BY RIDGE MAHONEY Veteran midfielder John Harkes, whose listless play was cited as a major factor in the team’s 0-6 start, has been traded to Columbus for midfielder Roland Aguilera and a conditional draft pick in 2002. Coach Fernando Clavijo says there will be further changes to his roster. In the past two months, the Revs have traded or waived seven veteran players and acquired seven. “This is hard to do,” said Clavijo, who was a teammate of Harkes on the U.S. national team in the early 1990s. “We know what John has done for this team, the league and the sport in this country. “But based on his age [34], his performance and the direction we want to go in the future, we felt this move and other moves we’ve made are necessary. “When you’re 0-6, no players are safe.” Forward Eric Wynalda, a close friend of Harkes, was traded to Chicago last week for John Wolyniec, a much younger and less experienced player. Mauricio Ramos was waived during preseason and Imad Baba was traded to Colorado. Wolyniec, Aguilera, Matt Okoh and Alan Woods have arrived via trades and Andy Williams was claimed in a special draft. Harkes joined New England in 1999 following three seasons with D.C. United, a move dictated by salary-cap problems. He served as the Revs’ captain last season and in 2001. Phone calls to Harkes’ residence were not answered. Jettisoning Harkes, who reportedly earns more than $200,000, will free up cap space the Revs may use to obtain an international player. Managing Director of Kraft Soccer Sunil Gulati was out of the country last week discussing a move to MLS by a player whose identity is unknown. The Revs would have to obtain an allocation to sign another foreign player and Clavijo said such a trade has been discussed. San Jose, Colorado, Kansas City and Chicago are owed allocations. Kansas City might use its allocation on Jamaican striker Onandi Lowe. MLS has classified him as a player not eligible to be discovered. Aguilera, a native of Bolivia who is classified as a junior international, played 16 games for the Crew last year and recorded one assist. Clavijo held player meetings yesterday. “I told each one of them that as a team we are not performing and as individuals they are not performing,” he said. “It is not a problem that can be solved by any one player and I want to make it clear that John is not the scapegoat. We need to look at how to improve the team in many ways, and we need to do things quick, because if you wait you are 0-15 before you know it.” The Revs have three games in the next eight days, starting Saturday night with Chicago and Wynalda at Foxboro Stadium. Clavijo denies he told reporters after the 5-0 loss to D.C. Wednesday night he had considered resigning. “What I told them was, that if the organization thought it would be better for me to leave, I would walk away,” he said. “Resigning is a word I did not use and would not use.”