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Over the weekend there was talk that New England Revolution midfielder and captain Shalrie Joseph and defender Kevin Alston were sent home from the team’s camp in Florida. Today some new light has been shed on the possible reason why at least Joseph was sent home. According to the Boston Globe, Joseph was trespassing at…[continue reading]

The winter months can either be good or bad on a Major League Soccer club. Its all really on who leaves the club and who comes in to help out. Take the New England Revolution for instance, each year its seems they lose one big name after another either in a trade, a transfer or…[continue reading]

Sometimes less is more, and in the case of the 2009 edition of the New England Revolution less nearly became a lot. If you would have told me that the Revs would have lacked both Steve Ralston and Taylor Twellman for the majority of the season and still made the playoffs this year I would…[continue reading]

We are nearly halfway through the 2009 campaign and it is a good time to review how the rookies are doing thus far. As stated before I think this year’s rookie class has been one of the better ones that we have seen in recent years. Plenty of rookies are getting a chance on the…[continue reading]

Hard to believe we are nearly a third of the way through things here already this season. For some clubs this will be the one-thirds mark of the season. Others are still catching up in the played games department, that’s what you get when you have an unbalanced schedule. Anyways, another load of games this…[continue reading]

A lot has been said about this year’s draft class. Going into the draft a lot of people thought it was a deep pool of players, more so than it had been in a few years. After eight or nine games for most clubs you could say those people figured right. Many rookies continue to…[continue reading]

I will be honest, this rookie class is already far and away better than it’s older brother from a season ago. Instead of digging deep to get a rookie of the year like we did last year it seems like we will have a true race once again this season between maybe four or five…[continue reading]

I just realized we have a slew of games this weekend. Seven games across two days, eight if you count the Thursday night game. The unbalanced schedule creeps in starting this week as Columbus has the lovely Thursday-Sunday swing going on. All clubs are in action this weekend though unlike the last two weeks. But…[continue reading]

The draft pool is starting to get a little deeper as we head towards this month’s SuperDraft. Word out of the Windy City and now comfirmed by SBI that University of Illinois-Chicago midfielder Baggio Husidic will sign a Generation adiadas contract with MLS. Some see Husidic as the top attacking midfielder in this draft. His…[continue reading]

Some more names are being added to the league’s Generation adidas list for next month’s draft. Steve Goff is reporting that Indiana junior Kevin Alston has signed with the league as a part of the Generation adidas program. The defensive back was a first-team All-Big Ten honoree. He was a part of a stellar backline…[continue reading]