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An embarrassment of riches
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There’s always that moment during a game when I think to myself, “That’s it,” putting a marker down on the isolated eyeblink that swung the game, or was emblematic of the situation that decided it. And then, yesterday, I kept thinking it, over and over again. Frustrating.
The Fire, at this point, look like a team [...]
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3-0 stops wee Stevie’s whining
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Now, after a month of wondering, we know the answer to Steve Nicol’s week 2 puzzler: How would the Revs do against the Fire, at even strength, without the subtle favor that home-field lends, without that terribly unjust and egregiously over-reaching *sob* red card? How much of the 4-0 thrashing did those factors account for?
Now [...]
Category: Team NewsYeah, baby … yeah!
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In a parity league, it’s good to be the best above-average team.
MLS is all about parity, as they attempt to learn from the NASL. (Ever notice how the money men take the crudest lessons? Would it be too much to say “growing the sport entire should be the primary focus” as an adjunct to “a [...]
Category: Team NewsTonight, the Revs; tomorrow, tba
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Ok, finally that ‘opening month’ thing is behind us. It’s likely the next couple of weeks will either expose the Fire as a team with some growing to do, or reveal a group ready to challenge for league supremacy.
Since losing to NobodyBeatsTheWiz, though, the Fire have had a couple of decent weeks off the field. [...]
Category: Team News‘Fire exist!’ and other hopeful signs
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Another week goes past, and once again I’ve seen virtually every moment of MLS action save the Fire. I’m beginning to suspect that I’m trapped in Philip K. Dick story – not one he could sell, mind, not even now that his used tissues could be optioned for the big screen. The Fire still are [...]
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