Like George Bush and the recent olive branch he extended those toads in France, perhaps it's time to drop the animosity towards the ProJo. In any case, he's a link - and for the footie-deprived, there's a match on Sunday in East Providence you might be interested in. Chaves, at one point not to long ago, was a Portuguese First division club. http://www.projo.com/soccer/content/projo_20030606_06soccol.8acb1.html [Registration required] "The Rhode Island Stingrays will host Portuguese second-division club Desportivo Chaves this weekend, playing an exhibition on Sunday at 3 p.m. at Pierce Memorial Stadium in East Providence." Unlike at Gillette Stadium, parking is FREE at Pierce Field. And the best part is they serve linguica sandwiches, too.
Danizinho is nothing if not a peacemaker. Slightly on topic, can anyone in the Portuguese community say what, if anything, the Revs are doing these days to court fan support among those fans? Or have they just sort of given up?
When a club like Benfica come over here to play the Stingrays and not the Revs (or someone else in conjunction with a Revs game) it make me wonder. I did see Rui Costa (no, not that Rui Costa) at the KC game, so I assume he's still the liaison with the local Portuguese community. Tom
Rui's still in that capacity. And, in addition, has the responsibility of working with the Latino community. I can't really say what he's been doing in his current capacity, however. The Revs marketing effort, as you're well-aware, had some of its greatest successes early on - thanks in large part to Craig Tornberg - when it was a grassroots effort. Perhaps it's time to add some TurfBuilder
You would think that Revolution propaganda and discount offers would be given to the many Portuguese futebol clubs scattered around southern New England. I know I've never seen anything at Taunton Sports Club or at Taunton Eagles but I have seen StingRay stuff. RC
Hey Boutros-Boutros Danizinho, the difference between soccer fans and Our Fearless Leader is that we know crumbs from the edge of the crossant when we see it. The ProJoke still disrespects soccer, and is getting worse, not better.