The Wizards head into the final 3 games in the thick of the playoff chase. With 2 home games left, these two become critical if the Wizards want to make the playoffs, especially with the team's poor road form. They welcome New England tomorrow out at Community America Ballpark. This is the second time the team's meet this year, the first, New England took 3-1 back in April. Click to continue reading...

FYI fans, Gate A (the Southwest corner of the park) will be closed tomorrow, so we're asking everyone from the season ticket lots to funnel through Gate B. Hopefully it doesn't case too much more walking for anyone. Click to continue reading...

Xbox is tomorrow's game sponsor, and they will be providing 5,000 sets of thundersticks to fans who want them. We thought we'd give you heads up so you could get amped for the experience, if that's your sort of thing, or so you could bring ear plugs, if that's not your sort of thing. Either way, get ready for a loud atmosphere in tomorrow's VERY important match (7 p. Click to continue reading...

We're into the last few weeks of the season for MLS. And since MLS is The League That Does Not Recognize International Breaks, this makes it one of the few leagues still playing this weekend. This makes it a good time to look at what's happening. First, I'd like to point everybody toward our [...] Click to continue reading...

Although the final score read 2-1 in favor of Welseyan University, there was a wave of optimism among the Anchorwomen players and coaches during the post-match scene near the exit of the RIC Soccer Field.

The game was level at 1-1 for much of the match, and against the same Welseyan side that had beaten a superior WestConn team 3-2. Click to continue reading...

Fantasy Soccer Bootroom is a weekly column devoted to the ins and outs of fantasy soccer, especially the game played on www.mfls.com, and the RevMFLS division. There are 3 weeks left in the fantasy season. I've got four roster moves remaining, but overall I am pretty happy with my roster right now, so I am not [. Click to continue reading...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Wesleyan's Hillary Biggs gave her club the go-ahead goal in the 56th minute en route to a 2-1 victory over the Rhode Island College Anchorwomen at RIC Soccer Field Wednesday night.

Biggs and Cora Lautze (25th minute) scored for the eighth-ranked. Christina Tavana scored for the Anchorwomen in the 29th minute. Click to continue reading...

I know that title sounds ominous, but if you've followed the Revs for, oh, the past six seasons, you've cried in your beer and bitten your Revolution scarf during four of those years. I don't have to say it, but I will - the Revolution are perennial bridesmaids. Those darn Dynamo and Galaxy - they've worn white twice at the expense of the Revolution. Click to continue reading...

Blue Blooded Journo Power Poll is a weekly poll of all the BBJ bloggers. The rankings are compiled to form one composite list. Top seven are unchanged, while DC and Dallas flip spots (8 and 12). Click to continue reading...

Who do you pick now to make the playoffs? With a handful of games remaining there are now three teams who have assured themselves of a playoff berth - New England, Houston, and Columbus, one team that hasn't been there in awhile, two that have been there time and time again. Who's next? That's a [... Click to continue reading...

Dudes, Taylor Twellman wants the cup. He's even done a confessional video (along with Shalrie Joseph and Stevie Ralston) laying out exactly how bad he needs it. I say give it to him, why not? I mean the way my club is playing right now they've got about the same odds of winning as a tranny has of going unnoticed at Ronaldo's house. Click to continue reading...

I was up to my regular bag o' tricks yesterday. Mass at 9:00am. Breakfast with Abbey* at 10:00am. Breakfast(2)/brunch with Mario at 12:00pm. Trip to the mall to purchase a sweater for work and to gaze upon the many jerseys and sneakers that I intend to purchase in bulk once the winning numbers on my Powerball ticket appear. Click to continue reading...

For the past two weeks, I became a de facto beat reporter for the Rhode Island College Anchorwomen. This is due in large part to my assignment for Advanced News Writing class, which called for us to write a feature on somebody we thought was interesting.

Here's the formula I used to find my subject:

Rhode Island College + soccer player = Christina Tavana

So, without further ado, here it is. Click to continue reading...

It's an exciting time of year. As the crisp autumn weather cools most places around the country, the playoff race is heating up. Teams are fighting for their postseason lives, anxious to be one of the eight to have a shot at the MLS Cup. It has been well documented here that Columbus is the [...] Click to continue reading...

Fantasy Soccer Bootroom is a weekly column devoted to the ins and outs of fantasy soccer, especially the game played on www.mfls.com, and the RevMFLS division. The loyalties of a fantasy owner to his or her favorite MLS team are sometimes tested, similar to the age old debate of club versus country. Do you keep the [. Click to continue reading...

Blue Blooded Journo Power Poll is a weekly poll of all the BBJ bloggers. The rankings are compiled to form one composite list. Chivas moves up to their highest place since week two, Top three and bottom two remain unchanged. Click to continue reading...

Reason to cheer if you're a New England fan?

According to a report today on the Somerville News website, it looks as though according to their sources approval for a Revs stadium is all but certain in Somerville.

Here's an excerpt:


Sources tell us that the likelihood of the soccer stadium in the Somerville will be a go in the near future. Click to continue reading...

If the game had ended at the half, it would have been an upset of biblical proportions. Okay, maybe not.

The Anchorwomen held an impressive lead going into the second half for the first time since August 30th against Springfield College last night. Yes, the brightly lit 1-0 score on the maroon board at RIC Soccer Field showed the game in favor of the home team. Click to continue reading...

There's plenty to talk about after another busy weekend of MLS action. A few teams look dead and buried (DC, LA, and Toronto), while others storm to life at the right time - RSL and Colorado - to give themselves the inner track in the race to the playoffs. But if this season of the [...] Click to continue reading...

Probably one of the top five differences between being in jail and not being in jail is that when you are in jail no one ever calls you on your cell phone with a complicated speech about mythological Japanese tsunami heroes and picking you up at the airport. And yet, when you are not in [...] Click to continue reading...

Ah, September. We hardly knew ye.

It was a month filled with pressure (two must win-matches), promise (CONCACAF Champions League), and putrid performances. It opened with a stunning 4-0 Revolution loss to Joe Public FC, which was duly followed by another 4-0 loss to the Columbus Crew. Within five days, the Revs gave up a total of eight goals. Click to continue reading...

Admit it. It may not have been Revs commentators Greg Lalas or Brade Feldman, but you've wanted to do this at least 213 times to some announcer at one time or other. For me it was always Marv Albert; the perv is the reason I never got into basketball. Click to continue reading...

Proposed Area of a New England Soccer Specific Stadium

The city of Somerville, a place very close to Boston, MA is looking to revitalize one of its areas a la the Chester Stadium just outside of Philadelphia.

As a result the mayor is behind an effort to bring a stadium for the Revs to the Boston area so that it results in more traffic on one of the train lines. Click to continue reading...

I woke up Friday morning with two thoughts already in my mind. First, Vandal-prone was supposed to cover the Crew-Revolution game that night. Second, Tropical Storm Kyle was expected to reach hurricane strength that afternoon and was bearing down on the New England coast. All morning I was haunted by the image of my MLS [. Click to continue reading...

Week 27 of Major League Soccer's regular season is now in the books, but the playoff picture is not much clearer now than it was before the weekend began. For the first time in weeks, four teams from the Western Conference would make the postseason if it started today.
* Columbus has now moved eight points clear in the race for the Supporters Shield and could clinch the trophy given to the team with the regular season's best record as soon as this weekend if a host of other results fall their way. Click to continue reading...

Prior to yesterday's match, Sean Donahue and I made our predictions, as is our custom. I believe he said Kenny Mansally would score more goals than Taylor Twellman, but wouldn't be surprised if it ended 0-0. I stuck with my previously published prediction of 2-2, and offered that either Mansally or Sainey Nyassi would score. Click to continue reading...

Here are the results that mattered Saturday for Chivas USA:
Chivas USA 2 Kansas City Wizards 1
Houston Dynamo 1 Toronto FC 1
Colorado Rapids 5 Red Bull New York 4
Real Salt Lake 3 San Jose Earthquakes 2
Dallas plays D.C. United at noon Sunday
(Just for the sake of completeness, Sigi Schmid's Columbus Crew beat the New England Revolution, 1-0, and lead the league.

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Who: Columbus Crew at New England Revolution
What: MLS Regular Season
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass.
When: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. (TV38, Cox 3 [R.I.])

The New England Revolution, now well-rested and on a more MLS-like one game a week schedule, return home to Foxboro on Saturday to face off against the league-leading Columbus Crew. Click to continue reading...

The amazing thing about the Galaxy's awful record in the past two months (winless in 13 of 14) is the fact they aren't dead in the water. Even in the woeful West, their 29 points still gives them an outside chance at the MLS playoffs. When you're a league that accepts 8 of 14 teams, [...] Click to continue reading...

This rain.

Ordinarily, I don't mind rain. I don't mind it Monday-Friday, when I'm trapped in front of my computer at work. I don't mind it at night, when I'm undertaking reasonable efforts to capture eight hours of sleep.* I don't mind it in the late-afternoon on a hot, sticky August day, when it arrives minutes after a severe thunderstorm warning. Click to continue reading...

Fantasy Soccer Bootroom is a weekly column devoted to the ins and outs of fantasy soccer, especially the game played on www.mfls.com, and the RevMFLS division. Basically, there were two kinds of fantasy teams this week: those that had Landon Donovan, and those that didn't. LD's hat trick and assist in LA's 5-2 drubbing of DC [. Click to continue reading...

This week should prove to be another great derby week, with inter-city rivalry matches taking place in Milan, Liverpool and Barcelona, among others. The only match between two current WCR Top 25 Clubs takes place on Sunday afternoon, where AC Milan and Inter Milan will battle for dominance of the city. Click to continue reading...

It was early. It was morning. It was early morning.

With my mind still on autopilot, I made daily visit to the local Dunkin Donuts and was quickly awakened by the smell of roast coffee and - get this - a dude in front of me wearing a white Chicago Fire jersey.

Really.

He was two customers ahead of me. Click to continue reading...

With just about 5 weeks remaining in the regular season schedule the race to the playoffs is heating up. Here is a quick look at the current situation of each team

Columbus Crew 14-6-5 47pts

The Crew missed the playoffs last year and are on the top this year.

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It's been over 300 days - 327 according to the maginificent calculator at timeanddate.com - since my last Rhode Island College women's soccer game. And my, oh my, have things changed immensely since that heartbreaking evening in Danbury, CT back on November 1, 2007.

For beginners, nine seniors have since graduated. Click to continue reading...