The New England Revolution have conceded 20 hat tricks in their 30-year history, including one this season by Orlando City SC’s Martin Ojeda in a 3-3 draw on May 10.

So if there was one player for the Revolution to mark tightly when the teams met again on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium, it was him.

But Ojeda once again had his way. The Argentinian attacker scored twice and Orlando won, 2-1, as the Revolution’s winless run reached eight games — the club’s longest since a nine-match winless streak in 2018.

New England (6-10-7, 25 points) can’t seem to stop floundering as it approaches historic club lows. Saturday’s result marked the first time since 2011 — and only the third time in franchise history — that New England has gone winless in six consecutive regular season home games. Now eight points out of the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spot, the Revolution are 2-6-2 at home and haven’t won at Gillette Stadium since April 19.

Meanwhile, Orlando (10-6-8, 38 points) snapped their own four-game winless run with a disciplined and structured performance.

Ojeda opened the scoring in the 18th minute. He found space between New England’s central defenders and brought down Eduard Atuesta’s long, over-the-top ball out of midfield before rounding goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic and poking the ball into an open net.

“It’s just not a good goal to concede,” Revolution head coach Caleb Porter said. “It’s a routine play. We always talk about it: when there’s no pressure on the ball, drop the line. You can see it coming. We didn’t do well enough there.”

New England came out of halftime with more vigor. Porter withdrew defender Tanner Beason for Tomas Chancalay, which gave the hosts extra numbers in the attack.

The tactical switch yielded immediate rewards, as Chancalay leveled the score in the 55th minute, drilling a shot past Orlando goalkeeper Pedro Gallese from inside the box after latching onto Peyton Miller’s precise cross from the right flank.

But the 1-1 score lasted just 72 seconds. Orlando responded swiftly, with Iván Angulo surging into the box before squaring the ball to Ojeda, who hammered it past Ivacic and in off the underside of the bar, once again exploiting a gap in New England’s shaky defense.

“We give the ball away and get punished,” Porter said. “When you look at the group, they’re giving everything. They’re fighting, they’re running, they’re united — that’s clear. But the margins we need to turn are all mental. It’s just little moments where we switch off, and we lose a goal.”

Five of Ojeda’s 12 goals this season have come against the Revolution, and he came close to recording another hat trick.

Ivacic also tipped Ojeda’s long-range bid over the bar and stopped him from point-blank range in the 33rd and 54th minutes, respectively.

The Revolution created a few notable chances throughout the match. Just before halftime, Carles Gil fired over the bar from close range (45+1′). Early in the second half, Gil stabbed another effort into the side netting (53′) off Chancalay’s feed. Later, a chaotic sequence in the box saw Miller get a shot off amid the scramble, but his effort was saved (74′) by a sprawling Gallese.

An announced crowd of 24,954 showed spells of frustration, with boos ringing out at the halftime and full-time whistles, and sporadic “Fire Porter” chants. The Revolution will try to snap out of their rut next Friday as they host the last-place Montreal Impact Gillette Stadium. With the playoff race beginning to take shape, the Revolution are in a rut with 11 games remaining.

Seven of those fixtures are at home, including each of the next three.

“I think we have a good enough group to do better than we’ve done,” Porter added. “I feel for them because they’re giving everything and not getting rewarded. I have to look at myself. I need to figure out how to position them better, how to get them more focused. The buck always stops with me.

“I’ve been doing this a long time, and I take responsibility for the results. I still believe in the group. I still have confidence in them. I think they’re fighting for me. I think they’re giving me everything they have. That’s clear. I just wish we’d get one to go our way. At the end of the day, we need to win more games.”