Revolution Recap returns Sunday, 7-8PM on WNRI AM 1380 (+ Internet)

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Tonight's Guests (July 27th):
Brian O'Connell (in studio) - New England Soccer News Writer
Lisa Eisenmenger - American Soccer News Writer


Plus comments from Paul Mariner, Shalrie Joseph and Jeff Larentowicz from today's practice. Also, Michael Parkhurst on going to the Olympics.

 

Archive is up on iTunes and at RevolutionRecap.com

I completely agree with you on the second part, especially the scheduling, which I believe is almost solely for television. That seems to be a problem for this tournament in general, I mean who schedules a game for 9PM on a Tuesday in Houston?

As for your main point, I think that is true with just about every MLS team when it comes to the Open Cup. It's disappointing, but I gotta wonder how much money is divided between the teams, USSF, etc. other than the $100,000, $50,000, and $10,000 prizes. I love the Open Cup, but are weeknight games against mostly unknown teams ever going to be a big draw for the MLS teams? They probably feel their advertising money is better spent elsewhere, especially if they aren't putting their best product out on the field for those matches. Now should they advance and manage to get the final at Gillette, I would be very interested to see how they promote that.

That said, shouldn't the USSF be doing more to promote this? I mean look at the effort they put into the official Open Cup site. The top site for the Open Cup, USOpenCup.com, is run solely by a group of unpaid individuals with a passion for the tournament.

I've actually been surprised by the amount of advertising the Revs have done for SuperLiga (at least for the group stages). I've seen/heard them on radio, newspapers and Spanish language TV. I think they've made a good effort to get the word out there about this and I know several people who generally make it to one or two games a year that have been to both SuperLiga games. I think some of the radio ads may leave the average sports fan with questions about what the tournament is, but you can only say so much in 30 seconds. The newspaper ads I saw seemed to do a pretty good job explaining the basics though. It's a shame more people haven't come out to this because at least to me, the matches have been pretty exciting and a good way to show off the team against some really good opponents. The scheduling, lesser known Mexican teams, and maybe that you couldn't use flex tickets (?) probably all had an effect.

BUT when it comes to the local sports media, when you have one of the "top" sports anchors (who I will keep nameless) comes to interview Matt Reis before a SuperLiga match and the questions he asks are "what does a goalkeeper do?" and "what do you think of the Patriot's player who just re-signed?" Why even bother making the effort? The Revs probably deserve some credit for doing something right to get the attention, but then the sports anchor should do his job and make an effort to ask something relevant instead of embarrassing himself.

 

This Week's Guests (August 3rd):
Brad Feldman - New England Revolution Play-by-Play broadcaster/Broadcast Executive

Plus: Post game SuperLiga Semifinal comments from Steve Nicol, Jeff Larentowicz and Matt Reis.

*This show was pre-recorded on Friday.

http://www.blog.revolutionrecap.com/2008/08/sundays-guests-august-3rd-revolution.html

 

No idea what went wrong at the station, but here is the MP3:

http://www.revolutionrecap.com/archives/Revolution Recap (8-3-08).mp3

I'll have it up on the rss feed/itunes shortly.

Also a less compressed version (more than twice the file size):
http://www.revolutionrecap.com/prerecordedshows/August3rdbroadcast.mp3

 

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Tonight's Guests (August 10th):
Adam Sell (in studio)
Jim Dow - RevsNet.com Writer


Still working on all the post game comments from this week, but among others there is:
-Post game SuperLiga comments from: Steve Nicol, Craig Tornberg, Jeff Larentowicz, Matt Reis, and Houston Coach Dominic Kinnear.
-Post game comments from the Chicago Fire match: Steve Nicol, Taylor Twellman,Sainey Nyassi, Matt Reis, and more.
-Preview the Open Cup: Steve Nicol, and Doug Warren.

 

Bump. Show starts at 7PM tonight, not 7:05 to fit everything in.

http://www.blog.revolutionrecap.com/2008/08/tonights-guests-august-10th-revolution.html

 

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Sunday's Guests (August 17th):
Brian O'Connell (in studio) - New England Soccer News writer
Jim Dow - RevsNet.com Writer

Please send in comments or questions to revolutionrecap@gmail.com. We'd like to hear your comments on recent news, including the Open Cup and whatever happens in tonight's match. We'll read and discuss your e-mails during the show.

 

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Tonight's Guests (August 24th):
Kyle McCarthy - Goal.com and MLSnet.com Writer
Dave Akman

Plus post Chicago Fire match comments from Steve Nicol, Taylor Twellman and Doug Warren.

Please send in comments or questions before or during the show to revolutionrecap@gmail.com.

 

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Thanks!

 

Live tonight on WNRI AM1380 and www.RevolutionRecap.com from 7:05 till 8PM ET tune in to Revolution Recap for discussion of the Revs CONCACAF Champion's League first leg loss to Joe Public FC (Trinidad & Tobago) on Tuesday, draw with David Beckham's Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, and upcoming second leg match against Joe Public.

Tonight's Guests (August 31st):
Joyce Furia (in studio) - Soccer New England Photographer
Monty Rodrigues - President of the Midnight Riders

Includes post-game comments from David Beckham, Taylor Twellman, Shalrie Joseph, Steve Nicol, Bruce Arena, and Khano Smith.

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Live tonight on WNRI AM1380 and www.RevolutionRecap.com from 7:05 till 8PM ET tune in to Revolution Recap for discussion of the Revs CONCACAF Champion's League series loss to Joe Public FC (Trinidad & Tobago) on Tuesday, loss to Columbus on Saturday, and upcoming game against Chivas on Thursday.

Tonight's Guests (Sept. 7th)
Brian O'Connell (in studio) - New England Soccer News Writer
Frank Dell'Apa - Boston Globe writer

Includes CCL post-game comments from Steve Nicol, Gregory Richardson, and Keith Griffith.

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Tonight's Guests (September 21st):
Tony Biscaia (in studio) - Revsnet.com Photographer/Writer
Marc Connolly - Goal.com

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Tonight's Guests (September 28th):
Jim Dow - Revsnet.com Writer

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The guests this week were Brian O'Connell (New England Soccer News Writer) and Brad Feldman (New England Revolution Play-by-Play broadcaster/Broadcast Executive). The show also includes post-game comments from Steve Nicol, Steve Ralston, Taylor Twellman, and Shalrie Joseph.

The archive is now up on iTunes and at RevolutionRecap.com

 

\Live tonight on WNRI AM 1380 and www.RevolutionRecap.com from 7:05 till 8PM ET tune in to Revolution Recap for discussion of the Revs loss at D.C. United on Thursday as well as the recent Boston Globe article about a potential stadium in Somerville.

Tonight's Guests (Oct. 19th)
Joyce Furia (in studio) - Soccer New England Photographer/Writer
Kyle McCarthy - Goal.com and MLSNet.com Writer
Eric Moskowitz - Boston Globe Writer

Please e-mail questions, comments, etc. to
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