1.  The Revolution faced the Rhode Island Stingrays last week, and assistant general manager Joe Cummings said the midweek matches will continue.

2.  The former Italian premier has expressed anger at the declining number of fans coming out to the stadium, especially for midweek Cup matches.

3.  We used him in the position in a midweek match on our end-of-year tour and he transformed the pack.

4.  French striker Cantona is charged with assaulting Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons after being sent off in the midweek match.

5.  Early injury did not help, but he was not a success in the four midweek matches he played and he knew it.

6.  The weather and the fact that midweek matches are almost always poorly attended in Italy are further reasons to expect the enormous Delle Alpi stadium to be virtually empty.