New England Revolution vs. DC United: Live Game Thread
by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 7:45 PM EDT
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Welcome to the New England Revolution vs. DC United live game thread! It's been just three days since the embarrassing 3-0 drubbing the Revs endured against Philadelphia at home on Sunday, and things have gone from bad to worse in Foxboro as a result. There was a fan protest in the Fort that evening and Benny Feilhaber will be suspended from today's game after receiving a red card ejection against the Union. DC, meanwhile, is coming off a creditable 0-0 draw with FC Dallas and it looks like things might be coming together for the youngsters in the nation's capitol, though they still lack consistency.
The Revolution need to stay focused and disciplined and concentrate on the little things, the basics that they aren't doing right. Passing, calm and maturity should be the mantra. Against Philadelphia they seemed to have no life or fight left in them, and they need to fight the general malaise that is settling in over the entire club after a rash of questionable decisions involving both fans and players were made by the front office and ownership. I'll be totally frank; things don't look good.
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Wednesday's match is the 56th all-time, regular season meeting between the New England Revolution and D.C. United ... this will be the 63rd overall meeting between the two clubs, who have played four MLS Cup matches and three U.S. Open contests
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D.C. leads the all-time, regular season series between the two clubs, 25-22-8 ... the Revs are 7-16-4 on the road against United, but own a 15-9-4 advantage in Foxborough - including an 9-3-4 record at Gillette Stadium
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With the 2-1 win against United on March 26, the Revs enter Saturday with a five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) against United since the start of the 2009 season ...last season, the Revs took both games in the series - including a 2-0 road win at RFK Stadium on April 3, and a 1-0 home win in Foxborough on August 7 ... in 2009, the Revs played to a 1-1 draw at D.C. on April 17, before winning, 2-1, at Gillette on May 30, during the return leg
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The 2009 and 2010 series wins marked the first time the Revs won back-to-back season series against D.C.
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The regular-season series has been remarkably even in recent years, as the Revs hold a slight 6-4-5 advantage in 15 meetings since the start of the 2006 regular season.
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The teams have met in three postseason series, with D.C. holding a 2-1-1 edge in those matches ... however, the Revs defeated United, 1-0, in the most recent playoff meeting on Nov. 5, 2006, to win the Eastern Conference Championship at RFK Stadium and earn a berth in the MLS Cup 2006.
Lineups and your comments after the jump.
Lineups
Revolution: Reis; Tierney, Cochrane, Soares, Alston; McCarthy, Phelan, Joseph; Schilawski, Lekic, Boggs
Bench: Shuttleworth, Mansally, Barnes, Coria, Nyassi, Guy, Fagundez
United: Hamid; Woolard, White, Kitchen, McDonald; Najar, Simms, De Rosario, Pontius; Wolff, Davies
Bench: Cronin, Morsink, Korb, Fred, Da Luz, King, Ngwenya
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Good to see Schilawski
Bad that there’s still this horrible marriage to the 4-3-3
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the lineups before kickoff
showed us set up in sort of a diamond mid it looked like. i thought that was kind of an interesting idea.. but doesn’t look like that’s the case out there
also
did the CSN feed just kick out for everyone else, or is that just my Comacst cable box being horrible again?
my cable again apparently. of course..
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
Your cable sucks
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Barnes is coming on for somebody
Looks like Cochrane
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as Heaps mentioned
definitely sucks to have to burn one of our subs so early. hopefully one of our 2 remaining will be saved for Fagundez or Guy
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions
You're an optimist
And a bit of a fantastical one at that
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
being pretty confident that we ain't leaving RFK with 3 points,
I’d at least like to see something new
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I still love Nicol when he's mic'd up
Having a tactical discussion with Heaps, being blunt. One of the few really good CSN features
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De Ro is eating the whole midfield and defense for lunch tonight
It’s only a matter of time before he scores
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damn
that was maybe the best 15 seconds i’ve seen out of them in a while. Boggs had a nice shot there.. wonder if we can get a few more of those
My thoughts from the match thus far:
-Without the quality play of Matt Reis this team would be down 3-0 every match before 30 minutes. The defense plays so far back for no reason and break down like a 16 year old girl going through her first break-up.
-I have never seen someone be so useless on the pitch as Lekic. What a piece of trash. 0 first touch, 0 killer instinct, and it seems as though no one has any sort of confidence in him anymore.
-The best part of every match is the Stevie Nicol interview. Always so blunt and honest. Incredible dry sense of humor and usually disgust makes it the best feature of the match.
-Stephen McCarthy needs to tame that squirrel chilling on the back of his head.
MCCARTHY'S HAIR IS LUDICROUS
I must agree
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
How’d it look on that header?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jul 20, 2011 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
outstanding
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
phelan
what an unlucky bounce. has to be given though….
are you kidding me?
PK for DC. i knew we couldn’t make it out of this first half unscathed. thanks a lot Phelan.
Hold that thought
That was AWFUL. Wow Charlie.
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
OH MAN!
no way. thank you baby Jesus!
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
love the mind games
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
#rimshot
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup
You act as though you were expecting better?
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Everyone looking a bit sloppy
DC included. Perhaps the heat is getting to people?
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Zack
That’s not how you get your starting job back. Terrible idea to shoot.
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too many shots from far out
SJ is guilty of it too. i really only think Tierney has the capability to make one of those work
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Shalrie has a bit of a cannon
He’s usually better from out there
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Nyassi on for Boggs
Baffles me that Boggs still starts games. Rather see Guy than Nyassi, frankly, but better him than Boggs.
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On that note
What’s the point in having a 30-man roster if you refuse to use anyone but the same 14 or 15 guys? Especially when your team is god-awful, how can you lose by switching things up?
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
MUCH rather see Guy. oh well. fresh legs is fresh legs. FAST legs at that. DC still has all 3 subs though :(
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 8:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Possession
Since the boys are discussing it, I think it’s possibly one of the most useless stats. Doesn’t take into account a team’s style and always incites a “who cares?” remark from me. #justscoreagoalplease
It's a worthwhile stat
But like any stat, needs to have context.
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Lekic shouldn't have stopped his run
But Nyassi probably should have taken a shot there, which he usually loves to do. No player more baffling
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crosses when he should shoot and shoots when he should cross. that’s a Rev right there.
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't forget
Have to be unable to pass and not understand the definition of “off-the-ball movement” or you’re also not a Rev
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
#BoldPrediction
There will be a Revs goal in the next 5 minutes.
#BoldPrediction
Schilawski will be replaced, despite having a better match than Lekic
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
this one’s not so bold. practically a given.
if anything is obvious from this game so far, it’s that Schiller needs to be starting all the time
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Soares
having a good game. one of few bright spots on this team this season. hope we can hang onto him for a while. he’s a hell of a leader back there.
I take it back...
The weather stat could not be more useless.
Lekic is a no-win situation now
I think he’s had such a lack of success that even as his service gets better, he is no longer a threat.
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finally won a header for once
that’s what
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
Ref looks like one of those vulture things from the Crystal Shard
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Anyone but Ngwenya
I’m having horrible flashbacks of MLS Cup 2007
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WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT MATT REIS?! SERIOUSLY!? WHAT WOULD WE DO!?!?
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
that was crazy
Nyassi definitely should have taken a breath to try to get it to Mansally with the follow through, but i get the decision to go for it with the keeper so far off the line and whatnot
That should have been a goal
Nyassi had an extra split second to get all the way around and either put a better shot on or lay it off, should have realized that
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maybe Sanna Nyassi would have had that :x
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Snap
Easy now
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
guess Soares needs to show ’em how to one of these days
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
and with that we leapfrog Chicago and TFC and sit behind DC in 7th place. #MLSEasternConference
by Corey E. Major on Jul 20, 2011 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Craziness
The East is such a ridiculous conference
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by Steve Stoehr on Jul 20, 2011 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
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