From the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” Department

Taylor Twellman, Cosmo Model.

I can’t even add anything to this.

Emergency Update: It just keeps getting better.

Twellman, who split last year from wife Lindsay, reveals in his Cosmo Q&A that he hates talking to women about his job (“I’m looking for a girl who’s about being with me, not about being with a soccer player,” he says), and that he’s into ladies who wear white tops with jeans and high heels. Good to know.

Revolution em Colorado

By Walter Silva
Podia ter sido muito pior, porque a jogar desta maneira um ponto é bastante bom, mesmo a jogar contra dez o Revolution não teve arte nem engenho para poder ter chegado á vitória. É que foi meia hora a jogar com mais um elemento, e foi o pior momemto do jogo, porque até então o Revolution tinha feito uma boa partida.

Começou bem a equipa de Foxboro, e criou duas boas ocasiões de golo que o guarda redes da equipa da casa consegui evitar o pior, mas á terçeira foi de vez, livre apontado do lado esquerdo como atacava o Revolution por Kenny Manssaly e Kheli Dube a elevar-se mais alto do que toda a defesa do Colorado e a fazer o primeiro golo do jogo.

Revs Play for Draw, Get It

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” – Geoffrey Chaucer, 1374 AD

In retrospect, I should probably be happy with a point on the road in Colorado.  After all, the game was played three days after losing to the Artists Formerly Known as the Dallas Burn.  And it was played in Colorado, where the Revolution haven’t won since they employed the likes of Ian Fuller and Alex Pineda Chacon.

But the timid, overly careful manner in which Steve Nicol’s team emerged with a 1-1 draw leaves me shaking my head.

Yes, they deserve credit for taking the lead in the first half on a beautiful free kick from Kenny Mansally that Kheli Dube dutifully nodded home after Colorado’s Omar Cummings deemed the New England sophomore unworthy of marking.

Ralston Done for the Year

I had a feeling when he left the field on Saturday night that it would be the last time we saw Steve Ralston this year.

Looks like I was right.

Ralston suffers season-ending knee injury
Revs captain tore the ACL in his right knee on Saturday against Seattle

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Revolution captain Steve Ralston suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on Saturday, Sept. 26, in the Revs’ match against Seattle, and will miss the remainder of the 2009 season. Surgery to repair the injury will be scheduled for a later date.

I hate to say it, but at 35-years of age, even if Ralston is willing and able to make a comeback, might the Revs be at the point where they should say, “Thanks, but no thanks”?  And if he still wants to play, deal him to whatever team he’d like to go to – Kansas City, perhaps?

At this point in his career, I just don’t like the odds of him playing as many minutes as the Revs need him to play.  Cut the cord, wish Rally all the best, and move on.

VALEU “SÃO” JOSEPH

By Walter Silva

Valeu Shalrie Joseph, com os dois golos á sua conta, mas o segundo foi mesmo á ponta de lança, mas foi mais difiçil do que pareçeu, é que ainda alguns jogadores não estavam quentes e já a equipa visitante estava na frente no marcador.

Mas foi uma vitória suada, e á custa de uma grave lesão do capitão e o melhor jogador desta equipa do Revolution, Steve Ralston contrai uma lesão dos ligamentos do joelho direito, mas só mais tarde se saberá a gravidade da mesma.

Abandon Ship!

Women, Children, and Burnsie first!

I’m calling it.  It’s over.

The SS Revolution has hit an iceberg.  Time to abandon ship.

What other conclusion am I supposed to come up with?  Three games against Kansas City, Chivas USA, and the artists formerly known as the MetroStars, and they manage one point?

And with five of their remaining six games against likely playoff teams?

Nope, not buying it.  This is not a playoff team.  Time to start scouting for the draft.

Time to cue Jim Mora:

(Note: The author of this article reserves the right to change his mind should the Revs beat Seattle next weekend.)

TIVERAM O QUE MERECERAM

By Walter Silva

As duas equipas tiveram o que mereçeram, um ponto para cada uma e já foi demais, para quem joga assim não mereçe mais, é que o futebol praticado pelas duas equipas ficou áquem do esperado.

É que as duas equipas tinha de fazer melhor, os Red Bulls com este empate ficou práticamento fora desta edição dos playoffs, o Revolution ainda pode lá chegar mas terá forçosamento de fazer melhor.

A VIEW FROM THE FORT: Nostalgia Breeds Nausea; Some Perspective On The Pats, Revs and the Future.

By: Jim Dow

When viewed through New England Revolution-biased eyes watching the re-branded “Boston” Patriots open up this season’s NFL campaign was a painful exercise in myriad ways. While the old-school uniforms were certainly an improvement on the Fashion Institute techno-tighties with accompanying Elvis logo inspired by some marketing idiot with the visual taste of a meatball, horrific memories rushed back of a cash-starved franchise constantly that long labored in the shadow of a more prosperous big brother.

PLAYOFFS EM PERIGO

By Walter silva

É verdade os playoffs desta temporada estão em perigo, com esta derrota com um adversário directo está a ficar cada vez mais difiçil, com o novo modelo de playoffs o Revolution vai ter de começar a ganhar para poder lá chegar, senão sujeita-se pela primeira vez na era de Steve Nicol á frente do Revolution ficar de fora.

On the bright side…

There’s simply no way Edgaras Jankauskas doesn’t win Goal of the Week honors.  He’s currently leading the vote with 70%.  There’s no need to even stuff the ballot box on this one, boys and girls.