It has to end at some point! Insert sunk cost fallacy analogy.
Away - Revs 09/10
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And we've already won at NE this year. (Granted, we played like crap. But they played worse.)
You've attended 60% of our away losses..... amortize the sunk cost over the next 52 weeks and call it your coffee fund.
Portland has good turf, though. We struggled the last time we played New England because of the black bead turf. It messes up our passing.
I didn't go back and watch it recently, but my recollection is that we actually passed the ball pretty well in New England, particularly playing some really nice stuff in the midfield in the first half.
We had 85% passing completion as an entire team, which is very high, and the midfielders all had marks above that. Passing stats are imperfect to be sure, but that at least squares with my (fading) memory.
https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1...-Soccer-2016-New-England-Rev-New-York-City-FC
None of which is to say that the turf isn't garbage up there, but, on the whole, I don't think it actually affected is in the most recent match at least.
Some thought's on this weekend's match. NE is a pretty interesting team tactically, though they have really struggled this year. While there is probably no away match in MLS where you can truly expect a win, this is probably the one where we have the best odds out of the three remaining road matches. Hope to see some of you up there.
I think we have a chance, but, even though they are not a good team, they have only lost twice at home all year (to LA early and Dallas last week), so it is hard to feel that good about our chances. This league is crazy. Even the crap teams win/draw 70%+ of the time at home. It is good for parity and home attendance, I suppose, but I personally would prefer if the home field advantage wasn't quite so pronounced.
As of this year's installation, Gillette now has FieldTurf Revolution 360. This is the same thing Seattle upgraded to in February, ahead of the Sounders' season, and Portland did the same.
Last year, there was discussion/speculation that New England's turf was somehow worse than Portland/Seattle. But, as I also pointed out at the time, they were using the same earlier FieldTurf version as Portland/Seattle last season. No one seemed to be able to explain or point out any specific difference as to why Gillette Stadium would be worse than CenturyLink Field or Providence Park
Last year, there was discussion/speculation that New England's turf was somehow worse than Portland/Seattle. But, as I also pointed out at the time, they were using the same earlier FieldTurf version as Portland/Seattle last season. No one seemed to be able to explain or point out any specific difference as to why Gillette Stadium would be worse than CenturyLink Field or Providence Park
Well David Villa is friends with Cookie Monster and Rosita, so maybe a couple of offside calls will slip past Kermit.
Except that Rosita is still waiting to play GK. No matter how friendly and cheery she is, a jilted woman-monster will do him no favors.
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