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Our Selection of Feature Stories Past and Present
5/1/08 - Martino Rides Off into the Sunset.
Kyle Martino has officially retired from the game after no MLS team picked him up following his March 3 release from the Los Angeles Galaxy.
4/29/08 - The Coach's Corner: The "Other" Part of the Job. I am fortunate enough to have and have had a full time coaching career which has encompassed college, youth, professional and national staff levels. I genuinely love what I do and when I am on the field coaching or watching and preparing for games I don’t believe what I do is work. It is fun and it is enjoyable.
4/26/08 - Not Losing Reis is Revs' Gain. There is more American talent in the English Premier League than at any point in the past. Fulham has become America East with five Americans on the roster: Brian McBride, Clint Dempsey, Eddie Johnson, Carlos Bocanegra and Kasey Keller.
4/14/08 - OPINION: Designated Referees Anyone? . ESPN’s Thursday Night Primetime kicked off its Major League Soccer coverage this season with a mouth-watering tie: The Chicago Fire and star player Blanco, at home in soccer-specific Toyota Park, against their nemesis, the New England Revolution.
4/1/08 - Zenga Named Italian Coach . Former Revolution player/coach Walter Zenga has been appointed coach of Catania the Italian Serie A league.
3/27/08 - Goodbyes Said, Revs Look for New Faces . In previous years during the Revolution’s recent string of Eastern Conference titles, the team was able to bring back the majority of its core players year after year, a difficult and nearly unprecedented feat in today’s age of sports parity.
3/26/08 - Meet the New Pre-season, Not the Same as the Old . Mention the words ‘pre-season’ to any player and the facial expression that results is likely to be less than enthusiastic. To the majority, the weeks that precede the opening game of the new campaign are nothing more than a necessary evil to be tolerated in order to best prepare for what lies ahead.
3/25/08 - Twellman Disappointed, Not Bitter. Less than four months after the Revolution declined a $2.5 million transfer bid for his services, depriving him of a chance to play against superior competition and earn a far greater salary, Taylor Twellman isn?t bitter.
3/10/08 - Dorman Continues to Deliver. Andy Dorman's move from the Revolution to Scottish Premier League strugglers St. Mirren keeps looking better and better, as the English-born midfielder continues to pour in the goals for his new side.
3/8/08 - Nothern Mass. Clubs Announce Merger. In a long-anticipated move, two Northern Massachusetts clubs -- Aztec Soccer and New England Soccer School -- officially merged operations this week, announcing the formation of one super-club, New England Aztec, complete with a new logo and an affiliation with England?s Everton FC and its youth academy training system.
3/6/08 - Former Providence Keeper Signs With Irish Club. DUBLIN, IRELAND – Former Providence College goalkeeper and Jersey Shore Boca standout Chris Konopka will continue his professional soccer career in Europe this season after the former Kansas City keeper inked a one-year deal with Irish soccer club Bohemians FC.
2/25/08 - Clavijo On Hot Seat in Colorado. Former Revolution coach Fernando Clavijo is on the hot seat in Colorado.
2/23/08 - Dorman Settling In Overseas. PAISLEY, SCOTLAND -- Former Revolution midfielder Andy Dorman is getting along well with new club St. Mirren in the Scottish Premier League, and is quickly becoming a fan favorite at Love Street.
2/20/08 - Development Academy Excites Former New Hampshire DOC. As an assistant coach on the United States U-15 national team, Tony Lepore was well aware of the preliminarily stages of the US Development Academy, US Soccer’s youth initiative designed to focus select American clubs on a training-based and less game centered model of play.
2/11/08 - Former UConn Star Signs With Norwegian Club. UConn product and FC Dallas defender Chris Gbandi’s transfer to Norwegian club FK Haugesund has been finalized.
2/5/08 - New Chapter For Kerr. After nine years coaching at Harvard, where he developed the men’s program into a perennial contender while making his mark on the area’s youth scene with his self-entitled soccer camps and his work with F.C. Greater Boston, there was only one way John Kerr was leaving the comforts of Cambridge: if his alma mater came calling.
1/30/08 - The Coach's Corner: After The Season. The last time I wrote in early October, things were going well for Quinnipiac women's soccer.
1/28/08 - Two Locals On Soccer HOF's Builders Ballot. ONEONTA, NY – Revolution owner Robert Kraft and local soccer camp maven Joe Machnik were among the 16 individuals on the 2008 Builders Ballot for the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
1/28/08 - CONCACAF Launches Champions League. NEW YORK -- CONCACAF officially launched its new continental club championship, the Champions League, which replaces the Champions' Cup and will begin this August with four teams from the United States to be among the 24 clubs.
1/20/08 - Two MASS Reps Reinstated. The week leading up the annual MLS SuperDJohn Utter and Jeremy Mordkoff were reinstated as members in good standing of the Massachusetts State Soccer Association (MASS) at a special meeting held Jan 14.
1/17/08 - OPINION: All's Quiet on the Revolution's Front. The week leading up the annual MLS SuperDraft is always an interesting one. The Combine offers teams a chance to scout available talent and is often the catalyst for trades, as teams opt to swap picks for players and vice-versa.
1/14/08 - Other Shoe Yet To Drop In Twellman Saga. Taylor Twellman nearly went to Preston North End, which currently is trying to claw its way out of the English Championship relegation zone.
1/7/08 - Former Crusader Signs With English Club. Former Cape Cod Crusader Andrew Wright has reached a one-year agreement with Scunthorpe United of England's Football League Championship, the second-highest division in the English soccer system after the Premier League.
1/5/08 - Second Four Inductees to Conn. Hall of Fame. Here are the second batch of four inductees.
1/4/08 - First Four Inductees to Conn. Hall of Fame. FARMINGTON, Conn. – Eight people will be inducted into the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame this year, the 10th anniversary of the local hall of enshrinement.
1/3/08 - Dorman Signing Speaks Volumes of MLS. The news is that St. Mirren FC of the Scottish Premier League has signed the Revolution's Andy Dorman to a one-year contract worth between $300-400K with an additional option year, though it's unclear whose option it is.
12/19/07 - OPINION - Perspective on the England Situation. It was a good start. Fabio Capello strode into the (three) lion's den with an air of confidence that comes from having amassed a resume which boasts multiple league championships and European trophies.
12/11/07 - OPINION - Offseason Should Begin With Defense. It's early in the MLS offseason, and what have we got to talk about? Nothing. Squat. Nada. Or as the French say, Jacque Merde.
11/5/07 - OPINION - Future is Now for US Soccer. These are interesting times in the world of American soccer. Aside from a wide open MLS playoff race, various moves have been made recently to later the infrastructure of the game in this country at all levels.
11/6/07 - OPINION - Thursday Night Lights. That was what I call a tattoo game, the Revolution's 1-0 defeat of New York in the driving rain at Foxboro.
10/22/07 - Pressing Issues Facing Revolution. As the Revolution prepare for Saturday's tilt with New York, here are five important issues the Revs face heading into the playoffs:
10/20/07 - Andrew Hush - Boyz 2 Men. Just three months since they were big boys at the Under-20 World Cup, the trio of Michael Bradley, Danny Szetela and Freddy Adu are set to lead an emergence of a new generation of the main men that will form the backbone of the senior national team of the future.
10/16/07 - New Season Starts for Revs. Forget about the thunderous shot Guillermo Barros Schelotto put past Matt Reis to beat the Revolution in their final home game of the season Saturday night.
10/8/07 - OPINION - More Jekyll and Hyde From Revs. The Jekyll and Hyde routine continues with your 2007 New England Revolution.
10/2/07 - The Girls of Fall Eight years after their finest hour, the US Women's National Team have lost their glow as a marketing force, and lost their way as a soccer team.
9/26/07 - OPINION The Tale of Two Teams Emlyn Lewis saw both sides of the Revolution in their 2-2 tie with the Red Bulls Saturday.
9/23/07 - Sitting Down with DiCicco Soccer New England recently caught up with Tony DiCicco, who was named head coach of the new Boston Breakers last Friday.
9/26/07 - OPINION Ryan Outdoes Himself Andrew Hush Weighs in On UN Women's National team coach Greg Ryan's decision to drop Hope Solo for teh US-Brazill World Cup semifinal.
9/26/07 - Land of the Free Michael Jones wonders why, in a nation that values specialization in its sporting heroes, we can't produce a set-piece specialist who can break open games with one kick.
9/1/07 - Andrew Hush Assesses the Revs' postseason competition Consecutive wins over a pair of their Eastern Conference rivals have the Revolution sitting pretty at the top of the MLS standings and only a catastrophic decline in form will prevent Steve Nicol from taking his side into the postseason for the sixth straight year.
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