Brian O’Connell of ESPN Boston notes that changes were plentiful in this past game against the Philadelphia Union. Lee Nguyen and Andrew Farrell returned to the starting lineup, Donnie Smith and Andy Dorman were added to the midfield, and Darrius Barnes was in for Kevin Alston. Read more about the on-field changes in the full article.

Julian Cardillo of Boston.com thinks that “it was the Revolution's midfield, not defense, that crumbled."  Find out more, as well as what head coach Jay Heaps had to say about the game and what he thought went well and what the Revolution should have done better on Boston.com.

Also on Boston.com, Cardillo cites a few early-season challenges that he sees the Revs facing.

Kevin Koczwara writes that the Revolution started off slow again in their match with the Union that resulted in a 1-0 loss. Despite limited possession, the Revolution had some chances to score early in game, but just couldn’t find the back of the net. Click over to Koczwara’s article to get play-by-play action of the game.

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