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  1. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Columbus Crew SC 1, New England Revolution 0 | 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs Match Recap
    https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/m...umbus-crew-sc-vs-new-england-revolution/recap

    New England's MLS Cup playoffs run is down to Arena, Gil, Bou and owners willing to spend
    https://www.espn.com/soccer/new-eng...wn-to-arenagilbou-and-owners-willing-to-spend

    Revolution fall to Columbus 1-0 in MLS Eastern Conference Final
    https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/1...columbus-1-0-in-mls-eastern-conference-final/

    Columbus Crew advances to MLS Cup
    https://www.dispatch.com/videos/spo...cup-caleb-porter-press-conference/3852667001/


    New England Revolution ownership committed to Boston-area home: "We want to build the stadium"
    https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020...mitted-boston-area-home-we-want-build-stadium

    Toronto FC's Pozuelo, 'arguably the best player in MLS,' awaits MVP announcement
    https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/alejandro-oozuelo-mvp-mls-outlook-1.5830541

    Original Sounder Ozzie Alonso will return to Seattle for Western Conference Final looking to make history once more
    https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020...turn-seattle-western-conference-final-looking

    NWSL: Utah Royals relocating to Kansas City a positive growth
    https://mlsmultiplex.com/2020/12/06/nwsl-utah-royals-relocating-kansas-city-positive/
     
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  2. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Today's name the badge:
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  3. RafaLarios

    RafaLarios Member+

    Oct 2, 2009
    Medellín
    Club:
    Atletico Nacional
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
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  4. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    "There’s no renderings to speak of, no plans of shovels in the ground. But according to New England Revolution ownership, there is clear intent for a new home for the club “in the Boston area.”

    “Eventually we’d like to invest the team up in the Boston area in a new stadium,”

    "While there’s no timetable to speak of for the Revolution’s move out of Gillette into their own stadium..."

    Talk is cheap. Maybe even cheaper than a handjob from a traffficked sex slave in a Florida strip mall massage parlor.
     
  5. CeltTexan

    CeltTexan Member+

    Sep 21, 2000
    Houston, TX USA
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    From that article:

    While there’s no timetable to speak of for the Revolution’s move out of Gillette into their own stadium, Jonathan Kraft said the building of the Revs $35 million training center behind Gillette Stadium was an important first step to show the Krafts commitment to the MLS originals.

    “We want to build the stadium,” Jonathan Kraft told the Boston Globe. “We don’t like failing and we clearly failed at doing that. The training center made a statement.”

    Is the GM/SVP of the Revs still that same gentleman that was once a STH that stood in "The Fort" at the razor and worked his way up the Revs FO ladder?
    I would like to think that if he is at the tip of the spear in the Revs FO and now there is renewed preaching of wanting to build a new Boston area home it would seem a significant point of sale to him. Does this decades long mentioned SSS really have legs now?
     
  6. carnifex2005

    carnifex2005 Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
  7. wantmlsphilly

    wantmlsphilly Member+

    Aug 2, 2006
    Philadelphia, Pa.
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is it fitting or ironic that the MLS Cup will be played MAPFRE Stadium?
     
  8. CeltTexan

    CeltTexan Member+

    Sep 21, 2000
    Houston, TX USA
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Both I reckon.
    Also, talk about a stadium that holds so many memories for the American soccer fan!
     
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  9. Magikfute

    Magikfute Member

    Mar 9, 2001
    Lancaster, PA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. Finnish Veikkausliiga (first division).
     
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  10. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Winner, winner!
     
  11. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #11 Bill Archer, Dec 8, 2020
    Last edited: Dec 9, 2020
    During the game on Sunday, the ESPN pronounciators kept referring to it as "the last game in MAPFRE history" (although after the Crew won it became the penultimate game but we can't expect Twellman to know any big words.

    The thing is, nobody can really say for sure. Even the owners don't know. Doc Edwards has said he "thinks" that "at most" they'll play "2 or 3" games there before moving over to New Crew (or Crew 2, if you prefer).

    It would indeed be very fitting to close the place with a Cup final (win), an end which befits the old girls status. Maybe it will happen.

    As most people know that entire area is being converted to the Crew's training facility. Construction is ongoing with a main building on the west side.

    Eventually the plan calls for a turf field inside the stadium, an inflatable dome and removal of the upper deck. So however things turn out game wise, this will be pretty much the last you'll see od her as she was when all of that history took place.

    Progress? Yes. Bittersweet? Absolutely.
     
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