The Eastern Conference-leading New England Revolution will play two games at Gillette Stadium this week, hosting the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday against the Harrisburg City Islanders before welcoming the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday evening.
The week's full schedule is below.
Please note that credential applications are due to the Revolution Communications office for Sunday's game by the close of business on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8. No credential requests for Sunday's game will accepted after Wednesday. All requests for the Open Cup game on Wednesday must be made by the close of business on Tuesday.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION SCHEDULE: AUGUST 6-12
Monday, Aug. 6
10 a.m. - Revolution training at Payson Park Field (Foxborough, Mass.), 10 a.m. - RESERVES ONLY
Tuesday, Aug. 7
10 a.m. - Revolution training at Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.), 10 a.m. - RESERVES ONLY
Wednesday, Aug. 8
6:30 p.m. - Media Will Call opens
7:30 p.m. - U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal: Revolution vs. Harrisburg City Islanders (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.)
Thursday, Aug. 9
10 a.m. - Revolution training at Payson Park Field (Foxborough, Mass.) - WEDNESDAY'S STARTERS TBA
Friday, Aug. 10
10 a.m. - Revolution training at Payson Park Field (Foxborough, Mass.)
Saturday, Aug. 11*
9:45 a.m. - Media entrance opens at Security Command - all media must check in at media will call
10 a.m. - Revolution training at Gillette Stadium
Approx. 10:30 a.m. - Revolution media availability begins on the field
2 p.m. - L.A. Galaxy training at Gillette Stadium
Approx. 2:45 p.m. - L.A. Galaxy media availability on the field
Approx. 3 p.m. - L.A. Galaxy press conference in Red Level Press Box (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.)
* - all media must RSVP to the Revolution Communications office by close of business Friday ... all media must check in at Gillette Stadium Security Command upon arrival at the stadium ... Blue Level press box will be available for media between training sessions ... afternoon schedule subject to change depending on the length of the Galaxy's training session.
Sunday, Aug. 12
4:30 p.m. - Media Will Call Opens
7 p.m. - Revolution vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass.) - TV: TV38, Radio: WEEI Radio Network
DIRECTIONS TO PAYSON PARK FIELD
From the North: Route 1 South to North St. (intersection before Gillette Stadium) ... take a left on North St. ... follow North Street for 1.4 miles until fork in the road ... go left at the fork ... the entrance to the field is 0.2 miles down on the left, after the football field.
From the South: Route 1 North to North St. (intersection after Gillette Stadium) ... take a right on North St. ... follow North Street for 1.4 miles until fork in the road ... go left at the fork ... the entrance to the field is 0.2 miles down on the left, after the football field.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (9-4-6, 33 pts.) vs. LOS ANGELES GALAXY (3-5-5, 14 pts.; game at D.C. on Thursday)
NEW ENGLAND VS. LOS ANGELES SERIES INFORMATION
• Los Angeles leads overall regular-season series against New England, 12-10-4.
• The Revs own a 7-3-1 mark against the Galaxy at home, including a 4-0-1 record at Gillette Stadium ... the Revolution is 3-9-3 all-time in games played in Los Angeles, including a 2-2-2 mark at The Home Depot Center.
• New England is undefeated against Los Angeles in their last six meetings, going 4-0-2, since May 2004 ... the Revs have out-scored the Galaxy, 12-5, in that span.
• Revs enter 2007 undefeated at home in the series against Galaxy since 2000 (6-0-1).
• The Revs swept the regular-season series and shutout the Galaxy in 2006, earning a 1-0 victory in the teams' season opener on April 1 at The HDC and a 4-0 win on May 6 at Gillette Stadium ... the Revs' sweep in 2006 was the first-ever regular-season sweep by New England
• The teams have met twice in the MLS Playoffs, Los Angeles winning both meetings
• Both postseason meetings came in MLS Cups - 2002 in Foxborough and 2005 in Frisco, Texas ... Los Angeles earned 1-0 victories in overtime both times.
• The Galaxy bested the Revs in their only U.S. Open Cup meeting - the 2001 championship game in Fullerton, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2001 - in a 2-1, overtime victory.
PLAYER NOTES VS. LOS ANGELES
• Taylor Twellman leads all active Revs players in goals (5) and assists (3) against Los Angeles
• Steve Ralston has six career goals and seven career assists against the Galaxy, including two goals and three assists as a member of the Revs.
• Matt Reis boasts a 0.80 goals against average against his former team with a 3-0-2 record - including two shutouts - against Los Angeles.
• Two members of the Revolution - Matt Reis (1998-2002) and Joe Franchino (1998-2000) - are former members of the Galaxy, all drafted by in 1998 out of college ... Reis won an MLS Championship with the Galaxy in 2002 - against the Revs at Gillette Stadium.
LAST MEETING New England 3, Los Angeles 2 May 13, 2007 - Carson, Calif. (The Home Depot Center) Taylor Twellman scored two goals - including the game-winner in the 85th minute - to give the Revs' their third straight shutout victory over Los Angeles ... Kyle Martino gave the Galaxy a 1-0 lead headed into halftime, but Adam Cristman scored his first career goal off a corner kick in the 47th minute to level the score ... Twellman added an unassisted strike five minutes later to give the Revs a 2-1 lead, but Tyrone Marshall knotted the score in the 84th minute off a corner kick ... one minute later - off the kickoff, Twellman put away the game-winner and the Revs held on for their second victory in L.A. in as many seasons, pushing their undefeated streak against the Galaxy to six games.
NEWS & NOTES
SUNDAY'S GAME SOLD OUT On Thursday, Aug. 2, the Revs announced that Sunday's match against Los Angeles had sold out ... no further tickets will be available for sale for the highly-anticipated match-up ... the soccer capacity was expanded to 32,000 for the match, and will include the entire lower bowl of the Gillette Stadium, as well as the East Fidelity Investments Clubhouse.
CHARITY BENEFITS FROM SUNDAY'S GAME The New England Revolution Charitable Foundation raised $13,745.64 from the 22 online auctions for the pregame player escorts for Sunday's game against Los Angeles ... the escort spot for L.A.'s David Beckham raised $3,050.01, while Landon Donovan's auction raised $925.50 ... Revolution defender Jay Heaps was the Revs player with the highest bid, going for $717.77 ... New England's Andy Dorman went for $589.99, while the Revs' Taylor Twellman and Wells Thompson each went for $510.
TIME/TV CHANGE FOR AUGUST 16 AT COLORADO The kickoff time for the Revs' game at Colorado on Thursday, Aug. 16, has been pushed up one hour and the game will now start at 9 p.m. ET (7 p.m. MT) ... additionally, Fox Sports New England will televise the game live ... ESPN2 had originally be scheduled to televise the game live at 10 p.m. ET.
KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE After last weekend's games, the Revs have built a four-point lead in the Eastern Conference ... with 33 points in 19 games, the Revolution is four points ahead of Kansas City, which has 29 points in 19 games ... however, while the Revs have earned a bit of breathing room at the top of the table, the rest of the Eastern Conference is still a packed bunch: three points separate second place and fifth place ... D.C. and New York are tied for third with 27 points, and Columbus is fifth with 26 points.
MLS' TOP TEAM STATISTICALLY Despite the team's loss to D.C. on Sunday, the Revs are still MLS' top team in several important categories ... with a 9-4-6 overall record and 33 points, the Revs have a .632 winning percentage ... New England boasts the league's top scoring average (1.74 goals per game) and scoring total (33 goals) ... the Revs have the fewest losses in the league this season - one fewer than any team - and have taken points in 15 of 19 games.
BUSY STRETCH The Revolution has now entered into its toughest and busiest stretch of the season, as the team is playing eight games in four weeks - including four games in a span of 10 days ... this stretch of the Revs' schedule sees them play seven MLS games and a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal match before enjoying a bye week in their schedule during Labor Day weekend ... the upcoming schedule is as follows: Aug. 8 vs. Harrisburg City Islanders in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals, Aug. 12 vs. Los Angeles, Aug. 16 at Colorado, Aug. 19 at Kansas City and Aug. 25 vs. New York ... the Revs started the stretch in winning fashion, going 2-0 (2-1 win at Real Salt Lake on July 28 and a 2-0 victory over Kansas City at home on Aug. 2), but then suffered a 3-0 loss to United on Aug. 5.
TORRID SCORING The Revs sit atop MLS' leaders in team scoring average, netting 1.74 goals per game this season ... the team has scored 33 goals in 19 games ... last season, the Revs scored 39 goals in 32 games, for a 1.22 goals per game mark ... New England leads MLS in three-goal games this season with seven, one more than Kansas City (6) and two more than Houston and New York, who are tied for third with five three-goal games ... in total, the Revs have posted 10 multiple-goal games - more than half of their games this season.
HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE New England has improved its home record to 4-2-4 on the season with 22 goals scored (2.20 goals per game) ... the Revs have scored three or more goals in six of their 10 home games ... New England's 2.20 goals per home game is MLS' second-best home scoring average, behind D.C. United (2.63).
