New England Revolution

Some Thoughts On SuperLiga 2008

By Kartik Krishnaiyer on July 22nd, 2008.

As we enter the knockout stages of SuperLiga 2008, let me state that while the intensity level was as high for these matches last year, the football has been much better this year. No offense to anybody, but an L.A. Galaxy side featuring Alan Gordon and Edson Buddle as starting forwards and an injured David…

MLS 2008 Power Rankings: Week 15

By Max Zeger on July 7th, 2008.

There were six games spread over this holiday weekend culminating in an exciting double header. Only DC and Toronto didn’t play, making the potential for a lot of movement. We saw 9 out of 14 teams switch positions and with Superliga coming up, teams needed to make these last games count.

MLS Power Rankings: Week 14

By Max Zeger on July 1st, 2008.

7 games and much to think about. Week 14 highlighted the equality of MLS quite clearly. Each team receives 2.2 million dollars in cap space so naturally, teams will be relatively even. This was evident in Week 14. Six out of 7 games were ties or one goal wins. Because there are no teams that…

MLS Roundup: Champions Cup teams struggling at bottom, table shifts after exciting weekend, and Champions Cup Final first leg preview

By Liviu Bird on April 23rd, 2008.

This is the moment North American soccer fans have been waiting for; the CONCACAF Champions Cup Final is here. However, with more exciting MLS action coming up this weekend, Americans are spoiled for choice as we creep closer to summer.

MLS Roundup: Chivas USA, New England, New York, and DC United all lose; troubles continue for LA Galaxy

By Liviu Bird on April 17th, 2008.

Although there are two teams (San Jose and New York) that have only played two matches, this will be the first review in which I publish the Major League Soccer table, and this season there are some surprises early on. In fact, what I predicted to be a weekend of matches that are nothing special…

North American Roundup: Champions Cup and MLS

By Liviu Bird on April 7th, 2008.

Major League Soccer’s second week kicked off on Thursday, with two matches, and finished with five more at the weekend. Also, CONCACAF Champions Cup semi final action took place in Pachuca, Mexico, and Houston, Texas.

MLS Week 1 Review: an exciting first weekend of matches

By Liviu Bird on March 31st, 2008.

This was a week of surprises for the MLS. Opening weekend, officially known as MLS First Kick 2008, was riddled with surprise results and courageous showings by supposedly inferior sides.

MLS First Weekend Preview and MLS Fantasy Football

By Liviu Bird on March 28th, 2008.

Soccer season in the USA is almost here. We’ve had some exciting times already, with both DC United and Houston Dynamo advancing to the semi finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the Los Angeles Galaxy completing successful tours of Australia/New Zealand and Asia, FC Dallas traveling to Brazil, and the United States U-23 team qualifying…

2008 MLS Season Preview

By Liviu Bird on March 28th, 2008.

The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here! The 2008 Major League Soccer season is upon us. Here are a few things to look out for this season: David Beckham makes his second go-around with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Stars Juan Pablo Angel and Cuauhtéhmoc Blanco look to continue their great form from…

New England Revolution 2008 Season Preview

By Liviu Bird on March 17th, 2008.

2007 review In 2007, New England finished in second place in the MLS Cup for the third straight season. In fact, the Revs have been finalists four times and semi-finalists twice in the last six seasons, but they have never won an MLS Cup. This is agonizing for me personally because New England has always…