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It’s not exactly a “revolutionary” idea, but the New England Revolution believe one the keys to defeating Toronto FC in the Reds’ MLS home opener on Sunday night at BMO Field is to take the crowd out of the game.

“We know going into Toronto and playing in their stadium, it’s kind of a hostile environment there, so we’ll have to kind of quiet the crowd and make sure that we’re putting pressure on them,” New England forward Teal Bunbury told reporters this week.

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“They’re playing at home, so we want to make sure that we’re not letting the crowd get into the game in any way, sticking together as a unit, pumping each other up, and our goal is to go there and get three points.”

TFC supporters are known for being some of the most passionate and certainly one of the loudest fan bases in MLS and the home side will certainly enjoy that as advantage on Sunday night (7:30 p.m.) Another thing that should play in Toronto’s favor against the Revolution is the fact that the players should be rested after not playing last weekend, while New England lost their home opener to the Columbus Crew 2-0 on Saturday.