Who: New England Revolution at Chivas USA
What: SuperLiga Group Stages
Where: Titan Stadium at Cal-State Fullerton, Fullerton, Calif.
When: Sunday, 8:00 p.m. (Telefutura, MLSNet.com)

The New England Revolution had a delayed arrival in Los Angeles Friday after General Manager Craig Tornberg, VP of Player Personnel Mike Burns, and assistant coach Gwynne Williams had to restrain a man trying to open an emergency exit on the team's American Airlines flight at an altitude of 30,000 feet.

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From the Yahoo/the AP:

OKLAHOMA CITY - An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a professional soccer team and others, the FBI said.

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According to an FBI statement, an American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger got naked and tried to open an emergency exit door.

None other than Major League Soccer's New England Revolution were on board traveling to LA to face Chivas USA in their final group match. Click to continue reading...

Sounds like the New England Revolution had a strange flight to Southern California today for Sunday's SuperLiga game against Chivas USA:

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a pro soccer team andothers, the FBI said.

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We just received the following in our email:

"Dear MLS RUMORS,
Huge visitor to your site and a long time revs fan. I just hear on my local new station in New Hampshire (WMUR) that a plane from Logan Airport, MA had to make an emergency stop in Kansas City because supposedly a person on the flight stripped down naked, changed clothes and then tried to open the door of the plane. Click to continue reading...

According to this report on MLSNet, John Carver, Danny Dichio, Jeff Cunningham and company had a bit of a scare as their flight out of LA had to make an emergency landing. What's the old cliché about a hard won 3-points on the road?

In case you didn't know, or just were curious, since it is not mentioned anywhere int he story, American Airlines is the Official Airline of MLS. Click to continue reading...