MLS, as a league, has a bit of a habit of hiring and firing the same coaches over and over again.  Case and point: 15 of 18 currently employed MLS head coaches have previously coached with a different MLS club, either as a head coach or as an assistant. Not all were fired, necessarily.  There are cases like that of …

Early in the year — in pre-season, I wrote an article with my “bold-predictions” for the 2023 season.  Bold predictions are supposed to be somewhat unlikely, but technically possible.  At the end of the year, I think it’s instructive to look back and review how I fared. For one thing, it’s always funny to look back at Fresh-Faced-And-Full-Of-Optimism-Andy.  To see …

It’s that time of year again.  With New England officially eliminated from playoff contention, after losing a pair of results to Philadelphia, it’s finally over.  That means we can finally begin to pull at the threads of the Revs season and, with the everything laid bare, determine New England’s cause of death. To steal an idea from Matt Doyle’s own …

The Revs lost their opening playoff match against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.  Even given the new (and weird) playoff structure in MLS, that still means it’s do-or-die time for the Revolution.  Any playoff loss from here on will spell an end to the Revs season. Perhaps, given how things have gone over the past few months, that may actually …

Decision day 2023 came and went this past Saturday.  In spite of a late season collapse, New England had already clinched a playoff berth.  That didn’t mean there was nothing to play for, however. The New England Revolution: Need to beat the Philadelphia Union at home + Need CF Montréal on the road to beat the Columbus Crew .. To …

A few weeks ago I was honored with a guest spot on the Revolution Recap Podcast.  During the show, host Greg Johnstone and I took a look at the remaining schedule and endeavored to predict how many could be ‘possible wins’.  As optimistic as I tried to be, the schedule was replete with playoff caliber opponents, in good form.  We …

The Revoluton picked up their first real win of the Post-Bruce Arena era on Saturday, beating Charlotte FC 2-1.  The goals came from somewhat unlikely players with 18 year old midfielder Noel Buck getting New England’s first and center-back Dave Romney collecting the winner in the 85th. New England has done a good job this season of getting contributions from …

The Revolution capped off a week filled with tumult and bad press with a loss to the worst team in MLS. Ahead of Saturday’s tilt in Commerce City, the Rapids had won just once in their previous 15 matches. They had scored 7 goals over that span, with their last goal coming 6 games prior, on July 9th.  The Rapids …

It’s just another ho-hum week in Revs Nation. It feels like it’s been weeks since we had anything exciting to — What’s that, Dogso?  Timmy is stuck in the well?? …What’s that? The well is on fire?!? ….And also surrounded by scorpions?!?!? …And those scorpions are from the rough part of town?!!?!!? OK, so maybe things aren’t going according to …

After weeks and weeks with nothing to talk about in Revolution-Nation, the Revs finally played a game! It didn’t go great! New England came out of their stretch of 3 weeks of downtime, even more injured than when they entered the Leagues Cup break.  As such, they fielded a… modified lineup with central midfielders playing both in defense and on …