News: Boston Magazine: The Krafts are the Worst Owners in MLS

I for one, will be very interested to read this. Overall, it can only be a good thing for this ownership to be exposed in the mainstream media. Our media are so provincial that they don't question the meme that "MLS sucks" just because of the way the local team is operated. Fortunately for the league, there are at least a dozen teams that are much better run.

 

Schoen on Twitter today; Martino/Boston Magazine as well. Small steps.

 

I want me a copy of dat.

 

I wonder if they had this in the works before MLS bought back Chivas, since Vergara was the Krafts' only competition....

 

I can't wait for tomorrow

 

Isn't it "rather...than" ?

I only nitpick because I so badly want this article to a perfect, damning indictment.

 

Virginia is an overrated university.

 

I guess the person who wrote that article used this Board as their source (ducking and running for cover

 

Curious to know who you think might be the league's worst run team? MLS-owned Chivas?

 

Kraft Out is Kyle Martino in disguise

 

I'm curious to know if BK declined to be interviewed for the piece. I'll also be curious to see if the club bothers to respond at all. It would be most consistent with their MO to ignore it. What can they, in fact, say?

 

According to a synopsis on reddit multiple requests for comment were declined.
http://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comment..._most_recent_issue_of_boston_magazine/cgb5t42

 

Issue is online.

 

Excellent, though depressing, article. Well written and well researched. Pretty much confirms what the NNNs have been saying for years. Hopefully being called out the Krafts in such a public fashion will spur the Krafts to take some positive action but I won't hold my breath.

 

Very good article and from my view spot on as to what i think of the Kraft organization but unfortunately Kraft can give a rats ass what this author says and what people think of him

 

Interesting that this is the most in-depth article about the Revs in a widely read publication since...ever?

 

To the Krafts (spoken through a hostage-situation megaphone):

Bob....Jonathan...the value for a Boston-area franchise has to be close to $100M these days. This is a great business opportunity and you are savvy businessmen! You never know what will happen with the economy or global politics. Sell, for the love of God! Stop putting the fans (and yourselves) through this Groundhog Day of futility.

We get that soccer is not a priority for you. We promise we will never even mention the word to you again once you sell the Revs to someone for whom winning MLS Cup truly is a priority.

Now that Chivas USA is resolved, the Kraft name will be the laughing-stock of the entire league, synonymous with losing soccer played in front of empty seats at a football stadium. I don't think you want that to happen.

So please...take the money, put down the franchise and slowly back away...

 

Well written for the most part. Definitely was much needed for the record.
Only shocking thing was NO image of Monty!

 

I do not disagree with you, but didn't the majority owner (or outright owner?) of DC United change without a place to play?

 

Everyone who has followed this team has known this for years. Anyone who doesn't follow this team didn't care before the article and won't care after it.

 

Not so sure about that. MLS needs Boston area viewership. There are a lot of people in the area who think MLS is a joke because their only point of reference is the Revs. Pieces like this shed some light on the Revs being an exception to the general ambitious/forward looking nature of the league.

 

I don't think that's true. This is a sports crazy area and 99% of people know who Bob Kraft is and his reputation as being a great owner of the New England Patriots. I think the headline alone will catch the eyes of many readers. Whether or not they read the whole article isn't a huge deal in my eyes. They know the product isn't taken seriously in the area and now they have a better idea of why that is.