Joe Public FC's Jamaican forward, Roen Nelson (left), battles New England Revolution defender Jay Heaps for the ball during their CONCACAF Champions League match at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Tuesday night. Nelson scored in Public's 4-0 victory. - AP

FOXBOROUGH, Mass (AP):

GREGORY RICHARDSON scored three goals and set up another as Trinidad and Tobago's Joe Public scored a 4-0 victory over Major League Soccer's the New England Revolution on Tuesday night in a CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round series.

Joe Public won the two-match aggregate goal series by a 6-1 margin after beating New England 2-1 on August 26. They became the first Caribbean club to score three goals or more in a single match in CONCACAF competition against an American club, and the first Caribbean club to eliminate a US entry.

The Revolution were without five key offensive players because of injuries: Taylor Twellman, Steve Ralston, Adam Cristman, Kheli Dube and Kenny Mansally.

Missed opportunities

Richardson scored first-half goals at 17 and 45, netted his third goal with a left-footed drive at 81 and set up Jamaican Roen Nelson's drive atop the penalty box area in the 48th minute.

Mauricio Castro and Shalrie Joseph missed opportunities to score for New England.

Joe Public advance to the quarter-final round of the Champions League series' Group C with Mexico's Atlante, Olimpia of Honduras and the winners of the Montreal-Real Esteli series.

The eight preliminary round winners advance to the 16-team group stage of the tournament, which replaced the CONCACAF Champions Cup. MLS's Houston Dynamo and DC United received automatic berths in the group stage, which opens on September 16.