The move to expand the seating area to both sides of the stadium has helped to increase season ticket and multi-game sales for 2011, according to Revolution chief operating officer Brian Bilello.

Lose, and the Revs head into an offseason of the unknown. New England's Round One series against Philadelphia shifts to Gillette Stadium after the Union took Game 1, 3-1, nearly two weeks ago.

The Revs will play their first regular-season home game on Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m., one of three home games for New England during the month. So some cold matches are in the future for Revs ...

Messi has played at Gillette Stadium before, when he captained the Argentinian national team to a 4-1 win over Venezuela in the quarterfinals of the Copa América Centenario tournament on June 18 ...