Franchino won't let Revs settle By Gus Martins, Boston Herald Not sure if this piece from RevsNet was posted yesterday A View From The Fort, Tenth Game, #10, 10,000 and 10% Jim Dow
NRC, but still very interesting, if you haven't seen it: http://www.mlsnet.com/content/03/chi0612developers.html What fascinates me about this is how well the whole process is being handled. These communities are actually *competing*--literally fighting--with each other to get the Fire stadium built. Would that we had such management.
Well, not trying to stray off-topic, but I think one of the keys has been the success of the Fire in Naperville. Peter Wilt and his staff have done a bang-up job of easing community fears by working within that group, opening and maintaining effective means of communications, this while going out of his way to indicate that the city will not be forgotten once the Fire return to Soldiers Field and/or elsewhere... ... they've been "good neighbors" and that has had a positive effect on the club's reputation. These are communities that are "fighting" not only for the Fire, but for the chance to improve and/or enhance their communities. Heck, think of the stadium as the centerpiece if a soccer-themed "community center," that's probably one way the local resident see it. So how to compare to the Revs situation and the Krafts? Well, quite frankly it doesn't. You have a stadium that's not especially in a suburban-area, it's not immediately accessible, and it doesn't offer much attraction outside of game-day. That's not to suggest it isn't a good facilty, it's just a facilty primarily geared towards the NFL franchise, however being set up to accommodate soccer. The facility the Fire are hoping to build is going to be geared primarily towards soccer, being accommodating in other areas as needed. It's really an apples and oranges comparison. The Magpie
As usually, nice job Jim Dow. Indeed, according to the roster on MLSnet, he did take #10. Re: Gus' article, it's good to hear that Franchino is not taking the KC tie lightly. Colorado is down and the central defense is hurting, with Herdsman retiring, Stewart hurt, and Borschers red-carded. Reminds me of last year's Revs, before Kante arrived, Pierce hurt and Llamosa at the World Cup. (Quick, name the Revs 2 central defenders in the 5-2 loss in Denver last year). Even without Twellman and Kamler, there should be no reason we can't score a few on these guys. The Rapids have scored only 1 goal in the last 5 games. BTW, the 2 central defenders on 5/22/02 were Leo Cullen and Carlos Semedo (I had to look it up).
You had to bring this up. That match was filled with all kinds of low-lights, not the least of which came when Mark 'Wang' Chung scored a cheap chapeta on Juergen Sommer, and, even worse, when Mamadou Diallo pulled a nutty at halftime and wanted to field-dress Fernando Clavijo with his bare hands. An awful memory to re-hash. Bad times. Bad times, indeed. Thankfully, they're in the past.
Two months later with Sommer, Downing, and Cullen in back we lose to Colo 3-2 at home in front of almost 15K. SN had seen enough. Adin goes between the pipes the next week...and we haven't given up 3 goals in a match since, the longest such active streak in MLS.
Separation part of job in pro soccer BY DAVID CARAVIELLO (featuring former Revs Ted Chronopoulos and Steve Klein) Confidence high despite drought By Allison Ann Otto