Taking place at Harvard's Ohiri Field this Friday at 2:00PM. Weather looks a bit iffy, but I'll be wandering over from the office and plan to take some photos that I hope to have on-line by Saturday afternoon. FYI, The Magpie
May have something to do with this: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/w...pr06,0,1727205.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
actually the UCONN scrimmage was supposed to be held in Stoughton, MA. dont see why it was cancelled, unless the soccer team accounted for a majority of those arrests....
Husky-mania is rooted in CT's sporting inferiority complex owing to its geographic location between Boston and NYC. Nutmeggers aren't particulary enthralled with b-ball by nature or history, but given a chance to grasp a winner they can claim as their own, they've understandably jumped on the bandwagon. The hoops mania really only started when the Whalers left town, and the teams got competitive.
Bandwaggon? Both teams have been fairly successful or dominate for the last ten years? Hows that bandwaggoning? Such a pisser I don't work over at WGBH any more. I used to look onto that feild from our office window over at Harvard. If anyone wants public transporation advice on getting over there. Take the Redline to Central Sq. and I believe it's the #70 bus that goes down Soldier's Feild Road. I'm assuming it's the same soccer feild I'm thinking of.
there is no price for the game right? as its only a scrimmage? if there is a price, what would it be?
Or you could just take the Red Line to Harvard Square and walk down JFK Street toward the river, go over the bridge and the field is across the streeet from the Stadium. It's about a 10 minute walk, if that. Tom
Yeah it might be a bit of a longer walk than that. Like 15 minutes from Central Sq. too. Most of the time I was lazy enough to take the bus down.
Just thought of something..... How come we can have outdoor scrimages with local teams but no home games for weeks into the season. For that matter, it's cold in November here and yet there have been soccer games played in Foxboro. Finally, I spent two weeks in England Feb/March and it's also colder there then it is here now and yet we have to play on the road for weeks. Something's not right about the leagues scheduling and the pressure it puts on the Revs early in the season isn't fair.
"How come we can have outdoor scrimages with local teams but no home games for weeks into the season." For what it's worth: * The Revolution play their first home match and only their second match of the 2004 MLS Season in week three at home. * Only four teams are in action this weekend. Granted, they're both being held in warmer climates, but is that at all significant considering several home openers were held in colder climates last weekend? * Let's face it, the Revs could use/benefit from a competitive kick-around against opponents other than themselves. Relax... The Magpie
For one, it's supposed to rain tomorrow - so that scrimmage may well be cancelled. If it's raining on Saturday evening, think about whether you'd like to be at the home opener in 40 degrees (or less) and rain! The problem is attendance. If we struggle to have decent attendance when the weather is great, how many people are going to come when it sucks? Based on past history - VERY few. Weather around here is not more likely to be good than bad until May. April showers don't bring Revs fans.
Hey mon! What's all this I-and-I am 'earin aboot th 'artford Wailers? Th Rastaman no fe guan skay-tin on da ice an ting... Oh, you said Whalers, um, never mind
And a couple of more points to add to previous replies: a: In terms of field maintenance, and even attracting spectators, while it may be just as cold or colder in November than it is now, on average, March and April are far more wet. The team probably doesn't mind protecting the field a bit, by playing a few away games early. Plus, I would think that people would be less likely to come out when it's cold and wet than when it's a little colder but dry. b: This notion people have about too many away games seems very silly to me. This notion that having more away games early ends up ruining the season is just a lame excuse to me. Sure we've struggled with it in the past, but the truth is, those teams were just not all that strong. No matter when you play them, you still are going to have the same number of away games as home games (not counting cups where you play the home and away legs away). Other teams could just as easily complain that we actually get an advantage when we get more home games late in the season, when the team is settled (unlike early in the season), durring the run into the playoffs. I don't think that playing more away games early is likely to ruin the team's morale for the season, but playing more home games early can possibly ruin the field for the season.
I figured that someone might say that. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they have more than just a few games on the road at the beginning of the season? But even so, I think it's just something that becomes a excuse if players allow it to become one. 'Woe is us, we have it so hard. Please have pitty on us..." Do you honestly think LA would have been an unstopable force last season had they had more home games early? Would they not have allowed San Jose to come back from 4 goals down if they'd eaten a few more home cooked meals in the first couple of months? Like LA, Columbus was also picked to do very well last year, what was their excuse? Playing away does have some affect, but call me naive, for I just don't think it has as great an affect on the season as a whole as some poeple seem to believe.