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I had every intention to watch the Revs play today while at a Mother’s Day gathering.  Unfortunately, Cox 3 needed to show the Paw Sox game instead.  There’s nothing left to be said about the state of the league when AAA baseball preempts the top tier soccer league in the country.

The good news is the Revs apparently beat Chivas USA 2-1 with Taylor Twellman scoring the winner in his comeback game.  I would have loved to see him score, but I guess I’ll have to wait for the torrent.  Any help locating one would be appreciated.

Fantasy Soccer Bootroom is a (somewhat) weekly column devoted to the ins and outs of fantasy soccer, especially the game played on www.mfls.com, and the RevMFLS division.

Rule number one in fantasy sports is: As soon as you pick up the hottest player in the league, his hot streak will end. After scoring 7 goals in the last 3 games, Landon Donovan came back to earth and was held to only an assist, which I guess isn’t too bad. He finished plus 3, which is still better than most of the players in my lineup this week.
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We all know that the Revs offense is having trouble scoring goals right now.  We all know that we miss Taylor Twellman terribly.  But what is wrong with the rest of the offensive players? 

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Blue Blooded Journo Power Poll is a weekly poll of all the BBJ bloggers. The rankings are compiled to form one composite list.

Finally! After 6 weeks of leapfrog, we finally have a team that holds onto the top spot for more than one week. How long can Columbus maintain this dominance?
San Jose finally gets off the bottom, as Houston still can’t find the net, or the win column. New England with the biggest fall this week, dropping 4 spots.
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In 1989, a Scottish defender playing for Liverpool became one of the only defenders ever to win the English “Footballer of the Year” award, the highest individual award the FA can offer.  He beat out some of the best strikers and midfielders to have ever seen the pitch in England, and his Liverpool won nearly every cup that year.  He was praised for his football smarts, his locker room presence, his ability to work with young up-and-coming players, and his gritty play in a time when players were harder, stronger, and meaner than today.

The man now coaches our little football club.   As much as we all love the fact that he’s turned the team into a consistent favorite for playoff appearances, the man needs to perform now more than ever. Read the rest of this post »

From the loose-lipped MLS Rumors, the Revs have allegedly signed Honduran U-23 George Welcome.  Take that for what it’s worth.  If true, the Revs are well on their way in establishing ties in the Central American country and that’s nothing but a good thing.  Now, what would it take to get some of those crazy Honduran fans out to Gillette on a regular basis?

Considering the source, take that news for what it’s worth.

The Revolution recently announced they were moving the home match against FC Dallas from June 8th to June 6th. The good aspects of this is abundant. First off, this opens up the possibility of seeing both the Revs at home and the US National Team play Argentina on the same weekend. I wrote about the appalling snub to New England fans before. Then again, that was when the game was scheduled during the afternoon in New Jersey. Now, it’s on a Sunday night which makes it tough to drive through that traffic and get enough sleep for work on Monday. But I digress, this is a very good thing. We also get get a chance to see one of the world’s best team play, and if you are a season ticket holder at a very reasonable price. In fact, they are really pricing these tickets up and charging parking, which is free if you have season tickets.

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Wow, you have to feel bad for Avery John.  Less than two years removed from playing in the World Cup, and as recently as last fall a solid starter for the New England Revolution, he finds himself signing for USL-1 side Miami FC.  He went looking for a better deal than MLS was willing to offer when his contract expired, and it appears he has come up craps in that gamble.  I’m sure he has no love lost with Revs management for turning down an offer from Queens Park Rangers last season.  Even in the second division of English soccer, the Championship still looks like the land of milk and honey compared with what he was making with the Revs.  From what I gathered, he never made more than $60,000 in a single season playing in MLS.

It’s too bad.  Avery never seemed to complain about his situation and fought to earn his starting position several times while with New England.  I wish him luck and hope he finds a better alternative than playing in front of 1,000 indifferent fans down in Miami.

Fantasy Soccer Bootroom is a (somewhat) weekly column devoted to the ins and outs of fantasy soccer, especially the game played on www.mfls.com, and the RevMFLS division.
I’m gonna hate myself for doing it, but I had to. He’s just playing too well right now. So, I swallowed my pride, and added Landon Donovan to my roster in place of Maykel Galindo. LD has scored at least 2 goals in each of the last 3 games, including a hat trick this past week that earned him MFLS Player of the Week with 17 points (exactly what my entire team had last week).
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Blue Blooded Journo Power Poll is a weekly poll of all the BBJ bloggers. The rankings are compiled to form one composite list.

Every team changed places this week except San Jose, and they probably should have. Over half of the teams moved 3 spaces or more.  We have,  of course, our sixth new #1 in six weeks.  I’m fully expecting to see Toronto at the top of the poll next week…
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