..REVOLUTION……………………..

	The US National Revolution squad is an All-Star team of Americans from around the country playing Australian Football and competing with national teams from around the world. The Revolution selection committee utilized statistics and playing performances of players during the East v. West tournament, USA v. Canada, USA v. Balmain as well as the US Nationals in October.  The team is derived from over 100 USAFL nominees and current Revolution roster players.  After careful consideration, the 2004 Revolution Squad was announced with representatives from 17 different USAFL teams.  The Dallas Magpies currently have two representatives in the US National Revolution squad. Brandon Blankenship and Seth Haesecke.
Picture 1: Seth and Brandon in Toronto in 2004.		Brandon Blankenship (pictured right) Brandon has been representing Dallas a member of the US Revolution squad since 2003, and currently is solidified in the squad. He has played in numerous US Revolution games in the past year, including an international game against Canada in August 2003 in Pittsburgh in the 49th Parallel Cup. While also playing the Revolution, against a strong Australian Balmain Tigers in New York in September 2003, the umpires voted Brandon the “Best on Ground”. He has also played in exhibition games with the Revolution in 2004 at the Californian Australian Festival held at UCLA. The USAFL Revolution Team consists of America’s best Footballers and is selected by the USAFL. Brandon has been with the Magpies for 4 years. He has twice won the clubs “Best American” award in 2002 and 2003, and finished 2^nd and 3^rd in the clubs “Best and Fairest” award in 2002 and 2003 respectively.
Seth Haesecke (pictured left) Seth has been representing Dallas a member of the US Revolution squad since 2004. He joined the club in 2004 and immediately started gaining the respect of the Dallas coaching staff and at the National level. Soon after joining the club he was moved into the Magpies traveling squad. This move paid off quickly for the Magpies, as in only his third game against the Nashville Kangaroos in Tennessee on July 24^th 2004, the umpires voted Seth second-best on the ground. For a first year player this is an astounding achievement. Seth was a college athlete, playing soccer at LeTourneau University, and before that played soccer at Grapevine High School. Soon after this achievement he was called up to US “Revolution” National Squad and as a member of the US “Uprising” squad traveled to Toronto, Canada for the Atlantic Alliance Cup.