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The New England Revolution emerged in 2012 touting a new style, a new strategy and new players. While promising at first, there was certainly room for improvement. Any reservations with its early hiccups was thought to improve with time as the team developed and as players that were added acclimated to the league and each other.

The cardiac kids were at it again on Saturday night as the Revs scored the tying goal late in stoppage time to keep their unbeaten streak alive. New England is now unbeaten in their last four matches, and with more home matches on the horizon, the near future looks good for Jay Heaps' side.

Saturday night marked the first match in quite some time where Revs fans saw both Clyde Simms and Shalrie Joseph in the starting lineup in the middle of the midfield, which was something everyone wanted to see play out.

In a series of big roster moves for the New England Revolution, the front office announced that they will be waiving John Lozano, declining the options on Bjorn Runstrom and Jeremiah White and activating Sainey Nyassi.

"We want to thank John, Bjorn and Jeremiah for their service and efforts representing the Revolution," New England General Manager Michael Burns said.

Good morning everyone! It's the middle of a bye week for the Revolution, so you'd expect news to be slow, but honestly there's more out there than I expected. Also, we've got the Euros starting on Friday, which is also the day that the USMNT takes on Antigua & Barbuda in their first World Cup 2014 Qualifier.

The New England Revolution have made the time-honored trip down the interstate to the Nation's Capital to take on D.C. United Saturday night at RFK Stadium. The Revs are looking to avenge their only home loss of the season, which came at the hands of D.C., while United is looking to continue a recent streak of good form that has propelled them into second place in the Eastern Conference.

HOUSTON DYNAMO -- OUT: GK Erich Marscheider (R shoulder sprain); DF Kofi Sarkodie (R foot sprain); FW Brian Ownby (L elbow dislocation)

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The New England Revolution are ready to run out in beautiful 60-plus degree weather Saturday night against a familiar enemy, the Houston Dynamo. The Revs are coming off a comprehensive 4-1 demolition of the Whitecaps while Houston just drew 0-0 with Portland at the brand-new BBVA Compass Stadium.

For what seems like the first match all season, Jay Heaps and the Revolution fielded what one could argue to be a first choice squad on Saturday night. Other than the absence of Jose Moreno, you could make a case that what we saw on the field was the best the Revs had to offer, and more importantly, the result matched the talent on the field.

Two matches. Four days. A cross country trip. This is what faced Revolution coach Jay Heaps this week, and without overstating things, what a four days it turned out to be.

New England returned home to Foxboro to face Colorado on Wednesday night, and while the style changed a bit, and the soccer may not have been as aesthetically pleasing as their recent efforts, the Revolution put together a solid 90 minutes and defeated the Rapids 2-1 in front of the home fans.

Today, via press release, the New England Revolution announced that they will be parting ways with midfielder Kenny Mansally. Mansally was originally brought to the club by former head coach Steve Nicol in 2007 along with fellow Gambian midfielder Sainey Nyassi. The 23-year-old made 89 regular season appearances for the Revs, which included 6 goals and 5 assists.

It's been an interesting ride through the first month of the Revolution 2012 season. While the change in philosophy and plan of attack has certainly changed, the results have remained mostly the same (if you remember, the Revs actually got off to a decent start last year, and were sitting on 9 points on this date in 2011).

In what could be described as an early season three pointer, the Revs dropped a disappointing decision to hated rivals D.C. United on Saturday afternoon 2-1. Rivalry matches seem to always bring out higher scrutiny, bigger pressure, and heated debate, and this one is certainly no different.

Once again the Revs had their hands a bit tied with injuries (Lozano, Feilhaber) and suspensions (Shalrie), so it was up to coach Jay Heaps to get creative and try to put forth a game plan that would garner three points at home.

It's going to be a beautiful, sunny day in Foxboro this afternoon (high of 67°, no less) as the New England Revolution face off against bitter I-95 rivals D.C. United at Gillette Stadium. The Revs are hoping to banish the demons of a heart-breaking last-minute 1-0 loss to Dallas last week, while United will look to build on an encouraging performance in a 0-0 draw against Seattle.

Hello and good morning, welcome to today's Musket Rounds. The world of the New England Revolution has gotten a little more exciting in the last 24 hours with this weekend's home opener fast approaching. There is a crisis in defense due to injuries, which could be exacerbated by Benny Feilhaber's absence (not that he contributes to defense, just that having him out, too, makes things look particularly bleak), and there's a very real threat that New England will start the season 0-3, which could easily stretch to 0-5 given the Revs next two fixtures: away to LA and Dallas.

The New England Revolution fell to Sporting Kansas City tonight in their host's home opener, providing them with their second consecutive loss in the 2012 campaign. The 3-0 scoreline was a pretty accurate representation of the match which saw some questionable officiating early on that seemed to throw the Revs off their gameplan all together.

After yesterday waving Zack Shilawski and Ryan Kinne, the New England Revolution announced the signing of forward Blake Brettschneider, midfielder Alec Purdie, and midfielder Michael Roach. This brings their current roster up to 26. The Revolutions stated goal is to eventually have 28 players on their roster.

With the regular season now within sight, the clock is ticking for Heaps and his staff to round out the Revolution roster. Before this week, the Revs had 24 players on their roster. The addition of Lee Nguyen brings that number to 25 and the expected signing of Blake Brettschneider would make it 26.

The Philadelphia Union Reserves put on a dominating performance on Monday at Chester Park and PSP photographer Earl Gardner was on hand to capture the action.

Chase Harrison warms up before the match.

Chris Konopka looks on during warm ups.

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Two right backs from the Philadelphia area faced off on Saturday, but only one came out a winner.

Chicago right back Dan Gargan started and went the full 90 for Chicago in the club's 1-0 over Philadelphia, being a key part of the Chicago attack that consistently came down the right flank.

The first promise I made to myself when I decided to take my writing a little more seriously was to always remain objective at even the most difficult of times. While writing with emotion may always be the best course of action in my music career, it's not a good path to take in sports journalism.

While much was made of the Revs' trip down to New Jersey to take on RBNY, it certainly didn't feel like the rivalry match we had all hoped for. Coming off a bye week and a bit of a layoff, New England came out flat and were punished for it in only the 7th minute, when Thierry Henry scored the only goal RBNY would need to defeat the Revs, 1-0.

Well, I'm a little hungover after a pretty good birthday celebration last night, but nevertheless I am here to bring you the Musket Rounds. There was some interesting stuff floating around the interwebs yesterday, so today's clip should be varied and robust.

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So I settled in to watch the Revolution-Dynamo match but I think my DVR recorded the wrong thing because I'm pretty sure I was watching a rugby match. The jerseys were the right colors and everything, but there's no way that what I saw on that field was soccer.

New England was due for a draw, and considering I find the Dynamo to be perhaps the club's fiercest rival at the moment, the result doesn't come as a shock, as these sides always play close contests.