Houtson - Jaqua 1-0 (18th)
Revs - Ralston 1-1 (41st)
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Houston - Kamara 2-1 (98th)
Revs - Joseph 2-2 (102nd)
Highlights after the Jump…
Last night itwas the Houston Dynamo who triumphed over their Mexican rivals Pachuca to earn themselves a spot in the Superliga Finals. Tonight it was the New England Revolution’s turn as they ensured an all American final by beating Atlante 1-0 in their semi final match. I’m loving this…
After a pretty intense buildup, the Revs took on Chivas USA at my old stomping grounds, Cal State Fullerton.
Still need to give Burnsie (my old roomate on the road back in 1997-98 who taught me most of my teammate pranks; Brotha!!) props for stepping up the moment something went wrong on that flight from Boston to Los Angeles.
Here’s a little interesting news stories before the weekend begins. As I’m watching the local LA news, I hear about a naked man on a plane that had to be subdued by passengers. Next thing I know they are interviewing former NE Revolution, US National Team player and current NE Revolution Vice President Mike Burns. Apparently the dude got naked during the flight, ends up putting his clothes back on but then he makes a dash for the emergency exit while they are flying. Apparently Burns and a couple other Revolution folks subdued the passenger. The flight made an emergency landing in Oklahoma City where the passenger was taken into custody. The plane has now landed safely in LA and everyone now has quite an interesting story to tell. Well don to Burns and the other Revolution folks who helped this all end peacefully.
“A professional soccer stadium could be coming to Somerville to jumpstart commercial development in a long-underutilized business district. Last week city officials announced a study, funded by Herb Chambers and the Kraft Group, “designed to help the City promote economic development in both neighborhoods” of Inner Belt and Brickbottom according to the June 23 release….”
One less FieldTurf stadium…? One can only hope.
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While New England got off to a great start to the 2008 MLS Season with a 3-nil drubbing of 2007 MLS Champs Houston Dynamo, news Tuesday started to filter out that not all was well in the offensive camp for the Revolution. With the announcement that both Steve Ralston (separated shoulder) and Taylor Twellman (torn medial meniscus) would miss significant time due to injuries suffered in the last week, you’ve got to wonder out loud what will happen to the Revs potent offense.
With Andy Dorman signing with St. Mirren and Pat Noonan signing with Alesund, it’ll be up to Adam Cristman and Sainey Nyassi to continue their development and find the back of the net for the men of Gillete.
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Ask any player about the worst, most agonizing time in his professional career and you’re bound to hear about the dreaded “Option Not Picked Up”. Case in point, Mr. Pat Noonan. The former Hoosier last year signed a very lucrative deal with the NE Revs, only to have them not pick the option up for 2008, thus making him a semi-free agent. We’ll never know the exact $$ or bonus structure of the contract (which may very well be why NE declined the option), but when you’re in National Team camp and you’re not getting paid, you better believe people are talking about it.
Now with Noonan exploring his options overseas (very good time with all of Scandinavia watching), things could happen pretty rapidly and we highly doubt that the Revs want to lose No.11 with all the shit going down with Taylor. Some people are thinking out loud that the Scandinavian leagues are a joke, but look at Danny Califf. He doesn’t seem to be doing so bad in UEFA Cup competitions.
