You Win Some, You Lose Some

After a fairly successful weekend on the sports front, Cornell and the New England Revolution proceeded to then lose just enough games to disappoint their fans.  On Saturday, the Revolution had an early evening kickoff against the Philadelphia Union.  I was listening on the radio (Which, by the way, is especially confusing when Dax McCarty [New York Red Bulls] and Stephen McCarthy [Revolution] are playing against each other.  Is it too much to ask to know which team has the ball?) and from what I could tell, it wasn't a particularly good game.

There were approximately three shots in the first half and the teams went into the second half tied.  With about twenty minutes left to play, the Union scored on a terribly marked set piece.  To add insult to injury, the goalscorer had scored the game winning goal against the Revolution during the previous three Union-Revolution games.

With that, the Revolution returns home to play Sporting Kansas City.  In the offseason, New England’s highest paid midfielder Benny Feilhaber was sent to Sporting KC for allocation money and draft picks.  People weren't exactly devastated to see him go, but if this plays out in typical New England fashion, I expect a hat trick from him this afternoon.  (See also Jeff Larentowicz’s MLS Cup with the Colorado Rapids the year after he was traded and Shalrie Joseph’s two-goal performance against New England last summer.  Note: those were the only two goals Joseph scored for Chivas USA in twelve games.  And since the Revolution didn't want to hold on to Marko Perovic, fortunately he went back to Europe.  But seriously, can we get this guy back?)

On the same day as the Revolution’s loss, the Cornell’s women’s hockey team was knocked out of the NCAA playoffs and the men lost to Quinnipiac 10-0.  Really.  While the women’s hockey season was ended, the men had one more chance to keep their playoff hopes alive.  With a best of three series tied at one game each, Quinnipiac and Cornell would face off one more time on Sunday night.

Cornell  lost.  In double overtime.

Final note: I would be more than happy to be proven wrong about Feilhaber’s return to New England, especially if the Revolution pull off a win.