The Revolution 2012 Regular Season Schedule Has Arrived

This is not a great schedule at all for the home fan. No LA. No Dallas. No Salt Lake

At least we get 2 NY. But also 2 Chicago and 2 Columbus.

This unbalanced shedule is understandable from a travel point of view but it stinks from a sport point of view. It is better if you are on the west coast.

My only hope is that without the seat fillers like LA, the attendance number will be so bad it will force the FO to do something positive for the competitivity of the team.

I guess that what they will have to do. To get any kind of attendance, they will need to give away the tickets like for the HS and College night. Other than NY, Seattle is probably the highlight game (Based on last year playing style).
They will try also to pad the attendance with town soccer club and have them show up with their mom (who will spend 90% of the game make sure that everyone has enough food and drinks (Ka-ching!) and dad (who will be listening to the ball and stick guys eating chicken and drinking beer in the duggout).
Yep, this season home game will have another great atmosphere in the Dead Cave of Foxboro!

By the way, training camp is 10 days away and we have 15 guys on the roster. Once again, the F.O. is really trying to put all the chances they can on their side to succeed. NOT!

Considering that it takes about 3 months of play for a player to adapt, any signing past February will peak once the season is a total waste.

Time is running out, F.O. Complete your roster and go with it.

Second note: I feel awful for Heaps. He starts the season with 4 out of 5 away game and his roster won’t be final until probably May.

Third note: I got the STH email and they were promoting the superdraft by showing off the #1 picks. We had 2011 Soares (good pick, needs to confirm in 2012 but still miles from Parkhurst), 2009 Alston (not the best promotion considering the guy still cannot play right back at MLS level) and …. drum roll 2010 – Schilawski. Probably the worst strikers in the past 2 years and it was not good years. Talk about about a bust and yet he is still on the roster (as is Boggs, another waste of a spot). To give them credit, I do not think that there is much talent these days coming out of the draft. I think it is another stupid attempt from MLS to copy the other sports and have a draft. Talent will be homegrown (academies anyone) and by 18, you are on your way or never. If you have to wait 22 to be picked, you will never be that good (for the great majority).
Just look at talent is developed in Europe and you understand that it is very rare for a player (other than GK) to start his pro career at 22. A lot of the academy guys never make the pro teams and are out by 20.

I think the academy program can really help the level of football in the MLS and at one point, people will realize the joke that the superdraft is. This is not the NFL or the NBA guys …… although I forgive you for forgetting considering that the league is run by an NFL guy who knows and cares about the Beautiful Game as much as I care about horse racing competition.