What a night the Revs had against the Red Bulls on Sunday. 4-0 and it could have been more. The Revs have won two games on the bounce now and, with Taylor Twellman back in the mix, the Revs are back over .500 while the look of the season going forward has taken on a positive complexion.

A word about Twellman. Kudos to TT for reaching the 100 goal plateau  and leading the way for New England in the second half - for the second straight game.  It’s been a long road back for Taylor and it was fitting for him that he threw a double on New York, a team he’s now scored a remarkable 14 goals against in 19 MLS regular season games.

More than that, he’s helped list the Revs right back into the fray in the Eastern Conference race. They’re in a four-way tie for third and have at least a game on hand on the other three teams they’re level with. New England has two games in hand on first-place Chicago and have a 1-0-1 record against second-place D.C.

The game against New York didn’t get off to the best start. The Revs squandered possession too easily and didn’t really gain much of a rhythm until late in the first half. The match had a similar disjointed appearance as the first game the two clubs played at Giants Stadium over two months earlier.

But then, the Revs’ Mr. Soul Jay Heaps, playing his 300th MLS game, seemed to crush the Red Bulls’ soul with his goal just before halftime and, with TT going onto the field after the break you just sensed the momentum was going the Revs’ way.

Heaps also did a great job digging out the ball from Nick Zimmerman and crossing to set up Steve Ralston ‘s great header on the second Revs’ goal.

How about the ball in to Twellman from Shalrie Joseph to make it 3-0? Joseph didn’t score in this game, but in addition to playing setup man on Twellman’s record-setting goal (and Heaps’ strike), according to our friends at Match Analysis, he also led the Revs in shots created with seven (Ralston was next with 5). Shalrie also did a great job at helping the Revs keep possession, both as a forward and when he dropped into midfield in the second half.

Again, though, the biggest difference maker was Twellman. His presence not only sets opposing defenses immediately on the back foot, but also seems to lift the Revs’ collective level of self-belief so that the game is suddenly being played in the opposing team’s defensive end. Once Twellman was on the field, Sainey Nyassi and Kenny Mansally looked much more effective on the flanks and the Revs again hit their stride, just as they did when Twellman entered the game as a sub against D.C. eight nights earlier.

A big night for Twellman and a big night for the club.