A little know fact (once again, in my best Cliff Clavin voice), this guy, Manch was a finalist in the "name the team" contest back in 1995. I submitted the name the New England Six, as in six states in New England. They wanted New England listed as the team location and not Boston, making the team a regional team, attracting fans from all six NE states. The nickname "Six", I guess, was to close to the NBA's 76'ers.
I have been to Foxborough about 10 times for soccer matches, 6 of them World Cup matches in 1994. Most passionate fans where the Argentinians, but easily the best fans were the Italians. I saw Inter and AC Milan play a summer tour game there in the 2009 World Football Challenge. What an incredible atmosphere!!!
I have been to only one Revs game, and that was against Man United in the summer of 2011, as part of United's summer US tour and it was part of the 2011 World Football Challenge. I would say it was about 80% United fans. We were actually planning on going to see United and Barca play in Landover, but then the Revolution game was scheduled in Foxborough. Former Liverpool player(s) Steve Nicol was managing the Revs and Mikey Owen scored for United.
I spent a good part of the game explaining the way the Europeans play their seasons and the various cups and competitions. I don't follow the MLS or the Revs as much as I'd like, but with every new season, I find that I am following both more and more. What I enjoyed, is that the kids, aged 8-14 were having a blast supporting New England.
The current NE roster only has 4 non-US players on the roster, which is relatively low, IMO. In comparison, the LA Galaxy currently have 10 foreigners on their roster and San Jose has 11 foreigners, so I think the Revolution lack, big time in that area.
Also, I watched a Revolution 2015 preview the other day, and they stated that the Revolution are the only team from the original 10 teams to have every match televised, that is an incredible feat!
Originally posted by fsUTampa:
I'm already anti-NYCFC and they haven't even officially played a match yet!
Me too, a) they're from NY. b) They are owned by the NY Yankees and Manchester City. c) Season tickets holders got screwed when Lampard extended his stay with MCFC d) NYCFC gets Lampard and David Villa as their designated players and the Revolution never get any big Euro name DP's.
Oh well, the Revs open their season tonight on the road against former Rev great Clint Dempsey and 43,000 crazed Sounder fans.