Revs notes

A few heres and theres coming out of last night’s 1-0 loss to the Chicago Fire… Matt Reis started the game, making his 2010 MLS debut. Reis played the first half of the Revs’ exhibition against Cruzeiro back on June 13, but last night marked his return to league play. Reis missed the season’s first 12 [...]

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Revs improve but fall to Chicago, 1-0

After watching the United States’ elimination from the World Cup at the hands of Ghana on Saturday, New England soccer fans shifted some of their attention back to the Revolution. The last time they’d seen the Revs in MLS play, though, there was little to get excited about. Before the league went on hiatus to [...]

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Revs notes: Schilawski, Joseph among league leaders

Saturday was a big night for the Revolution, who posted a 3-2 victory over New York. Some housekeeping to send us into the fresh week… The Revolution managed to at last kill off a 9 game winless streak, which included 7 league matches. Since April 10, New England had gone 0-7-2 and 0-5-2 in MLS [...]

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Joseph fuels Revolution victory, but Burpo lost in process

by Adam Vaccaro In hosting the New York Red Bulls at Gillette Stadium, the Revolution experienced a night of highs and lows. The highs? In his second match back from a five game suspension, captain Shalrie Joseph took full control of his club and led his team to victory. His presence on the field showed [...]

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Second half thoughts: New York Red Bulls at New England Revolution

The Revolution enter tonight’s second half with a 2-1 lead over New York. New England suffered a major injury and will miss goalie Preston Burpo in the second half, but the players will need to keep their focus if they want to record their first victory since April 10. A quick note: I haven’t been [...]

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First trimester report cards

by Adam Vaccaro As the Revolution are now 1/3 of the way through their MLS campaign and the blog a bit slow of late, I figured I’d throw together an assessment of the team’s individual players through the season’s first segment. The grades and assessments are based only on MLS play. The grades are also weighted – the [...]

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It was pot? Are you kidding me?

by Adam Vaccaro On April 24, New England Revolution captain Shalrie Joseph took a leave of absence that cost him five league matches and seven overall. Few details were released, and fans immediately began speculating as to its reason. The odds were that Joseph had either suffered a serious family emergency, or he’d committed an [...]

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Joseph’s return spoiled in Toronto

by Adam Vaccaro After missing 8 matches – 6 of which were due to a leave of absence that is now being referred to by some as a suspension – Shalrie Joseph returned to the Revolution on Saturday afternoon against Toronto FC. And perhaps coincidentally, but probably not, New England entered yesterday’s match mired in [...]

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Lineups: Joseph to start

Shalrie Joseph is starting this afternoon’s match against Toronto FC. He is plugged into a central midfield position as the Revs are sticking with the 4-5-1 formation they’ve used in the last two league matches. Joseph is also wearing the captain’s band. Seth Sinovic is sitting for the first time this year, with Chris Tierney [...]

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Pregame notes

The Revolution (2-5-2) return to MLS action this afternoon, three days after having fallen 4-0 to Portugal’s SL Benfica. New England landed today in Toronto for the road match. Toronto FC (3-4-1) holds the distinction of last falling victim to a Revolution victory back on April 10, when Zack Schilawski posted a hat trick in [...]

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