The "Thoughts That Don't Require Their Own Thread" Thread XIII

Does that make him drift wood?
Perhaps he's a better fit for the Timbers?

IThen again, Kraft does have a paper business.

My biggest concern is in MLS he may get fouled until he turns into pulp...

/Dadjokes (sorry! Wife just had twins so my jokes got exponentially worse)

 

Hadn't thought of that, but I guess I'm unsure if theres a rule or "rule" about that.

 

Huge congratulations!! I hope your wife feels OK, and the babies are thriving.

 

Or he might go to Montreeal. Or if the league decides he's as big a player as Jermaine Jones, he could be assigned by lottatree.

 

Found that interesting also. You could view it 2 ways really - Friedel is happy with his senior guys and just hasn't seen enough of the academy teams yet or
He has and it's an indictment of the quality of the upper age level academy teams. Given Friedel's "youth first" rhetoric, hopefully by the end of the season that changes and we see a few young guys get minutes.

 

I think Freidel is less youth first and more no old guys. With the exception of Claude Dielna, who is 30, all the guys seeing the field are in their 20's and are somewhere near their peak fitness. With the exception of Caicedo, Zahibo, and Fagundez, who are all less than 25, everyone else is in that 25-29 prime age range. It also explains why Somi got so much run, because BR was reluctant to rely on Tierny who is 32 and now done.

Looking this up I was surprised that Penilla is 27, I thought he was younger

 

This is pretty funny - I didn't know that there was nearly a Boston, OR.

https://www.boston.com/sports/socce...timbers-rivalry?s_campaign=Email:SportsUpdate

 

I suspect he was hinting at the revs as in, why not play a USOC game in Portland? It's a valid question. If the revs can play USOC matches in Ludlow or CT they can play in Portland.

 

I saw Teal's omission too. In fairness maybe for brevity and space on social media they excluded him, although since he was the only player on 8 goals left out, it was very odd. Either way glad it was pounced on by fans and the team. We need to call out MLS and Matt Doyle or any of the rest of the league pundits if they mock or ignore the revs. Even Twellman is fair game as he throws shade to his old team sometimes.

In general, I'm glad revs fans are becoming more vocal. To be respected we need to speak up. It shows we care. I am not afraid to call out the local sports guys on Twitter if dinosaurs like Lynch or Burton mention all Boston sports teams but omit the revs. Sometimes they are mentioned outside the sports segment which is great. Eric Fisher on WBZ mentioned the weather for last week on his weekend weather report and I was happy about that. There's no reason each of the Boston stations couldn't mention weather for revs games like they do for the Sox/pats. It's the small stuff that over time will hopefully become second nature to them.

 

Twellman will barely even admit to playing for the Revs. If you take out that part of his career, what has he got? A handful of meaningless caps and a stint with a Bundesliga reserve side. John DeBrito had a more meaningful career than that!

 

I always liked Twellman as a player but since he's retired he's big timed the revs. He doesn't have to go national pundit Homer like Bruschi with the pats but sending the revs some love when they deserve it would be nice. They did make his career after all.

 

Funny you should use that expression! That was one of his favorite phrases as a player. That and obviously, "obviously"!

 

I think the way Twellman “treats” the Revs just shouts out, “There is a whole, unknown to the public, back story here that everyone would love to know.”

 

I have also used it for years and it populated my calendar fine this year.

 

2026 is ours.

USA, Canada and Mexico win bid to host 2026 FIFA World Cup
June 13, 2018, 6:50AM EDT
Simon Borg
Editor-in-Chief

 

Great news!

On the not-so-good news side, they are expanding to 48 teams. Get ready for more thrilling Panama-Tunisia matchups.

 

It's the end of the Hex as we know it...

I like how Iran, instead of abstaining, voted for "none of the above".