The battle between MLS and the Mexican league is over and two MLS teams are left standing. New England and Houston have vanquished their Mexican counterparts and are now set to square off in a final that won’t be of much interest to fans outside of MLS.
Call it MLS Cup 12 1/2.
You have already heard about how the Revs and Dynamo are set to split the winner’s share for the final as a show of support for what they feel are meager winnings, and you may have heard about MLS commissioner Don Garber all but threatening the teams with punishment if they did just that. While that gets sorted out we should remember that a trophy is, in fact, on the line and I doubt either team is forgetting that fact.
You know the routine. If you will be watching tonight’s match, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the match.
Great game. Congrats to Revs. Good to see the teams exchange jerseys after the match. Respect. Joseph is clearly man of the tournament. I don’t understand the referee complaints — thought he did fairly well. BTW, was Barrett beaten on both New England goals? doh!
I’d also like to see Shalrie get a shot at a top league, just to see what he can do. But they’d have to offer something more than a derisory bid. How much would it cost to replace a player like Shalrie? (not considering Nicol’s scouting and drafting ability) Probably a lot more than they’d get for him from some English team trying to buy cheap. And that’s the problem.
For all the SuperLiga supercritics and haters – despite all that can be fixed with the tournament, there have been consistently competitive matches. Exciting for both fans of the teams and just of the game. Last night was yet another example.
Foxboro is halfway to Providence. If you don’t have a car around there (I didn’t when I went to NU) there’s no way to get there. If they could get a SSS in the city near a T line, that would help. However that would make it tougher to get to for suburbanites. 6 of one, half a dozen of another. Foxboro has notoriously bad access and egress traffic on Rte 1 and 95, but they did do a lot of work when they built Gillette.
MLS should not seel Joseph for 1 or 2 million, thats nothing in the world of football. If they make a serious offer they should consider it, but not for peanuts.
well worth that 4 plus hours of driving from CT.
So what if its a made up trophy….still a championship for the revs!
Hate on the attendance all you’d like but our stadium is in the middle of nowhere with no public transportation.
The die hards came out tonight. The fort was as full as ever and showed it their all.
Great win!
Hate on the attendance all you’d like but our stadium is in the middle of nowhere with no public transportation.
The die hards came out tonight. The fort was as full as ever and showed it their all.
Great win!
9,242? We had a tropical storm and I am confident we could have pulled more in attendance in Houston tonight.
Just over 9,200 in attendance for a tournament final… Hmmm, good work Garber and Co.
Wow, what a game. I was 10 rows back behind the penalties and I don’t remember ever experiencing such a roller coaster of emotions. Wow, wow.
And let me say this, Jeff Lawrentawicz is the most underated player in MLS. He gives me hope for the day we lose Parkhurst. I love having him in midfield, but he is a solid center back. Solid.
BTW, no competition, Shalrie Joseph is the player of the tournament. Pure class. I was sitting next to a Celtic fan who made a comment about being an easy starter there.
Just guessig that the #3 Toro is a former teammate at Cal State DH –
http://www.csudh.edu/tormosonline/bios/mensoccer/mensoccer-MINAMI.htm
mlsnet.com says 9,242. Which sounds about right. I was there and I thought it was less than that.
I love the complaints about the officiating when Howard Webb was the ref… top ref in England and the England rep at Euro 2008.
Anyone know the announced attendance?
Any sources?
hopefully when Ralston took the trophy over to Kraft, he told him that the funds will go toward their future stadium.
Appropriate that the players agreed in advance to split the money, because this match was as close as they come.
Also appropriate that the players didn’t take the grandstand and that Ralston immediately took the trophy to Kraft, since the owner gets most of the money from this match.
Quality contest. This is validation for the Superliga tournament that both teams brought it tonight. Another trophy for Robert Kraft.
Joseph is the most underrated talent in MLS.
Now if the Revs could finally win the league!
Ives, I have a question: If the Revolution win a title and nobody watches it, does it actually happen? 🙂
I’m just having fun, congrats Revs.
My cable, and thus my internet, went out after the first PK by Ralston. Oh well, Congrats to both teams, especially the Revs.
I don’t believe it. We’ve actually beat the Dynamo in a final! And in PKs! Is this it? Is the Houston curse over? Can we finally win an MLS Cup?
Please say yes.
what happen to the trophy ceremony?
Were the players protesting by not going on stage to get the trophy?
FINALLY!! I was about to go ape s*** if NE lost another final to Houston! GO REVS!!
Very enjoyable match. I know Superliga has some problems, but there have been some fun matches to watch.
Great match- not a Revs fan, but good for them!
I like seeing this real respect and sportsmanship after a close one. Not like the ‘respect’ some teams show.
Amazing game, though. Simply amazing.
What a great rivalry. These two teams are fantastic ambassadors for MLS.
Who was Kamara’s sign for? Something about “Toros #3 JT – We will miss you.” Was it for Toja? He wears, uh, wore, #8…
Not Ashe’s fault – it never should have gotten to him. Great game – I’m glad both teams showed up and I hope to see them again in the MLS cup.
decided by a penalty of the top bar. poor corey ashe…..
He looked overwhelmed walking up to take his shot
Ashe misses – NE wins!
Boswell will miss if he has to take one too.
I was half right – we all knew Smith was going to miss though
Wow, Ching is never allowed to take a PK again. Remember last years superliga?
AND ANOTHER ON CHING!
But he makes up for it with a save on DeRo.
Reis with the PK MISS!
I think Onstad has been rocking the Just For Men
None – just having fun. I’d find it ironic
Wonder if the Rev’s will choke again?
Speaking of Greg Lalas does anybody watch MLS extra time on the MLS web site? Greg Lalas and Shep Messing, those two are so bad!!!!
Joe, besides national team performances, what basis do you have for such a prediction?
Imagine if Houston hadn’t played on Saturday against a good Crew team!
I’m thinking Twellman and Ching both miss
Another Superliga to be decided on PKs…
My apologies to Kamara for comparing him to Khano Smith. Kamara, one hopes, could at least come CLOSE to shooting on goal. Smith is SO predictable–fire at will, regardless of angle, miss by a mile. Yech. His game is uglier than Twellman’s new ‘do.
I wonder if Greg Lalas is mad at dad…because he is EMO today. Cheer up, champ.
The Revs are really missing their center defenders today. Igwe is much more of a side defender, and short on experience at that.
It looks like Nicol has a zebra-print slap bracelet on.
No, MLS is not a bush league, but Joseph is legitimately Champions League quality.