P/I/P Match 7: NYRB @ Revs, Sat 05/22/21 8:00p [R]

anyone find the game blacked out on ESPN+? I could get it in Spanish but not english. Seems dumb to me. I found a few feeds on Kodi but they were either spanish or some sort of slavic dialect. Pretty sad that a new englander cannot watch his own home team

 

I watched it on ESPN+ in Vermont.

 

...and some of us drove.

 

I was glad to see this as well.

Why? Because earlier, at about 66'20" mark, Gil starts an aggressive dribbling move and then unleashes the killer diagonal pass to a breaking Buksa, who was making a very nice run in anticipation of that ball from Gil.

But - Buksa never got the ball - Bou, at 66'27", not realizing the ball was likely for Buksa, reached back at and intercepted/snagged the pass - then turned and skied a shot over the goal. (Buksa at that moment clearly realized he had just lost out on what would have been a in-alone chance on goal.)

I think Bou may have realized at some point that he took a great chance away from Buksa on that play. So, it was good too see him "give it back" for the final goal.

 

Not to quibble too much with accolades, but they are clearly stats-based. Would be nice to think a panel watched all the games and voted on exceptional performances, but in reality I think Gs and As get you on the team (and GA for keepers).

 

I was in the same boat - no TV channel coverage for me so I bought ESPN+ and got blacked out for this game in English. This was the first game that got blacked out for me so it got me wondering if maybe it was on ESPN or ESPN2? If that's the case, then I could have just watched it on TV, but didn't think to check.

Oh well, I watched it in Spanish.

 

Nope, looked it up TV38. Not sure how they justify the blackouts when the station isn't available on any platform.

 

I recall reading a couple weeks ago that the Revs FO stated the back out earlier this year was a mistake and games should not be subject to black out. Looks like ESPN+ did not get that memo