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#Revs lineup vs. #cf97: Shuttleworth - Alston, Soares, Barnes, Guy - Fagundez, Simms (c), Gavin, Rowe - Imbongo, Bengtson

— NERevsLive (@NERevsLive) October 20, 2012

#Revs bench: Reis, Tierney, Nyassi, Toja, Brettschneider, Cardenas, Purdie

— NERevsLive (@NERevsLive) October 20, 2012

#cf97 Starting XI @nerevolution: Johnson; Gargan, Anibaba, Berry, Segares; Fernandez, Pause (C), Paladini, Nyarko; Rolfe, MacDonald #NEvCHI

— ChiFireMatch (@ChiFireMatch) October 20, 2012

#cf97 Substitutes @nerevolution: Tornaghi, Friedrich, Videira, Bone, Pineda, Alex, Oduro #NEvCHI #MLS

— ChiFireMatch (@ChiFireMatch) October 20, 2012

"In America, it's funny to have a mullet; or different, or bizarre..."  - Juan Toja

Lots to talk about on this week's podcast, including Cathal's impending American Citizenship, Patrick Nyarko of the Fire calling Revs fans "hostile" and an extended clip of Juan Toja talking about his days with a mullet. This is stuff you don't want to miss.

And if anyone has some suggestions for Cathal on how to be more "American," leave them in the comments!

Finally, here is the 1994 team photo of the US National Team, featuring some sick denim.

Revs and Union will kick off at 7 p.m. tonight on Comcast SportsNet. Here are the lineups:

#Revs lineup: Shuttleworth - Alston, Soares, Barnes, Guy - Purdie, Simms, Feilhaber, Rowe - Fagundez, Bengtson

— NERevsLive (@NERevsLive) October 6, 2012

Tonight's @philaunion starting XI: MacMath, Okugo, Valdes, G. Farfan, Gaddis, Carroll, Lahoud, Gomez, M. Farfan, Daniel, McInerney #DOOP

— Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) October 6, 2012

#Revs bench: Reis, Gavin, Nyassi, Toja, Brettschneider, Cardenas, Imbongo

— NERevsLive (@NERevsLive) October 6, 2012

And @philaunion subs: Konopka, Pfeffer, Torres, Adu, Albright, Hoppenot #DOOP

— Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) October 6, 2012

The Revs have three matches left and may be able to play spoiler in their final home match of 2012 on Saturday, October 20 at Gillette Stadium against the Chicago Fire. The Revs put out the Fire 2-0 back on June 2 at Gillette, with Benny Feilhaber and Kelyn Rowe leading the charge with a goal and assist apiece (Recap).

This is a game you don’t want to miss, and you can get tickets here.

Work to be done

Let’s not get ahead ourselves, however, as there is work to be done this weekend. The Revolution heads to Philadelphia to take on the Union at PPL Park on Saturday (7 p.m. kickoff). The Revs will be looking for their first win at PPL Park (0-1-2 all-time), having dropped a 2-1 decision to the Union back on July 29. Meanwhile, the Fire travels to New York to take on the Red Bulls in a huge, nationally-televised match on NBC at 3:30 p.m. at Red Bull Arena. Before all of this, Chicago and Philadelphia square off this Wednesday night at Toyota Park. The Fire will be looking to move ahead of New York in the standings, where both teams currently sit at 53 points – but if they don’t …

Put out the Fire?

I write this from my desk at Gillette Stadium, but as a Revs fan it goes without saying that I don’t want to root for either team in the NBC matchup.  In this case, however, I am pulling for New York . As dirty and unnatural as it feels, a New York win puts the Revs in a great position to play spoiler on October 20, as nothing is locked up in the East. And how much more fun would that be – a must-win for the Fire in front of another expected great crowd at Gillette? Will make for an interesting Saturday, that’s for sure.