MODS: I realize this is off topic, but I think it speaks to the greater good of supporters of all clubs in MLS. I don't know how many of you know or care about this, but the New England Revolution's management has seen fit to schedule their Concacaf Champions Cup "Home" match in Costa Rica. Unless they think Steve Sampson is going to pay the airfares for all of the loyal Rev supporters that have turned out over the years for that pitiful team, I'd say that they're serving the good people of New England a big sh!t sandwich. You can see the thread here. You can sign the petition here
It just occurred to me that this "petition on line "might be a great way to build a petition to keep baseball out of RFK! Does someone have the energy to get it started?
What we really need is to get some of the performers at the Grammy's to wear No Baseball in RFK shirts!!
I did sign the petition as #301 and resisted the urge to add the comment "You are going to get your asses kicked anyway but let your fans witness it at least"
Unfortunately, Sunil Gulati want's a Costa Rican vacation, and they seem to be moving forward with this ludicrous idea. MLSNet "We're excited about our first participation in the Champions Cup and we're looking forward to playing a top team in Alajuelense, " Managing Director of Kraft Soccer Sunil Gulati said. "Obviously, our strong preference would have been to play one of the matches at home. But it is simply too risky in the month of March given the sort of weather conditions we've had in New England this year. To try to partially compensate, we'll have an extended period of preparation in Costa Rica prior to the first match." So incredibly weak. I think it's important to sign the petition anyway, to help get through to the thickheaded NE braintrust that this was an incredible PR disaster, and perhaps it will be a lesson to the other 9 clubs that they should never try to pull this kind of weak manouver.
Come on, the only way NE COULD win is if it snowed during the game. They won't win with batteries and bags of pee being thrown at them in lovely Costa Rica, that's for sure. #397
Too risky for whom? They actually plow the streets in NE, people own snow gear (I seem to recall a famous Pats playoff game in the snow that was a sellout). What a steaming load!! K