New England Revolution: Stink, Brink, and Other Overreactions

Having last written about the budding optimism surrounding the New England Revolution’s current state, I now sit here at 36,000 feet on a cross-country flight worried.

About what? Stink and brink. Stink, as in “they stink,”  and brink, as in “a franchise on the brink.”

I’ll freely admit that before going off the grid for my flight’s take-off, I was barraged in the Twitter-sphere about midfielder Shalrie Joseph’s “indefinite leave” from the Revolution to attend to personal matters. (I wish him all the best, and a quick return.)

However, this barrage has spun me into a reactionary state, which I’m sure is bad for my sanity, but turns out to be pretty good for blogging.

The importance of Joseph to the Revolution is no secret, and something I’ve talked about before in “The Steve and Shalrie Show ”, and elsewhere—but that anyone who watches the Revol...

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