Cate celebrates with Ted Chronopoulos after setting up Chronopoulos' second goal in a 2-1 win over D.C. United at Foxboro Stadium on August 18, 2001. (Photo by Art Donahue/artdonahue.com)

Former New England Revolution striker Marco Antônio Lemos Tozzi, better known as Catê, passed away on Tuesday morning in a car accident in his native Brazil.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Sunday night bore witness to a strange sight at Gillette Stadium. Section 143, known as "The Fort", sat silently for 16 minutes before exiting the stadium in protest triggered by what many in the group felt was unfair treatment at a June 18th match against the Chicago Fire.

The Fort, typically the loudest section in the stadium filled with fans that chant and sing together throughout the match, came dressed mostly in black on Sunday, with many wearing custom "Support the Fort" t-shirts and sat in silence after the game began.

Wednesday night, New England Revolution supporters met with team officials to address the issues from June 18th's Fortgate fiasco. Fan and frequent reader Andrew Donahue was on hand and was kind enough to give us his take on the proceedings. I'll have more on it later.

While the Revs were represented by Bilello and Cathal Conlon, Director of Marketing and the liaison to the supporter groups, representatives from Team Ops, the Foxborough Police Department, and MLS were also present.

Philly Fans Show Support for the New England Fort

Prost Amerika Soccer's piece on the Sons of Ben and what Seattle and Portland will do in support of the Rebellion and Midnight Riders.

The Sons of Ben were #DTF last night. Not in the Urban Dictionary definition of the acronym, but rather "Defend(ing) The Fort."

As a show of solidarity for their fellow supporter groups in New England, the Sons of Ben decided to have a minute of silence during the twelfth minute of the Philadelphia Unions' goalless draw with Sporting Kansas City.

By now, I am sure we are all away of the incident this past weekend involving the supporters groups of the New England Revolution and their Front Office. If not, read about it on the Brotherly Game here.

It has been a hectic 24 hours of planning on what we can do to try to help our brothers and sisters in The Fort.

New England Revolution marketing supporters and their section "The Fort".
Photo Credit: The Drug is FootballAt this point in American soccer I thought we were really past this. I thought that, for the most part, Major League Soccer teams had decided that supporters were a good thing. Yeah, sure they occasionally dropped the f-bomb and, oh yeah, we'd really appreciate it if you left the smoke bombs at home, but you all keep on doing what looks good on TV and to the rest of the fans at the stadium.

Behold! For the first time in over a month, I am posting a Musket Rounds piece on each of the days I originally set out to publish them! In the same week!

Today we have relegation as a sports savior, MLS on the international scene, a tribute to a very special Midnight Rider and more.

First, Jeff Lemieux pens a tribute to Monty Rodrigues, who recently stepped down as president of the Midnight Riders after eleven years on the job.

Am I a New England Revolution fan? A critic? Is is possible to be both?

Whether here on Soccer Soap Box, or via snarky Twitter commentary I think I have the critic thing pretty well down. Heck, the Revolution even know me for that too, and invited me and other bloggers in to offer support of our efforts and commendably, not offer recommendations on our opinions.

We continue to expand our coverage of American soccer culture with our series "Better Know a Supporters Group," just like Steven Colbert's "Better Know a District" from "The Colbert Report".
Our goal: to feature each of the MLS teams' supporters groups. We've sent e-mails to each and every SG in Major League Soccer and soon you'll be able to check all what each is all about and what awesomeness they have to contribute to our growing American soccer world.

We continue to expand our coverage of American soccer culture with our series "Better Know a Supporters Group," just like Steven Colbert's "Better Know a District" from "The Colbert Report".
Our goal: to feature each of the MLS teams' supporters groups. We've sent e-mails to each and every SG in Major League Soccer and soon you'll be able to check all what each is all about and what awesomeness they have to contribute to our growing American soccer world.

We continue to expand our coverage of American soccer culture with our series "Better Know a Supporters Group," just like Steven Colbert's "Better Know a District" from "The Colbert Report".
Our goal: to feature each of the MLS teams' supporters groups. We've sent e-mails to each and every SG in Major League Soccer and soon you'll be able to check all what each is all about and what awesomeness they have to contribute to our growing American soccer world.