Pre-match: Columbus Crew vs New England Clam Sauce Fake Grass Chowdahs | Match 2 - Mar. 9, 2019 2:00 PM ET

I'm drunk on life.

 

If the Revs win will.the.players get gift certificates to.the Oriental Rub Joint & Spa?

 

KHT

 

The title to this thread is not the happy ending I was looking for

 

I made a delicious salmon chowder for lunch on Saturday and am having the leftovers for dinner tonight.

Honestly, who knows if New England is any good? If you watched the New England/Dallas game this weekend with as many other actual better professional soccer options were available you are a better man than me. That said, a tie on the road at Dallas is impressive. And this is the Revs home opener, so you can expect a tepid atmosphere at Foxboro as opposed to the normal complete lack of atmosphere. It's gonna be a tough ask for our boys.

That said, we brought in Matt Reis for one goddamn reason. This game. Matt Reis a died in the wool New England Revolution goalkeeping legend was passed up for the Revs head coaching job for some Ohio kid with a British accent?!? I have a feeling Matt is gonna rally the troops here.

A Zack Steffen clean sheet. 5 Santos stumbles. 2 Zardes goals. And a 3-0 Crew victory.

 

I think the first 10,000 people through the gate gets them. For the players, it's in the contract, win or lose.

 

I'll take the over on the Santos stumbles.

 

Man I had you for at least 72 hours to get over the Rome derby.

 

Official line is 9.5.

 

Too bad Hansen isn’t healthy . Honestly I like Christian Martínez better than Pedro who has 1 goal in 48 games.

 

So that NordOst 96 group is having a watch party for the match at Missing Falls Brewery in Akron. I was wondering if anyone from here might be attending that.

 

I had to check the profile picture like five times to make sure I wasn't seeing things as to who posted this.

 

Not I, but I'm planning on attending a watch party myself for really only the third time in my life. This time, it is literally less than a mile from my house, across the street on sunbury in Westerville, at a place I like to go to for beer and food.

It was like destiny. I can't not go.

 

I'd consider going but I think I pissed that guy off. Then again,who haven't I pissed off, so I suppose that's no barrier.

 

Hasn’t Mullins played as a winger? He’d have to be better than Meram at this point right?

 

Maybe Porter is playing the long-con. Not make these subs to only get a tie instead of win, to pressure the staff to let him spend and get his players in, vs. using subs and winning games without the team he fully wants.

Totally joking.

 

I, too, was puzzled that we did not make more subs. But, one game. I really don't think I can judge much on one game.

 

Crabby Tom's?

 

Harry Buffalo

 

I read those comments, too. And the one line that really jumped out was: "That would have been the only way to get J.J on the field."

Look, I agree with @kgilbert78 that this is just one game, and we need to chill out a little bit and not assume that what we saw on Saturday is the entirely of what we'll see all season. But Porter's statement - which I certainly could be reading something into that he didn't mean - was that the only way we'll see a second striker enter a game is if another offensive player comes off.

Which, again, seems very Berhalter-esque. Unless I'm mistaken, the only time last season we saw two strikers was when roster availability made a shirt to that line-up advantageous (was it during Open Cup matches without Higuain?).

I mean, really? We'd never pull a central midfielder or defender to insert another attacking player? We don't have players who can shift their positions, in game, to help make those adjustments? It just strikes me as odd. As it did when Gregg was making these same decisions.

Anyway, as we wait for more data, the next thing I'll be looking for is Porter's willingness to mix up his starting XI; something Berhalter was loath to do. Might Robinho start for Santos, for example?