-8–6, 24 points) is the winner in its last five matches (0–4-1), a streak that includes 2–1 defeat at home for Inter Miami on Wednesday in the most recent outing of revolution.
New England CF has not won in Montreal since 31 May. In the league, the eight goal team of Carls Gill gave speed to the team.
Kranti coach Kaleb Porter said, “We have a very confident team even after the disappointment of losing to Miami.” “When you do not win against a very good team, but you have better confidence, we can now get a team (can), we can beat anyone. We are clearly below (playoff line) now (playoff line), so we need to get and get these three points in Austin.”
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