Joseph, Twellman, Reis: A story of superstars and salaries

by Adam Vaccaro Where is the New England Revolution’s money tied up? With it stars, of course. Credit to poster REV IT UP over at BigSoccer.com‘s Revs’ forum for these numbers: Between Shalrie Joseph ($450,000 a year), Taylor Twellman ($395,000), and Matt Reis ($173,344), the Revolution have invested $1,018,344 for 2010. This accounts for 39.94% [...]

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Notes on Joseph’s leave of absence

by Adam Vaccaro Big news today, as the Revolution announced that captain and center back Shalrie Joseph has been granted an indefinite leave of absence from the club.  Personal matters is the cited reason for the leave; no other details have been released.  The Twitterverse seems to be of the “respect his privacy” state of [...]

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Joseph takes indefinite leave of absence

Revolution mid-fielder Shalrie Joseph has been granted and has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the club. The captain’s leave is mysterious.  All we have thus far is as follows, from the Revolution. New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph has been granted an indefinite leave of absence from the team to attend to personal [...]

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In Joseph’s absence, Revolution fall 2-1 to Rapids.

All week, New England coach Steve Nicol stressed the importance of possession to his team’s success. So the club’s struggles in that area of the game last night against the Colorado Rapids shone even brighter than in previous losses.  Further, the control over the ball that the Revolution yielded drew the club’s public ire. “We gave them so [...]

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Joseph: “I don’t think I’m going to be out there.”

Revs captain Shalrie Joseph does not expect to play in tonight’s match against Colorado. From Frank Dell’Apa‘s Boston.com article this morning: “I don’t think I’m going to be out there, I’m not even close to where I was two weeks ago in terms of health and fitness,’’ Joseph said. “I’m going for treatment and I’m [...]

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Friday’s injury report: Jankauskas, Colaluca to go. Osei out.

Today’s injury report features a few noteworthy changes from Tuesday’s earlier edition.  The Revolution will take on the Colorado Rapids in Foxborough tomorrow night. Edgaras Jankauskas and Niko Colaluca, both of whom were listed as questionable on Tuesday, are not listed at all.  Whether these two would play has been the basis of much Revs [...]

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Revs release injury report

The Revolution’s early injury report is out.  As we noted earlier today, Shalrie Joseph and Edgaras Jankauskas have both been upgraded from doubtful to questionable.  Jankauskas, in fact, was a full participant at today’s training, which is obviously good news for both the Revs and the forward as he makes his way back from a [...]

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Friday’s Injury Report

The Revolution’s injury report has been slightly updated since its last incarnation on Tuesday to reflect the news that Shalrie Joseph would not be playing Saturday night in San Jose.  Joseph is now listed as doubtful following a very limited week in training.  He did not fly with the team.

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Joseph to miss Saturday’s match

Kyle McCarthy reports for MLSsoccer.com that Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph will not play in Saturday night’s match in San Jose against the Earthquakes.  Despite being listed as probable on Tuesday’s injury report, the captain will be sidelined by the same hip flexor injury that already cost him the season’s first two contests.

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