Well, it had to happen eventually.  On Saturday, the New England Revolution traveled to south Florida to take on Inter Milan Miami CF and lost for the first time since March 12th.  I won’t say that the loss was unexpected, but I, like many Revs fans, had gotten used to collecting points. Given their respective places in the standings, there …

Bruce Arena and Bob Bradley are, kind of, the godfathers of American soccer.  Both have been involved as MLS coaches on and off since the league’s inception.  Both have won MLS cups, US Open Cups, and Supporters Shields.  They both coached the USMNT, Arena doing so twice.  They’ve been a fixture of MLS and American soccer, in general, for over …

An expression in sports starts to pop up in MLS circles in the late spring.  “You’re as good as your record says you are.” With 10 weeks’ worth of MLS data, you’re going to start hearing it more and more.  Essentially the concept is; if you’re winning games, it doesn’t matter how poor you look.  Likewise, if you’re losing games …

Soccer fans in New England have to be pleased with their team’s performance so far this season.  They sit on 20 points through the first 9 matches of 2023; the best points total in the league.  They’ve made light work of their opponents this season and have earned a 6-1-2 record.  That, mind you, includes an embarrassing 4 goal loss …

On Saturday, the Revolution trounced visiting CF Montreal by a scoreline of 4 to nothing.  It was a good day for many players, not least of which was Giacomo Vrioni, who scored his first goal of the season in a substitute appearance. If you’re a Revs fan, it really doesn’t get much better than a 4-0 win in the famed …

To pull back the curtain a bit, I usually have a decent idea of what I want to write about each week by about half-time of the Revolution match.  Sometimes it changes in the second half, but often times the story-lines are starting to establish themselves by mid-game.  By the end I even sometimes have a headline ready to go. …

The Revolution traveled to the nation’s capital on Saturday to take on DC United.  Both teams were experiencing some injuries to star players, which made it hard to predict a clear favorite ahead of the match. New England has been on a hot start to the season, with a 3-1-0 record through their first 4 matches.  That said, DC United …

We’re 4 matches into the 2023 season, and with the new AppleTV imposed scheduling guidelines, that means we’re 4 weeks into the season as well! The Revs for their part have looked pretty good, securing 3 wins and 1 loss in their 4 matches this season.  The most recent match was a 1-0 win vs Nashville SC.  It came at …

Week two of the MLS season is done and dusted.  And when that dust settled, New England found themselves atop the Eastern Conference!  Or, rather, basically atop the Eastern Conference. For those wondering how Miami sits ahead of the #NERevs in the standings, here are the MLS standings tie-breakers. NE and MIA equal on wins, goal differential, and goals for …

We made it, Revs Nation!  The 2023 season is officially upon us.  New England began their campaign, as they so often have, on the road.  This time it was in front of 69,000 people in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Charlotte FC is MLS’s second most recent addition.  Given that, the crowd and atmosphere at this game should make the league, and …