For fans of the New England Revolution who have not had their fill of soccer after Saturday night's season-ending defeat in Chicago, the Coolidge Corner and Kristine Lilly offer a Sunday option.

Lilly, captain of the Boston Breakers and an American national soccer team legend, will be signing autographs after the Brookline cinema's 5:30 p.m. screening of "Sons of Sakhnin United,'' the story of a Arab Israeli's team unlikely rise to become Israel's national soccer champions in 2004.

Here is a link to the film, special Revolution offer for ticket-buyers and ticket info:

Tickets are available online and at the Coolidge Corner Box Office.

For those of you who want more about Saturday night's Revs-Fire game, here it is.

New England Revolution coach Steve Nicol discussed the Revs' playoff game Saturday against the Chicago Fire. He wants his team to force the issue and admits it can't sit back and defend for 90 minutes.

This video interview was provided by MLSnet.com.

By David Beard, Globe staff

Simon Kuper is one opinionated sportswriter. Witness the title of his book just out in paperback, "Soccereconomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey -- and even Iraq -- Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport.'' Below, the Paris-based Kuper, who writes a weekly sports column for the "Financial Times,'' tells us why one star can't raise the MLS and why the US Olympic team should ''quit the nationalism'' and hire a European coach:

Q. There remain legions of American sports fans who believe soccer's
proponents are just wasting their time waiting for its popularity in this country? You make the point it will happen. When, do you think?

A. I would argue that soccer already is popular in the US. According to Fifa's figures, you are the country with the second-most people who kick a ball at least once a year - about 24 million, behind China's 26 million. The US is a rare country with a high female participation in soccer. There's a large niche audience following international soccer - 17 million Americans watched the last World Cup final. Kids play soccer -- more than play most traditional US sports. There's so many kinds of soccer in the US that are flourishing, from kids' teams to some college soccer to watching Man U in bars.

But when people say that soccer hasn't taken off in the US, what they do is point to the MLS. Now you could argue that the MLS has actually done OK. But the point is that the MLS is not US soccer. It's just a small piece of the mosaic that is US soccer. In the book we argue that in this new globalized era, in new soccer countries like the US and soccer, there's a new model of following soccer. No longer do people necessarily follow their local team. Instead they choose a world team, like Man U or Barcelona or maybe both of them, and follow that.

I suspect soccer will continue to grow in the US, simply because it has in almost every other country where it has gained a foothold. It isn't going to oust the traditional US sports (except maybe ice hockey). It's going to exist alongside them, in its own large and growing niche.

Q. To help make soccer rule in the USA, a franchise-worthy American player
is needed. Is it Landon Donovan? Clint Dempsey? Who do you think can be the person who could carry it off?

A. As I say above, soccer isn't going to "rule" in the US. It's just going to coexist successfully. And as I say above, the MLS is only a tiny piece in the mosaic of US soccer. That's why the argument that Beckham was going to bring soccer to the US was flawed. Soccer was already alive and flourishing in the US. What wasn't particularly flourishing was the MLS - and that's partly because in the new global age of soccer, the MLS isn't that important to American soccer fans. Probably more Americans watched Becks playing for Man U and Real than ever saw him at the Galaxy.

I'm very skeptical of the notion of hanging a franchise on one player. Recently I interviewed Joan Oliver, CEO of Barcelona, and he pointed to the LA Galaxy as an example of the failure of that strategy. Oliver says that if you want to market your team through one player, you become very vulnerable to that player's successes and failures. You end up living and dying through him. I don't think US soccer fans are so naive that they will believe that Donovan or Dempsey is god. There's a good knowledge in soccer that a team is a team. Even Pele was never the whole face of the Cosmos. I would dissuade the MLS from trying to pick one or two champions. What happens when the guy pulls a hamstring or gets older or signs for Bayer Leverkusen or quarrels with his teammates?

Q. Another controversial point is that Iraq will prosper, at least in soccer. What's behind that?

A. The basic point is as follows. We argue in the book that each country's performance in international soccer is closely linked to three factors: that country's population, its income per capita (rich countries generally do better in international soccer) and its soccer experience (for which we use as a proxy the number of international games it has played in its history).

If you take those three factors, the US does much worse than it should. In our book we have it as one of the worst underperformers in international soccer. But Iraq does brilliantly relative to those factors - i.e. it performs much better than you would expect. So if Iraq becomes a normal country, a bit richer and playing more games, you would expect it to get even better. It's noteworthy that just since the fall of Saddam they've finished fourth in an Olympics and won an Asian Cup. Iraq is one of our bets for a country of the future. But our strongest bet for country of the future has to be the US: once you just start performing in line with your massive population, per capita GDP and increasingly large soccer experience, you're going to reach the top. The Confed Cup was an early harbinger, we reckon. And as we argue in the book, the key thing you need to do is appoint a western European coach. Quit the nationalism.

Agree with Kuper? Disagree? Have your say in our comments section below.

For those of you who didn't get enough of the New England Revolution's 2-1 victory in the first of two playoff matches against the Chicago Fire yesterday afternoon, we've got a photo slideshow of match highlights.

Included is that winning 75th-minute shot by the Revolution's Shalrie Joseph.

Here is the full slideshow.

And here's Frank Dell'Apa's game story from this morning's Globe.

Next stop: Bridgeview, Ill., on Saturday night.

Following their thrilling victory over Manchester United at Anfield last Sunday, we were led to believe that Liverpool’s season had turned the corner and there was nothing but blue skies ahead for Rafa Benitez and his merry band of Merseysiders.

With that victory the Reds brought to an end one of their worst periods in recent years. Hard to believe then, that just six days on, they have been put to the sword again twice, at Arsenal in midweek and again on Saturday to a wonderful Fulham side.

Under-pressure Rafael Benitez endured another day to forget as nine-man Liverpool crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Craven Cottage. The Cottagers are a different proposition this season under Roy Hodgson, and goals from Bobby Zamora, Erik Nevland and Clint Dempsey earned Fulham three deserved points.

The former West Ham striker was on hand to slide home from close range following a clever pass from Damien Duff, although Fernando Torres equalized with a stunning twenty-yard volley just before the break.

But the Spaniard was substituted in the second half and Fulham’s own replacement, Nevland, restored the home team’s lead with an audacious header through a crowd of players midway through the second period. Philipp Degen and Jamie Carragher both saw red within three minutes for professional fouls before American international Dempsey rubbed salt in the Reds’ wounds with a sublime finish in front of an exposed Jose Reina.

It would appear then, particularly with Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United steaming ahead at the top of the Premier League, and Manchester City set to join them following games in hand, that Rafa Benitez’s side may have trouble breaking into the Fantastic Four this season, let alone winning the Premier League.

Next up for Liverpool is a trip to Lyon in midweek, and the prospect of seven defeats in their last eight outings.

The enormity of the task facing Liverpool became evident as Chelsea moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League, ahead of Manchester United’s late Saturday contest with Blackburn, thanks to a second 4-0 win over Bolton.

Carlo Ancelotti's side did not have things all their own way at the Reebok Stadium, but they took a turn for the better just before halftime through Frank Lampard's penalty after Jlloyd Samuel saw red for his challenge on Didier Drogba. The Ivorian was clearly impeded from behind, but went down all too easily under the challenge.

Deco netted the second on the hour mark and Zat Knight scored an own goal before Drogba completed the scoring with a fine finish in injury time.

Robbie Keane fired the first shot across their bows and his manager Harry Redknapp echoed the Irishman‘s comments, but both Tottenham principals were left with egg on their faces on Saturday as Arsenal left their north London rivals in the dust at the Emirates Stadium.

Robin van Persie struck twice to earn his side bragging rights and put a question mark over Spurs’ ability to sustain a top-four challenge in the Premier League. The White Hart Lane club have not won a league game against Arsenal since 1999, and they fell away on Saturday after Van Persie opened the scoring and Cesc Fabregas added the second after winning possession straight from the kick-off.

Both sides went into the weekend level on points, albeit with Spurs playing a game extra, but talk of the gap between the clubs being closed was well and truly ended when Van Persie tapped in the third after the break.

The Revolution rallied for a 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire in the opener of their MLS playoff series Sunday at Gillette Stadium. The return game of the total-goals series is scheduled at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Bridgeview, Ill.

REVOLUTION-CHICAGO 2-1
REVOLUTION: Matt Reis; Kevin Alston, Emmanuel Osei, Darrius Barnes, Jay Heaps; Sainey Nyassi (Wells Thompson 93d+), Shalrie Joseph, Jeff Larentowicz, Kenny Mansally (Mauricio Castro 70th); Edgaras Jankauskas (Pat Phelan 52d), Kheli Dube.
CHICAGO: Jon Busch; Brandon Prideaux, C.J. Brown, Dasan Robinson, Mike Banner (Gonzalo Segares 64th); Chris Rolfe (Justin Mapp 88th), Loan Pause, Baggio Husidic, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Marco Pappa (Patrick Nyarko 74th); Brian McBride.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo. Goals: Rolfe 17th, Osei 46th+, Joseph 75th. Attendance: 7,416.

75TH MINUTE: Shalrie Joseph gave the Revolution a 2-1 lead over Chicago, roofing a close-in shot off a scramble following a corner.

69TH MINUTE: The Revolution moved Shalrie Joseph to striker as Edgaras Jankauskas departed with an "illness." Joseph led the Revolution with eight goals this season.

45TH MINUTE: Seconds before the halftime whistle, Emmanuel Osei tied the score, heading Kenny Mansally's free kick for the first goal of his MLS career.

Sainey Nyassi set up the score, winning possession against Mike Banner and C.J. Brown, then drawing a foul from Brown just beyond the penalty area on the left. Mansally's in-swinger curled to the goal area, Osei losing Banner and flicking past goalkeeper Jon Busch.

18TH MINUTE: Cuauhtemoc Blanco made his mark on the MLS playoffs in the early-going as the Chicago Fire took a 1-0 lead over the Revolution.

Chris Rolfe scored in the 17th minute, but it was Blanco's play setting up the goal.

Blanco, with his back to goal, played the ball into space, Marco Pappa running onto it on the right side of the penalty area. With Jay Heaps and Kenny Mansally converging on him, Pappa sent a low cross to the top of the goal area. The cross went between three defenders and goalkeeper Matt Reis, who made a diving stop, but popped the ball directly to Rolfe, who one-timed under the bar.

The Revolution set up in a 4-4-2 alignment for their opening playoff game against the Chicago Fire Sunday. The Fire countered with a 4-5-1, with Cuauhtemoc Blanco performing in an advanced midfield slot behind lone striker Brian McBride. Kickoff was set at 2 p.m.

REVOLUTION-CHICAGO
REVOLUTION: Matt Reis; Kevin Alston, Emmanuel Osei, Darrius Barnes, Jay Heaps; Sainey Nyassi, Shalrie Joseph, Jeff Larentowicz, Kenny Mansally; Edgaras Jankauskas, Kheli Dube.
CHICAGO: Jon Busch; Brandon Prideaux, C.J. Brown, Dasan Robinson, Mike Banner; Chris Rolfe, Loan Pause, Baggio Husidic, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Marco Pappa; Brian McBride.
Referee: Baldomero Toledo.

The New England Revolution's Major League Soccer playoff game against the Chicago Fire has been switched to Sunday at 2 p.m.

The game, originally set for Saturday, will be at 2 p.m. at Gillette Stadium. It is the first game of an Eastern Conference semifinal series. Game 2 is Nov. 7 in Chicago.

Tickets for the Revolution's home game go on sale Wednesday.

Mark Watson, who performed for the Revolution in their inaugural season, has joined the team as an assistant coach, the team announced Tuesday.

Watson, who played 78 games as a defender for the Canadian national team, will replace Paul Mariner for the remainder of the season. Mariner left the Revolution after a 0-0 tie with Chicago Saturday to become assistant manager of Plymouth Argyle in England. The Revolution, tied with three other teams for the final playoff spot, conclude the regular season at Columbus Sunday. Watson, who also played for clubs in Canada, England, and Sweden, has been working as an assistant with the Charleston Battery.

Taylor Twellman will make his broadcasting debut as a color commentator when the Revolution play host to the Chicago Fire at 6 p.m. Saturday at Gillette Stadium.

Twellman, the Revolution's all-time leading scorer with 101 MLS goals, will join play-by-play announcer Brad Feldman. The game will be aired on WRKO-AM.

Last season, Twellman sustained a concussion while scoring a goal against the Los Angeles Galaxy. Twellman returned briefly this season, scoring twice, but was placed on the injured list while recovering from concussion-related injuries.

Former Boston College striker Charlie Davies was in stable condition following an early Tuesday morning auto accident which involved a fatality in the Washington, D.C., area.

Davies, born in Manchester, N.H., was preparing for Wednesday's US-Costa Rica World Cup qualifier. Davies' injuries are not considered life-threatening, according to a US Soccer Federation source, but no determination has been made if the injuries could be career-threatening. Davies has scored two goals this season for Sochaux in France.

The one-car accident occured on the George Washington Parkway in Northern Virginia. Davies was to undergo surgery at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C.

The skies over Dublin that October day in 1974, were, as they are for three hundred days a year -- overcast.

The school teacher’s words had drifted into oblivion long before the 1 p.m. quitting bell, and, spying a rare opportunity when the faculty relaxed their gaze, the pair of us sneaked out the door, through the thicket and over the wall to freedom.

Our Mecca was approximately three miles away at Dalymount Park -- the home of Irish football -- where some two hours later the might of Russia was set to take the field in a World Cup qualifier against a mighty underdog host nation.

Too pent up to board a bus and fritter through the north city traffic, we took the logical option and put one foot in front of the other. If there was consideration in that pre-cell phone era of parents’ worries about missing children it clearly wasn’t expressed by these 12-year-olds.

Like the migration of wildebeest across the Serengeti we joined a flow of humanity which knew neither perimeter nor parameter. Traffic lost its advantage as the hordes swarmed across the Phibsboro Road and up to the apron of the stadium. For those of you who have driven to Gillette Stadium, parked vehicle and unveiled lounge chair and cooler, let’s just say that day 35 years ago was nothing like that.

Over an hour to go to kick-off and we were proud of our having negotiated the three-mile journey, yet frustrated that the remaining 200 yards would take perhaps as long. Nothing about this was easy and once inside the stadium we waded through bodies and eventually came to rest on the stadium’s perimeter fence.

Chins almost resting on the playing surface, so close were we to the action, we had unknowingly put ourselves at serious risk of life and limb (terraced stadiums of the time owed little to sense or sensibility -- it was first come first served and all between fan and disaster was a strategically placed crush barrier. And with the interest in this particular game pushing the crowd a "safe" ten thousand above capacity, someone up there was definitely looking out for these innocent young kids.

The pre-match build up left young and old open-jawed as Russian goalkeeper Vladimir Pilgui gave as good a performance between soccer goalposts as any gymnast could -- a display of brilliance rivaled in my lifetime perhaps only by Liverpool’s Bruce Grobbelar. A novice at such events I wasn’t used to seeing partisan crowds actually applaud an opposing player. Yet this they did for this Russian goalkeeper as he dove to keep out practice shots he had no right to save. How could anyone ever hope to put the ball past him?

The atmosphere as the teams crossed the white lines was electric, streamers and toilet rolls raining down from on high -- an imitation of the Buenos Aires based World Cup of earlier that year.

The Soviet team was ranked second-best in Europe and wore their hearts on their sleeves for their national anthem with their country’s name ‘CCCP’ emblazoned proudly across their chests. They were all clean cut and shaven as was the way of Communist block athletes of the time.

The Irish, by contrast, were more in touch with the hippie culture of the seventies -- 17-year-old debutant Liam Brady resembled John Lennon with his shoulder-length hair, while big striker Don Givens wouldn’t have looked out of place in a band named Electric Light Orchestra.

The sheer brilliance of both teams left me amazed and then, on 22 minutes, a ball was whipped over from the right wing. It was a thing of beauty -- Givens rose majestically, and with razor-like instincts, buried a header in the bottom corner. I can still to this day see the ball ripping into the net as his shock of hair followed the trajectory of the ball. The unbeatable Russian keeper, cat-like in his movements pregame, was left rooted to the spot like the proverbial deer in the headlights.

The roar of the crowd at that moment was heard far away in the foothills of the Dublin mountains. And, ten minutes later, there was silence enough for me to hear the sound of boot meeting head as Ireland’s nominal Italian, Terry Mancini, became entangled with his marker and fairly laid him out for a ten count.

The roof lifted once more before halftime as Givens struck again and the Queens Park Rangers striker completed his hat-trick with twenty minutes remaining to leave the Russians, and indeed the 40,000 fans on hand, thoroughly dumbfounded.

Walking on air I felt nothing but bursting pride on what was a short journey home. I wanted to talk, to relive every moment of the history in the making I had just witnessed, but just couldn’t find the words.

Back at home, I walked in the front door. There were one or two stares. No questions were asked of my whereabouts -- it was as if everything was understood. I took my place beside my family members at the kitchen table. And all I was left with that wonderful night was my fantastic memories and the comparative silence of tea being poured.

I have been to across Europe to witness soccer matches -- and of course will always remember that epic game at Giants Stadium in 1994 when Ireland defeated Italy to once again shock the world, but nothing will ever separate me from my memories of that heavenly day in 1974

Revolution assistant coach Paul Mariner has been being recruited to promote Plymouth as a possible World Cup site. But talks with Mariner have apparently evolved to the point where he could be considered for a coaching position with Plymouth Argyle, according to the Plymouth Herald.

Here is the report from Monday's editions of the Herald:

Mariner to link up with Argyle

FORMER England and Argyle striker Paul Mariner is being lined up to promote Plymouth's bid to become a World Cup host city.
Mariner, currently assistant coach at American Major League Soccer side New England Revolution, has been rumoured as a possible candidate should a managerial vacancy arrive at Home Park.
But Herald Sport has been told Mariner is likely to be taking on a diplomatic role with the Pilgrims, to help push their ambitions to host a World Cup game, should England be awarded the 2018 tournament.
Talks are believed to have taken place between Mariner and Argyle officials, and an announcement is expected to be made later this week by the club.
Mariner, who played in the 1982 World Cup, was in England at the end of last month to attend Sir Bobby Robson's Memorial Service in Durham. He also still has family in Devon.
The striker joined Argyle in 1973 from non-league side Chorley.
He scored 56 goals in 135 appearances before being snapped up by Robson's Ipswich for over £200,000.
Mariner had eight successful years at Ipswich before going on to play for Arsenal and Portsmouth.
He earned 35 England caps, scoring 13 times.

Someone miskicked the viewing rights for the Honduras-US World Cup qualifier. So, for the first time in many years, a U.S. qualifier will not be available on home television when the teams meet at 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 in San Pedro Sula.

The only local sites for the game to be shown, so far, are Gillette Stadium's CBS Scene, which is expecting a large crowd following the Revolution-Columbus match that night, and Wonderland Greyhound Park (Spanish language) in Revere. English-language rights are being handled by Integrated Sports in New Jersey.

Former US Soccer Federation secretary general Hank Steinbrecher is among the inductees in the New England Soccer Hall of Fame.

Steinbrecher, who was head coach at Boston University from 1980-85, guided the USSF during the 1994 World Cup, the only time the finals have been held in the US. Steinbrecher, 62, was also venue director for the 1984 Olympic soccer tournament at Harvard University.

Also named were former New York Cosmos draft choice Carlos Carlos; Brown University assistant women's coach Denis M. Chartier; Franklin Youth Soccer's Richard Frongillo; Boston College men's coach Ed Kelly; former US national team and Revolution defender Janusz Michallik; and Michael Stricklin of Rhode Island. Ceremonies are scheduled at noon Sunday, Nov. 1 at the Riviera Inn in East Providence.

The air of invincibility which surrounded Chelsea so far this young season vanished into thin air at Wigan on Saturday as Roberto Martinez’s men humbled one of the game’s great club sides on an afternoon which will not soon be forgotten in that corner of Lancashire.

Carlo Ancelotti tasted defeat for the first time as the unfashionable ’Latics’ finally brought the curtain down on a remarkable jinx of sorts.

Wigan had not beaten a 'big four' club in 34 games since their arrival in the Premier League, but they ended that torrid record on Saturday with a memorable 3-1 victory over Ancelotti's side at the DW Stadium.

After centre-back Titus Bramble had given Wigan a 16th-minute lead to leave Chelsea trailing at the break, the visitors hit back two minutes after the restart as Didier Drogba scored his 100th goal for the club.

But a minute later Chelsea were reduced to 10 men when goalkeeper Petr Cech was shown the first red card of his 230-game Blues career for bringing down Hugo Rodallega.

Replacement Henrique Hilario's first touch of the ball was to pick it out of the net after being beaten by Rodallega from the spot, and with Paul Scharner adding a third late on, it ended Chelsea's 100 percent unbeaten start to the league campaign.

Manchester United took up the invitation afforded them by Chelsea’s demise and are the new leaders on goal difference after registering their seventh consecutive win in beating, Stoke 2-0 at the Britannia Stadium.

City managed to hold United for just over an hour before Dimitar Berbatov scored his second of the season prior to John O'Shea wrapping up the points with his first league goal since April 2007.

Fernando Torres scored a stunning hat-trick to keep Liverpool hot on the heels of the front-running duo as the Reds crushed Jozy Altidore’s Hull 6-1 at Anfield.

The Spaniard has now scored five goals in his last two games, eight overall this season, and an astonishing 33 in 34 games in front of his own fans since his arrival on Merseyside. After opening up with a left-footed strike in the 12th minute, the hosts were hauled back three minutes later by a left-foot volley from Geovanni.

But Torres added his second in the 28th minute before completing his fourth career hat-trick for Liverpool a minute after the break. Steven Gerrard, Ryan Babel and Albert Riera then rubbed salt into the Tigers' wounds as the home side ran riot.

Torres, though, was outdone by Tottenham's Irish striker, Robbie Keane, who netted four goals in a 5-0 rout of Burnley at White Hart Lane.

Keane's first from the penalty spot in the 18th minute was his 50th league goal at home and, after Jermaine Jenas added the second, the Republic of Ireland star went wild in the second half with further goals after 74, 77 and 87 minutes.

Robin van Persie struck a brilliant second-half winner as Arsenal beat Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage.

Andrew Johnson, Clint Dempsey and substitute Zoltan Gera had all tested young goalkeeper Vito Mannone but it was Arsenal who got the crucial breakthrough on 51 minutes through a fine finish from Dutch striker van Persie.

Premier League worldwide, including those in the Boston area, are already looking forward to next Sunday’s mega meeting between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, where victory for either side could go a long way to deciding this season‘s title.

Revolution captain Steve Ralston will miss the rest of the season with a torn right knee anterior cruciate ligament, the team confirmed Monday. Ralston was injured in the 19th minute of a 2-1 win over the Seattle Sounders Saturday.

"No. 1, he's the captain, and he's the guy,in the final third (of the field) that can make things happen," coach Steve Nicol said. "We're losing that, but, at the same time, it's the old story -- it gives somebody else the opportunity and us the chance to find out if they can do the job. We'd rather him but, the fact is, we don't, so we move on and figure out what we do have. We don't have another 'Rallie' but the bottom line is we do have players with something to offer."

The Revolution (10-8-7, 37 points) visit Dallas Wednesday.

Shalrie Joseph scored twice as the Revolution took a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Sounders before 15,961 spectators Saturday night.

Fredy Montero's sixth-minute drive gave Seattle (9-7-11, 38 points) the lead. Joseph tied the score, powering the penalty kick high to Kasey Keller's right, his first successful penalty in MLS play since 2007. Joseph placed an open header to Keller's left off a Jeff Larentowicz cross in the 87th minute, his eighth goal of the season and 24th of his career, tying Wolde Harris for sixth on the all-time Revolution scoring list.

The Revolution (10-8-7, 37 points), who lost captain Steve Ralston (knee) in the 21st minute, next visit FC Dallas. Ralston will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging Monday.

REVOLUTION-SEATTLE 2-1
REVOLUTION: Matt Reis; Kevin Alston, Emmanuel Osei, Darrius Barnes, Jay Heaps; Sainey Nyassi (Kenny Mansally 66th), Shalrie Joseph, Jeff Larentowicz, Wells Thompson; Steve Ralston (Kheli Dube 21st), Edgaras Jankauskas (Pat Phelan 70th).
SEATTLE: Kasey Keller; James Riley, Tyrone Marshall, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Leo Gonzalez (Stephen King 90th); Nate Jaqua, Osvaldo Alonso, Brad Evans, Steve Zakuani (Roger Levesque 70th); Freddie Ljungberg, Fredy Montero.
Referee: Steve DePiero. Goals: Montero 6th, Joseph 51st (pk), 87th. Attendance: 15,961.

Dorchester's Sheanon Williams will likely start at right back and Aaron Maund is a candidate to play at left back for the US against Germany in the FIFA U20 World Cup in Suez, Egypt, Saturday.

Williams left the University of North Carolina after playing in the NCAA championship game and plans to join a club in Europe in December or enter the MLS draft in January. Maund will return to the University of Notre Dame following the tournament.

The US-Germany game will be shown on ESPN Classic and Galavision-TV at 10 a.m. Saturday. The US meets Cameroon Sept. 29 and South Korea Oct. 2.

Revolution defender Chris Albright has been out of action since the first week of the season, but his left knee problem has apparently been solved by surgery to remove cartilage. Albright hopes to return to training next month and, possibly, be ready for the playoffs.

"They found a little flap of cartilage in (the knee) and cleaned it out, so I think that was what was giving me issues all year," Albright said at training this week. "It was something they couldn't see on the MRI.

"They thought it was bone bruising, and the only thing you can do for bone bruising is rest, so I kept my cardio up in the pool and on the bike and did everything I could do, otherwise, to kind of stay strong. But there's no substitute for running around and playing and keeping the leg strong, so it's tough. I'm hoping to train with the guys by the end of the year, that's a good goal, and we'll see how realistic that is as I go on."

Albright, a member of the US national team in the 2006 World Cup, underwent meniscus surgery April 22. Six weeks later, he was injured during training.

Shalrie Joseph (knee) missed practice Wednesday, but he was not the only prominent member of the Revolution organization absent.

Head coach Steve Nicol (illness) and assistant Paul Mariner (travel) were also away, the training session conducted by assistant Gwynne Williams. Mariner attended a memorial service for former England national team coach Bobby Robson Monday.

Joseph is expected to be available for the Revolution's game against Seattle Saturday and Nicol and Mariner, who played for Robson at Ipswich Town, are expected to return to practice Thursday.