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Friday, April 9, 2010

THE MATCHUP: Revolution, evolution or revolting? Discuss.

-----Finally, Mo had found his industrious centreback and striker

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION VS. TORONTO FC
 
Gillette "The Best a Man Can Get" Stadium - Saturday 7:30PM EST
TV: GOL-TV
 
Revolutions have their advantages - and not just for t-shirt dudes making Che Guevaras in their basement. No, when something has become stagnant, bloated, corrupt and isn't working for the good of the people, a nice little revolution can be healthy. While it's always nicer to watch something peacefully evolve (say for example a football club getting better year by year), sometimes it just doesn't happen and the lazy, arrogant and inept leader's statue must be toppled from the town square.
 
Since we are unlikely to be throwing shoes at a Mo statue anytime soon, we'll just have to hope that this year's club somehow manages to slowly evolve with The Glorious Leader's eternal promise of "2 or 3 new players" (Arrival TBA… again). Or, in the least, doesn't revolve the defence around Nick Garcia. New England is a place where TFC has never done well so for the sake of the hundreds of Toronto supporters following the team to Massachusetts this weekend, let's hope they are at least not revolting.
 
If these two teams are akin to revolutions then Steve Nicol's New Englanders (I'm still partial to the Olde version myself) are indeed a fiery attacking American Revolution style. The cut & thrust style of Taylor Twellman, Shalrie Joseph and speedy Gambian forward Kenny Mansally are definitely more the Lenin/ Guevara type of revolutionaries.
 
TFC on the other hand are more like the Industrial Revolution: lumbering, controlled by miserly barons, constantly needing to start the engine again and not afraid to use child labour. With a defence that will likely continue to use "Enemy of the People" Nick Garcia and an offence by committee, it will only be industrious hard-work led by new captain Dwayne De Rosario that will be able to hold off the fiery cannons of New England.
 
19TH CENTURY STEAM ENGINE SAYS: 0-0 Draw
PAUL REVERE SAYS: 2-0 New England
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: "REVS GIVE WICKED AWESOME BEAT-DOWN"

-------------The "5-Year-Plan Memorial" came down nicely

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