No rest for wicked good soccer

The Tide host Monterey Bay FC in their third home match in eight days

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Ryan Healey
May 09, 2025

What a week here at Tide Talk HQ. In the midst of five matches in fifteen days, you truly forget the grind of this content life. Luckily, like the boys in Amber and Blue, Tide Talk is willing to suffer to make sure we keep the content machine churning.

Sometimes the ball doesn’t bounce your way

We’ll start today’s newsletter looking back at Wednesday night’s match against that lot from Foxborough. In a hard fought contest, The Tide can be proud of the way that they performed on the night. A few unlucky bounces went the Revs’ way and determined the outcome of the match.

While the squad’s effort was impressive, it only paled in comparison to the fans on the night. Seeing almost 10K people fill up Centreville Bank Stadium on a Wednesday night just four days after the sold out home opener was incredible.

Matt Hands has finally named his new series and I love it. Checkout his quick three point reaction in the Riptide Report

The Riptide Report: RIFC vs New England Revolution - 5/7/2025 - Tide Talk

Another blog?! Actually, this is just replacing the Postmatch Points. Riptide Report is objectively a much better name (credit Matt Kerwin).  As usual, I’m going to give my quick takeaways from the game.  With RIFC losing in heartbreaking fashion 2-1, here is what I took away from this one The Final Third I thought RIFC […]

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Timmy’s back with his Player Ratings with dare I say a controversial Man of the Match pick

Rhode Island FC vs. New England Revolution Player Ratings - 05/07/2025 - Tide Talk

Rhode Island FC suffered a dramatic 2-1 defeat to the New England Revolution in the U.S. Open Cup. Despite strong performances, particularly by Clay and Maxi Rodriguez, crucial mistakes led to the loss, heightening the rivalry's intensity.

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Matt and I had a blast talking through this loss which I would not have predicted Thursday afternoon. Check it out on YouTube below or wherever you get your podcasts

“Insert something witty about Tides and Bays”

There’s no rest for the wicked or apparently Rhode Island FC. The boys host Monterey Bay FC in their third home match in just eight days. MBFC sit second in the west, just one point behind familiar faces, San Antonio.

While they started off hot winning four of their first five matches, Monterey has notched only one win in their past six. With a Rhode Island team desperate for points, hopefully they can take advantage of an out of form team.

Matt Hands gives you the full breakdown in his Pre-Match Lookout

The Prematch Lookout: RIFC vs Monterey Bay FC - 5/10/2025 - Tide Talk

RIFC are back at it with a third home game in the span of a 8 days when they take on Monterey Bay at Centreville Bank Stadium on Saturday. I just said this in the Riptide Report, but I’ll say it again: what a time to be alive. We’re really spoiled with 3 home games […]

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Be on the lookout for Patrick’s Prematch Essentials on Reddit and make sure you give that man an upvote!

Up the Tide!

Ryan & the Tide Talk Team