Waver of the Crayon Flag, forever
Welp, that fucking sucked. Wish I could be more eloquent in my summary of the game but what’s the point? Pissed away chances, subs pissed themselves, and ultimately we pissed away a point—or even three—to a direct rival in the playoff race.
But please, Curt, explain to us again how our roster was set despite a window still being open and our starting right back going down with an ACL injury.
Continue reading “New England vs. Columbus, Match 31: That was pain”For the first time in a month, the New England Revolution won a match. And, man, was that needed. For the boys, of course—but also for me. And the rest of the fandom, and anyone else that gives 2 hoots about this club.
Was it perfect? Far from it. Was it pretty? Nah. But did it count as three points? YES.
Continue reading “New England vs. Charlotte, Match 30: A reprieve or a restart?”Sometimes when the stars align, you have to take your shot. So when my calendar cleared up, some plans got moved, and my wife graciously offered to watch the kid, I decided it was high time to head east and pay a visit to the Razor for the midweek game against Atlanta United.
Then Saturday, I missed all four goals because family vacation. Whoops! So I’m just going to throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and hope some of it sticks.
I’d love to use my lede to make some witty remark about VAR and how bad MLS officiating has been to us this year and how we were robbed of a point last night against the energy drinks and that Bruce looks like he might up and have a stroke one day trying to comprehend decisions on the touchline, but there’s a much more simple explanation for last night: The New England Revolution were well and truly shit.
Continue reading “New England at New York Red Bulls, Match 21: VAR hates us and we hate it…but we also sucked”After 180 minutes of soccer, I can say one definitive thing about the budding New England/Cincinnati “rivalry”—we’re gonna need another 90 in the playoffs to decide who’s better. And barring the Philadelphia and Nashville fan bases, how many people would really mind if this was the Eastern Conference final?
Continue reading “New England at Cincinnati, Game 20: Honors even, again”So it’s really funny, I had to work Saturday night so I missed almost the entire game live and instead followed via (hashtag)NERevs. I kid you not, I finally got the game on and witnessed this Farrell masterclass within the first 30 seconds. Soccer gods punish me for not watching!
But three points is three points, and with three goals scored before the penalty was given—I laughed when it happened because it was so absurd to witness—the Revs put a halt to a league winless streak that started back on May 13 against this hapless Inter Miami side.
Continue reading “New England vs. Inter Miami, Match 17: Three points again, finally!”Went and hung out with my kid at an asparagus festival in Hadley. No, I’m dead serious. There’s really a festival held specifically to celebrate asparagus. It was actually pretty fun. Since you’re asking, I had pierogis with asparagus in them and deep fried asparagus with this aioli dipping sauce that was pretty good. I’d suggest going next year if you are in the Western Massachusetts area. But in an effort to remain consistent, I have thoughts about the result without seeing the game.
Continue reading “New England at NYCFC, Match 16: I did other things today but still want to post something”
Um, what just happened? I had the emotions that all three of these guys are showing in this one moment, throughout the entirety of the match (and that guy in the blue recycled jersey will get his moment too) after a perplexing 3-3 draw with Atlanta United.
Two things can be simultaneously true from last night: The boys did great to find their mettle not once, but twice to bring this game level—and they shouldn’t have put themselves in both of those situations to begin with. As much as this was a point gained back from a losing position, it also felt like two points tossed away against a bottom-feeding Chicago Fire team. It’s clear that the Revs are battling injuries and that a fully firing squad is going to be a problem, but there’s also an issue with a lack of desire at the start of games from the team recently, and it burned us once again.
Continue reading “New England vs. Chicago Fire, Game 14: Mess around and you’ll end up burnt”Erm, excuse me, what in the actual fuck??? I thought we were good this year!? OK so I think the Revs still are but this has NOT been a fun stretch of games lately. Knocked out of the U.S. Open Cup and licking the wounds from an unnecessary loss to Miami, a trip to Subaru Park to face the Union was JUST what we needed. Only, everything was going fine—until it wasn’t. A 3-0 loss and several injuries later, this was about as shitty a trip to Philadelphia as imaginable.
Continue reading “New England at Philadelphia, Gameweek 14: Wait, I thought 2022 was last year”
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