Revs News 8/4 [R]

patfan1 · Aug 5, 2005

rkupp said:

While most of these competitions may involve significant prize money, I doubt they cover the expenses incurred in competing in them. Saprissa going to Sydney? That's probably Mike Burns' worst nightmare - having to shell out scarce $ to travel around the world competing in competitions that few fans know or care about.
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Just curious, but doesn't FIFA usually cover the costs for the teams that are traveling to these competitions?

Jasonisimo · Aug 5, 2005

I know FIFA doesn't cover the costs of national team travel to the World Cup. Roy Keane taught us that much.

Rodan · Aug 5, 2005

Didn't see this posted anywhere: interesting indirect exhange between Steve Nicol, Dave Sarachan, and Chris Rolfe in theis aricle on ESPN's Soccernet:

Fire emphasize Open Cup by Marc Connolly

That's why it was a little odd for a player like Rolfe to be standing there at the intimate grounds of Lusitano Stadium in Ludlow, Mass., on Wednesday night wondering how much the match meant to his opponent. After playing against a Revolution side that started several second-team players and rested all-stars like Clint Dempsey and Michael Parkhurst, he saw firsthand how there is a club-by-club philosophy as to the level of importance played on the 91-year-old tournament.

"Our team did a good job on the road and this is something we really want to win," he said. "Others, like New England tonight, seem to take it lightly."

Fire head coach Dave Sarachan said much of the same.

"It might be easy for New England to say they didn't have their best group out there," he said. "But that was their decision. We treat this tournament very seriously."

When Revs head coach Steve Nicol got wind of this, he responded by saying: "If we didn't take this game seriously, then why did it take them until extra time to beat us? End of story."
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