Since Jay Heaps took over as the New England Revolution’s head coach I have been trying to figure out his preferred system of play. At times Heaps and the Revolution have shown examples of Tika-Taka as well as the more direct long-ball approach. But after watching the Revs pick up their fifth shutout of the […]
Major League Soccer
Soccer fans were stunned when Tim Leiweke stunningly left his post as the president of LA Galaxy owner AEGa couple of weeks ago. Leiweke was responsible for increasing the worldwide visibility of the Galaxy by signing the likes of David Beckham and Robbie Keane. On Friday, Leiweke was named the new CEO of Maple Leaf […]
Interesting article by Grant Wahl of SI on the future of the 2nd franchise in New York. According to Wahl, Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour is the odds-on favorite to be the owner of the second New York MLS team, which would be called New York City FC. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said last week […]
The New England Revolution picked up their first home win of the season on Saturday as they beat the Philadelphia Union 2-0 in front of 18,383. Diego Fagundez and man-of-the-match Lee Nguyen scored the two Revs goals. After getting thumped in New York last week, Revs boss Jay Heaps switched formations tonight. He went to a 4-1-4-1 […]
This Saturday the 1-3-2 New England Revolution take on the 3-2-2 Philadelphia Union at Gillette. To help preview the game and give a Union perspective, I interviewed Dan Walsh, editor and founder, of The Philly Soccer Page. Its been a good start to the season for Philadelphia with only one defeat in your last seven […]
The New England Revolution has now gone 388 without scoring, a new club record. After five games, the Revs have managed just one goal this season, that was by Jerry Bengtson in the season opener against Chicago. What has to worry Revs boss Jay Heaps, besides not scoring, is the lack of offense. Once again […]
The New England Revolution scoreless streak is now over 300 minutes as the Revs lost 1-0 to FC Dallas on Saturday in front of 10,284 fans at Gillette Stadium. After beating the Chicago Fire 1-0 on their seaon opener, New England have failed to score since. And the lack of goal scoring chances has to […]
The New England Revolution host Western Conference leaders FC Dallas this weekend. Hopefully the conditions at Gillette will be better than last weekend windfest, which made any type of passing game near impossible. The Revolution go into this game in a tie for sixth place in the Eastern Conference with 4 points from 3 matches, […]
The New England Revolution and Sporting Kansas City played ot a 0-0 draw at Gillette in an game that should be mandatory viewing for insomniacs. It was cold and windy making passing difficult but that is not an excuse for the poor performance both sides. Sporting Kansas were tipped by many to challenge for the […]