New England Revolution vs. Toronto FC: Live Game Thread
by Steve Stoehr on Jun 15, 2011 8:09 PM EDT
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Welcome to the New England Revolution vs. Toronto FC live game thread! Tonight marks the Revolution's second match of a three-in-seven run and a welcome return home after a heartbreaking trip to New York last weekend. This will be New England's first encounter with new Toronto head coach Aron Winter's Dutch 4-3-3 system that plays similarly to what Steve Nicol has insisted he is trying to implement in Foxboro. Neither team has seen great results in that formation.
I am obligated (by myself) to mention that this game goes straight up against the Boston Bruins vs. Vancouver Canucks Game 7 match-up in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. Since I forgot to request press credentials for tonight's match, I will be flipping back and forth throughout the next two hours just like the rest of you.
The key for a Revolution victory tonight is simple: get after it. Toronto is not a good team right now. Their results this season have been poor, and they've really only excelled when teams underestimate them and allow them a chance to get into the match. New England can afford to give the Reds no such quarter. The Revolution attack needs to put them under pressure immediately and never, ever take the foot off the gas, because the Canadians have one or two very good players who can burn anyone who underestimates them.
Some game notes:
- Wednesday night’s match will be the first meeting of the 2011 regular-season series between New England and TFC ... the teams will close their two-game season series in the final weekend of the regular season – on Saturday, Oct. 22, at BMO Field
- New England and Toronto have met just nine times in the overall MLS regular-season series since TFC entered the league as an expansion team in 2007
- New England leads the all-time, regular-season series between the two clubs, 4-2-3 ... the Revs have never beaten Toronto FC on the road, faring 0-2-2 when playing TFC at BMO Field
- New England looks to remain unbeaten by Toronto at home … the Revs are 4-0-1 in five previous meetings at Gillette Stadium
- The Revs have almost doubled up TFC with an 18-10 scoring advantage in their nine all-time meetings ... the Revs have shut out Toronto twice, while TFC held New England scoreless in their last meeting
- The Revolution has had trouble closing out its matches at BMO Field ... in their first two visits to BMO Field, the Revs conceded second-half goals to finish with draws, and were tied at the half in their last two visits (May 23, 2009 and May 22, 2010), only to surrender second half goals that lead to losses in each match
New England's newest acquisition Ryan Guy, after only arriving in camp yesterday, is on the bench. Full lineups and your comments after the jump.
Lineups
Revolution (4-4-2, Hallelujah!): Matt Reis; Kevin Alston, Ryan Cochrane, A.J. Soares, Darrius Barnes; Zak Boggs, Pat Phelan, Shalrie Joseph, Chris Tierney; Rajko Lekic, Kenny Mansally
Bench: Shuttleworth, Nyassi, Guy, Coria, Sousa, McCarthy, Schilawski
Toronto: Stefan Frei; Richard Eckersley, Doneil Henry, Ty Harden, Danleigh Borman; Nick Soolsma, Nathan Sturgis, Mickael Yourassowsky; Joao Plata, Alan Gordon, Maicon Santos
Bench: Kocic, Gold, Martina, Gargan, Morgan, Cordon, Zavarise
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Happy to see the 4-4-2
With the injuries and all, we just don’t have the personnel for the 4-3-3.
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Chance for Lekic
Good look there, pretty decent header but he didn’t have a lot to work with in terms of space. Frei was ready.
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Go Revs go! May this be a day of double victories for Boston teams over Canadian teams the media tells us we’re all supposed to cheer for but most Canadians actually openly and venomously hate!
Manager at Vancouver Whitecaps and western Canadian soccer website Eighty Six Forever and infrequently-posting flunky at Edmonton Oilers blog The Copper & Blue.
by Benjamin Massey on Jun 15, 2011 8:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I am amused by this.
But it doesn’t surprise me. Especially the Canucks. So damn hateable.
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by Steve Stoehr on Jun 15, 2011 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Phelan will do well to bust up attacks
But he won’t help us create anything in the process. It’s a trade off I’m not happy with usually.
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Good work from Mansally
Boggs blew that. Should have pulled it back or gotten better footing.
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Need better than that Chris
He’s too good from a dead ball to be doing that.
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It's a bird! It's a plane!
No, it’s just Kenny Mansally, sacrificing the body. Love it.
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Revs have some decent ideas now.
Lekic is making good moves and runs, they’re all just a half a second off each other. Hope they can fix that.
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Maybe they have different offside rules in different countries?
He seems to think that if half his body is onside and half is off, he’s still technically on. Also, obviously being sarcastic.
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Uneventful and disjointed half.
Lekic needs to stay onside, Tierney needs to get more involved, and the touch up front has to be a little better.
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Nyassi on for Boggs
Guess that means no Ryan Guy today, since he’s predominantly right-sided
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Lekic needs to be making that run
No anticipation there.
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That's unforgiveable
You HAVE to get that at least on frame. But really, though, it should be a goal. He’s supposed to have that pedigree.
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Toronto has the possession edge.
Needs to be better. MUST. BE. BETTER.
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Don't like that sub
Without Tierney, how does Schilawski get service?
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Mansally moving out left.
Still think Tierney’s better.
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by Steve Stoehr on Jun 15, 2011 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
As the Bruins go up 2-0
I will say to Yourassowsky, in the immortal words of Jack Edwards…
GET UP!!!
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HAHA
That yellow actually went to Yourassowsky, not Soares! Outstanding.
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Just too disjointed so far.
Getting in the attacking third but there’s no movement off the ball, no good decision-making
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Disappointing.
Just despicable and disappointing. On to the Bruins to cheer me up.
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