FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution (2-5-0, 6 pts.) will play a pair of Western Conference opponents this week, as the team continues its stretch of three matches in eight days.

The Revs will host the Colorado Rapids (4-4-0, 12 pts.) at Gillette Stadium at 8 p.m., on Wednesday, May 2. Following the mid-week match, the Revs will travel to face Real Salt Lake (6-3-1, 19 pts.) at 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, in Sandy, Utah.

Comcast SportsNet will televise both games, while 98.5 The Sports Hub will carry both games on the radio.

SERIES INFORMATION VS COLORADO RAPIDS
Team information vs. Colorado

· Wednesday’s match marks the 39th all-time meeting between two of the founding teams of MLS … Colorado leads the all-time, regular-season series between the two clubs, 18-11-9

· New England is 8-6-5 in matches played at home, including a 5-3-4 mark at Gillette Stadium … on the road, the Revs have struggled, posting a 3-12-4 record in matches played in Colorado, and are winless (0-2-2) at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

· While New England is winless against Colorado in the last four years – going 0-3-5 against the Rapids since the start of the 2008 season - the Revs have picked up one point in five matches in that span

· Wednesday’s match will be the first – and only – time that the two teams meet in 2012 …this is the first year since 1996 that the teams will not meet at least twice

· The teams split the season series last year, playing to a scoreless draw at Gillette Stadium on May 7, followed by a 2-2 draw on July 23, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

· The Revolution has not won the season series against Colorado since 2001, which was the first time the club won since the first two season series in 1996 and 1997

· The Revolution’s last win against Colorado came in 2007, when the Revs took a 1-0 win at Gillette Stadium on Sept. 29 behind Khano Smith’s 88th-minute goal

· The Revolution and Rapids have yet to meet in a match outside of the MLS regular season

Player Notes vs. Colorado

· Benny Feilhaber, Kenny Mansally and Shalrie Joseph are the only three current Revs players who have scored goals against Colorado

· Benny Feilhaber recorded his first career MLS goal on July 23, 2011, when he opened the scoring in the 25th minute and Joseph’s 90th minute goal – a penalty kick – was the equalizer at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, as the teams played to a 2-2 draw.

· Chris Tierney has recorded three of his 12 total career assists in six appearances against Colorado, the most assists Tierney has recorded against any MLS opponent

· Kenny Mansally’s second-half strike in Commerce City in 2008 leveled the game and earned the Revs’ their first result in Colorado since 2004

· Shalrie Joseph has made a team-high 17 appearances against Colorado, recording one goal, one assist and a team-high 17 shots

· Kevin Alston and Stephen McCarthy have each recorded an assist against Colorado, as McCarthy earned the primary assist on Benny Feilhaber’s goal last season on July 23, while Alston was credited with the secondary assist

· Matt Reis is 7-7-5 all-time against Colorado, and has posted a 1.20 goals against average, including six shutouts … with the Revs, he is 3-7-4 with three shutouts

SERIES INFORMATION VS REAL SALT LAKE
Team information vs. Real Salt Lake

· Saturday’s match will be the 15th all-time meeting between the Revolution and Real Salt Lake, which entered the league as an expansion team in 2005 … RSL leads the all-time series, 6-4-4

· The Revs are 2-3-2 in away matches against Real Salt Lake, and are 0-2-1 in matches played at Rio Tinto Stadium … in matches played at Rio Tinto Stadium, New England has been out-scored 14-3 since its opening in 2009

· Saturday’s match is the first – and only – meeting between the two teams this season, marking the first time the clubs will meet just once in a season

· Last year, Real Salt Lake won the season series, with RSL winning the first match, 2-0, on April 9, at Gillette Stadium, while the clubs played to a 3-3 draw on July 4 in Sandy

· The Revs are 2-6-2 in their last 10 meetings with Real Salt Lake after going undefeated (2-0-1) in the first three games of the all-time series

· Real Salt Lake has won three of the last four three meetings between the clubs … the Revs’ last win came in a 3-1 victory at home on August 23, 2009

· Since 2009, Real Salt Lake has outscored New England, 19-7, in six meetings

· New England and Real Salt Lake have never met in any MLS Cup Playoff or U.S. Open Cup matches

Player Notes vs. Real Salt Lake

• Shalrie Joseph is the team’s active leading scorer against RSL, recording one goal and one assist in 13 games … Joseph has played in all but one of the club’s meetings against RSL
• Sainey Nyassi has recorded one goal in seven appearances against Salt Lake … Nyassi notched the Revs’ only goal against RSL in the 2010 campaign in the team’s 2-1 loss at home on Oct. 2, 2010
• Chris Tierney is the only other active Revolution player to have scored a goal against Real Salt Lake, scoring a free-kick goal on July 4, 2011
• Three players – Benny Feilhaber, Shalrie Joseph, and Clyde Simms – have recorded assists against RSL
• Matt Reis is 4-4-4 in his career against Real Salt Lake, posting a 1.67 goals against average and three shutouts
• Bobby Shuttleworth has a 0-1-0 career record against RSL … Shuttleworth conceded two goals in the 2-0 loss last season on April 9, 2011, at Gillette Stadium
• Clyde Simms leads the current Revolution roster in appearances against RSL with 14 – all coming with D.C. United … Saturday’s meeting would be his first as a member of the Revolution

TEAM NOTES

Busy Stretch Continues

Beginning last Saturday at New York, the Revolution is in the midst of its first of its three-games-in-eight-days stretches this season with upcoming games on Wednesday at home against Colorado and at Real Salt Lake on Saturday … save for to-be-scheduled U.S. Open Cup matches which will fall mid-week later this season, the Revs will two more three-in-eight stretch this season: July 14 vs. Toronto, July 18 at Montreal and July 21 at Kansas City; AND August 29 vs. Chivas USA, Sept. 1 vs. Philadelphia and Wednesday, Sept. 5 vs. Columbus … both the current the next upcoming three-in-eight stretches include at least two away games, while the final one of the season have back-to-back-to-back home games.

Shalrie set for Appearance #250

Should captain Shalrie Joseph play on Wednesday against Colorado, it will be his 250th career appearance – all coming with the Revolution … Joseph already holds a host of club longevity records, passing current head coach Jay Heaps, as the club leader in minutes played (21,926) and appearances (249) earlier this season … Joseph set the club record for starts (245) in the final game of last season.

Reis Still Waiting for Win #100

Matt Reis is still looking to record win number 100 … he picked up his 99th career win at LA on March 31 and has been looking to reach the century mark for the last three games … when he reaches win number 100, Reis will become just the sixth goalkeeper in MLS history to reach the 100-win mark, joining Kevin Hartman (174), Zach Thornton (131), Nick Rimando (127), Joe Cannon (111) and Scott Garlick (107) … Reis won 17 games with the Galaxy from 1998 to 2002 before earning his last 82 wins with the Revolution.

Looking to break the tie against Colorado

The Revs haven’t been able to find much success against Colorado in series history ... the Revolution hasn’t won the season series against Colorado since 2001 … in fact the Revs have only won the season three times in club history: 1996 (2-1), 1997 (2-1) and 2001 (1-0-1) … last year, the teams drew the two-game set, playing to a 0-0 draw at Gillette Stadium on May 7 and a 2-2 draw in Commerce City on July 23.

Maybe Home Cookin’ with Help

While the Revs are winless (0-3-5) against Colorado since the start of the 2008 season, the Revs have picked up five of the teams’ nine all-time draws against the Rapids in that span … additionally, the Revs are 8-6-5 at home against the Rapids’ all-time, including a 5-3-4 mark at Gillette Stadium … the Revs’ last win in the series – 1-0 on Sept. 29, 2007 – came at Gillette Stadium.

Lots of Home Cookin’ Coming Up

Saturday’s game at New York marked the end of the road-heavy portion of the team’s schedule to open the year as five of the team’s first seven matches were on the road to start the 2012 season … coming up, eight of the team’s next 11 matches will be played at Gillette Stadium spanning May 2 through July 14 with stand-alone trips to Real Salt Lake (May 5), D.C. (May 26) and Toronto (June 23) on deck … so far the Revs are 1-1-0 at home this year.

One-Goal Downfalls

Saturday’s loss to New York marked the third consecutive loss in a one-goal game after back-to-back losses at Dallas (1-0, April 5) and against D.C. United (2-1, April 14) … the Revs are now 1-4-0 in one-goal games on the season … the Revs also lost the opening game of the season, 1-0 at San Jose … New England picked up its only one-goal win the home opener on March 24, a 1-0 victory against Portland at Gillette Stadium… last season, the Revs went 3-10-0 in one-goal contests.

Revs scoring woes continue

The Revs scored one goal in the month of April -- a sixth-minute goal from Jose Moreno on April 14 against D.C. – but were shut out in two road contests at Dallas (April 5) and New York (April 28) … the one-goal total was the fewest amount of goals scored in the month of April in club history, and the first time the team did not register at least three goals in the month since 2006 (two goals in four games) … the Revs have been shut out four times this season.

Three straight losses put Revs in tough spot

After gaining a .500 winning percentage in Week 4 following a 3-1 win at LA, the Revs posted a 0-3-0 record in the month of April and have a .286 winning percentage, the second-lowest in MLS behind winless Toronto (0-7-0) … the Revs were unable to secure a point in the month of April and experienced the club’s first-ever winless April.

Reis doing his best to keep Revs in games

Following a 3-0 loss on March 17 at Kansas City, Matt Reis has conceded just five goals in five games, but the goalkeeper has won just two of those matches … in the current five-game stretch, Reis has posted a 1.00 goals against average and has averaged three saves per game, but the Revs’ attack has only scored five goals in those games – three coming in a 3-1 win at LA on March 31 – and has been shut out twice.

Reis has been the go-to-guy in net

Matt Reis has played every minute in goal through seven games this season, marking the first time since 2008 that Reis has done so … in 2008, Reis started the club’s first 19 games of the season and missed just three games that year … Reis missed four games early in 2009 with knee inflammation, 12 games in early 2010 while on the disabled list following off-season shoulder and knee surgeries, and two games early in 2011 with an adductor strain.

Iron Men Count Dwindling

Only four Revs have started all seven games this season: Matt Reis, Kelyn Rowe, Clyde Simms and A.J. Soares … only one other player – Lee Nguyen – has appeared in all seven games as he came on as a second-half sub at San Jose in the season opener before taking up the starting left midfield role in the second games of the year … Ryan Guy, who appeared in the first six games of the season, missed Saturday’s game in New York with calf tightness.

A Peak Ahead to Saturday

After Wednesday’s game against Colorado, the Revs will travel to Salt Lake City on Thursday ahead of Saturday’s tilt against Real Salt Lake … the Revs have yet to win at Rio Tinto Stadium since its first match at the arena in 2009, but the team’s 2011 result is encouraging compared to the club’s first two visits … in 2009, the Revs lost 6-0 in their first-ever visit to Sandy, Utah, and followed that loss with a 5-0 defeat in 2010 … last season, the clubs played to a 3-3 draw with both teams finishing with 10 men on the field in a back-and-forth battle on national TV on July 4.

Chance to Extend Winning Western Ways?

The Revs enter Saturday’s game in Sandy with a chance to do something they haven’t in almost three years: win back-to-back games in the far west … the Revs’ 3-1 win at LA on March 31 snapped the Revolution’s 17-game winless streak in matches played in the Mountain or Pacific time zones, which dated back to Aug. 20, 2009 … now, Saturday’s visit to Real Salt Lake is the team’s next visit to extend their – admittedly modest – winning streak in the West.

Still Looking to Snap Mountain Jinx Though

While the 3-1 win in LA on March 31 snapped the team’s long winless streak in the two western-most time zones – and its 11-game winless streak in the Pacific time zone – the Revs are still winless in their last nine trips to the Mountain time zone … since earning a 2-1 win at Real Salt Lake on July 28, 2007, the Revs are 0-5-4 in the Mountain time zone with a 0-3-1 mark at Real Salt Lake, and an 0-2-3 mark at Colorado.

YOUTH UPDATE
Under-18s

The Under-18s went 0-1-1 last weekend … the U18s and Potomac played to a 2-2 draw in Boyds, Md., on Saturday, April 28, before the 18s suffered a 6-1 loss to Baltimore Bays Chelsea in Owings Mill, Md., on Sunday, April 29 … the U18s are now 6-6-2, and remain in third place in the Northeast Division of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s East Conference.

Under-16s

The Under-16s went 1-0-1 last weekend, playing Potomac to a scoreless draw in Boyds, Md., on Saturday, and earning a 1-0 win against Baltimore Bay Chelsea on Sunday … the U16s are now 8-5-1 and remain in second place in the Northeast Division of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s East Conference.

Divisional Play Starts this Weekend

The Revs’ youth teams begin the core of their schedule this weekend as they kick off divisional play in the Northeast Division … the Revs’ division includes Oakwood SC (Conn.), FC Greater Boston Bolts (Mass.), Seacoast United (N.H.), Empire United (N.Y.) and South Central Premier (Conn.) … clubs’ inter-divisional record is the key determining factor in playoff qualification at the end of the Academy season.