The Revs at Valley Forge

Don Cuddy, writing in Soccer365.com summed up the decidedly wobbly ego-fest thing that was and is theNew England Revolution's 2006 season. Cuddy did better, anyway, than 4/5 the soccer commentariat (the subject, I think, of a project to come), who are still assuming the Revs will wake up any day now absent evidence to the contrary.

Naturally, the subject turned to the reasons for the season-long bout with despondency and his answer, while not rock-solid, works well enough for me:

"The fact is that the thrill is gone for this group of players. While Steve Nicol has been able to keep the lid on there are a lot of people wearing blue shirts who are seething with frustration, each for their own reasons."

Sad, but true I think. Now the question is who was the mad scientist who did the brain swap between New England and Red Bull New York?

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