FOXBOROUGH -- Much like every Boston team, the Revolution are known for their work in the community. A look at the club's social media accounts at any given time shows many endeavors the club holds: from holding soccer clinics with various Eastern Mass. youth soccer leagues to celebrity bartending for various causes -- even scooping ice cream at Friendly's! -- to Kelyn Rowe's NEGU Crew, you can pretty much count on the Revs for doing a solid when it comes to outreach.
That work continued last Wednesday, and coming about in a rather interesting way.
It was a plea for help from one of the top morning men in Boston radio -- WBZ-FM's Rich Shertenlieb, one half of The Sports Hub's Toucher and Rich Morning Show. As everyone knows, the station simulcasts Revs' matches and has started to really jump in on soccer talk: The Zolak and Bertrand Midday Show interviews Revolution gaffer Brad Friedel every week, and Rob "Hardy" Poole co-hosts the Revs' post-match show.
So when Shertenlieb had a problem, he called the only ones who could solve it -- The Boys In Blue.
“I’m the third-string coach of a 10-years-and-under boys’ soccer team,” Shertenlieb said when BostonSportsJournal.com reached out to talk about his request for help earlier this week. “The two guys I coach with do an excellent job; I, on the other hand, have no idea what I’m doing. I’m essentially the guy who keeps the kids from tackling each other or talking about Fortnite.
“As circumstances would have it, there ended up being a practice scheduled where neither of the other coaches could make it, and I was going to be the sole coach. With a massive fear that I was going to be run over by a bunch of 10-year-olds due to my incompetence, I panicked.”
Shertenlieb runs the show's Twitter account, and put the request on blast last Wednesday morning:
Dear @NERevolution , I have to coach a team of 10 year olds in soccer this afternoon and I have no idea what I’m doing. Would a player by any chance be able to help me in Boston around 5PM? I know this is shameless but desperate times call for desperate measures. Thank you.
— Toucher and Rich (@Toucherandrich) October 3, 2018
Just an all time cool-guy move by Kelyn Rowe of the @NERevolution for coming to Boston yesterday and giving an incredible clinic to a local youth soccer league. And most importantly from saving me from the embarrassment of having to do it disasterously. @KRowe210 pic.twitter.com/3kSwq1SFQq
— Toucher and Rich (@Toucherandrich) October 4, 2018