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-Cruzeiro pregame notes

Following last Sunday’s embarrassment at the hands of Seattle, it may have seemed quite appealing to just shift focus to the World Cup and/or the NBA Finals and forget that New England had a soccer club for a few weeks. The Revs will, however, take the field today in a friendly against Brazil’s SC Cruzeiro. [...]

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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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This week in Revolution soccer

It was an unusual week for the Revolution, from Monday’s big-news beginning to the very tense match that closed it out.  Let’s run through it real quick, story by story. The Revs’ tumultuous week got started almost immediately following the club’s 2-1 loss to the Colorado Rapids last Saturday night.  Before lunchtime on Monday, it [...]

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Revs pick up effort point against FC Dallas

by Adam Vaccaro Having played the final 22 minutes of last night’s match against FC Dallas down two men — and the final 39 down at least one — the New England Revolution were happy to walk away with one point, drawing the Hoops by a score of 1-1. Kheli Dube, who assisted on New [...]

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MLSsoccer.com Premiers New Daily Video Feature

MLS’s aptly titled “The Daily” promises daily episodes with an emphasis on viewer feedback.  Hosts Jason Saghini and Simon Borg discuss the key talking points from the weekends matches in this premier installment. Revolution rookie Zach Shilawski‘s hat trick is, of course, a main topic of discussion.

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Despite hat trick, Schilawski misses out on Player of the Week

by Adam Vaccaro Sebastien Le Toux of the Philadelphia Union has been named this week’s MLS Player of the Week following his hat trick against DC United during the Union’s first ever home match. Revs fans are likely to be disappointed not to see Zack Schilawski, who posted a hat trick of his own against Toronto FC, garner [...]

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