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Mar 9, 2015 18:32:40 GMT
Post by hartzchoco on Mar 9, 2015 18:32:40 GMT
Revs are not all that, brother.
And the irony of someone in England supporting the New England Revolution? Too much.
They're a better footballing side than most out there based on the last two seasons (that I've watched quite a bit off) anyway. They're a bit better than the usual League One standard. Mmmmm....... ok fine. Fair enough. I've never thought of the Revs as a 'bloody good footballing side', I guess. And I don't like them, so there's that.
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Mar 9, 2015 18:34:20 GMT
Post by bayernoatcake on Mar 9, 2015 18:34:20 GMT
They're a better footballing side than most out there based on the last two seasons (that I've watched quite a bit off) anyway. They're a bit better than the usual League One standard. Mmmmm....... ok fine. Fair enough. I've never thought of the Revs as a 'bloody good footballing side', I guess. And I don't like them, so there's that. I think the latter might be blocking the view on them! Based on the last few seasons anyway.
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Mar 9, 2015 18:43:09 GMT
Post by hartzchoco on Mar 9, 2015 18:43:09 GMT
Mmmmm....... ok fine. Fair enough. I've never thought of the Revs as a 'bloody good footballing side', I guess. And I don't like them, so there's that. I think the latter might be blocking the view on them! Based on the last few seasons anyway. Being impartial has never been a strong suit of mine.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:11:41 GMT
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Post by mailman44 on Mar 9, 2015 19:11:41 GMT
And not being a c@nt is one of Bayern's! . Just kidding old fruit!!!!!!
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Mar 9, 2015 19:15:22 GMT
Post by kustokie on Mar 9, 2015 19:15:22 GMT
I think the latter might be blocking the view on them! Based on the last few seasons anyway. Being impartial has never been a strong suit of mine. Watched them last night against Seatle. They blood awful IMHO impartial opinion
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Mar 9, 2015 19:23:00 GMT
Post by hartzchoco on Mar 9, 2015 19:23:00 GMT
Being impartial has never been a strong suit of mine. Watched them last night against Seatle. They blood awful IMHO impartial opinion Watched that too. Revs looked horrible, but I'm sure some of that was due to how damn good Seattle looked.
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Mar 9, 2015 19:30:04 GMT
Post by kustokie on Mar 9, 2015 19:30:04 GMT
Watched them last night against Seatle. They blood awful IMHO impartial opinion Watched that too. Revs looked horrible, but I'm sure some of that was due to how damn good Seattle looked. Agreed. Seattle looked pretty good. Revs defence was terrible
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Mar 9, 2015 19:55:14 GMT
Post by hartzchoco on Mar 9, 2015 19:55:14 GMT
Watched that too. Revs looked horrible, but I'm sure some of that was due to how damn good Seattle looked. Agreed. Seattle looked pretty good. Revs defence was terrible Dempsey's 2nd, sweet play, but the Rev's D was literally just standing there.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Mar 9, 2015 19:57:18 GMT
And I made sure I said in the last two seasons!
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Mar 9, 2015 21:14:56 GMT
Post by blackpoolred on Mar 9, 2015 21:14:56 GMT
What does MLS stand for. Also if I am going to pick a team I want it to be the best and a team that is going to win everything. I dont want to pick another Stoke Who is the best team with the most money and biggest crowds Major League Soccer.
Los Angeles Galaxy.
LA it is then. Beckham played for these also - I think. Therefore I feel obliged
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Mar 9, 2015 21:19:35 GMT
Post by hartzchoco on Mar 9, 2015 21:19:35 GMT
Major League Soccer.
Los Angeles Galaxy.
LA it is then. Beckham played for these also - I think. Therefore I feel obliged He did. You fucking glory hunter.
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Post by blackpoolred on Mar 9, 2015 22:03:42 GMT
LA it is then. Beckham played for these also - I think. Therefore I feel obliged He did. You fucking glory hunter. After 45 years of backing losers - Stoke & England(I also have a squarial & betamax video in the garage) I am unashamedly going to be a glory hunter on this occasion
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Mar 9, 2015 22:47:24 GMT
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Post by mailman44 on Mar 9, 2015 22:47:24 GMT
Major League Soccer.
Los Angeles Galaxy.
LA it is then. Beckham played for these also - I think. Therefore I feel obliged Saw three or four Blackpool fans in our home end last night with their Oyston Out scarfs on display! People and their agendas ...
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Mar 10, 2015 12:42:10 GMT
Post by mailman44 on Mar 10, 2015 12:42:10 GMT
prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/09/after-orlando-citys-incredible-62000-plus-crowd-can-mls-thrive-in-florida/After Orlando City’s incredible 62,000-plus crowd, can MLS thrive in Florida? Joe Prince-Wright Mar 9, 2015, 12:55 PM EDT 18 Comments Source: AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel On Sunday, Major League Soccer arrived back in Florida after a 14-year absence. Boy, did it come back with a bang. 62,510 fans crammed into the Citrus Bowl, as Orlando City SC drew 1-1 with fellow expansion side New York City FC to kick off their first-ever season in MLS. [ RELATED: Three things from KC, RBNY ] A sea of purple greeted Orlando’s captain Kaka and NYCFC’s skipper David Villa, as two of the league’s high-profile stars were welcomed to central Florida in stunning fashion after the #FillTheBowl campaign proved incredibly successful for Orlando’s first-ever home game. The success OCSC President Phil Rawlins and his front office staff has had developing and turning Orlando into a soccer city following their domination of the third-tier should not be understated, but the big question is now: can Orlando sustain this level of support? We have seen in many parts of the U.S. that fans will flock to soccer matches for preseason games involving European teams, U.S. national team friendlies and one-off MLS games at NFL stadiums. But in cities like Seattle, Portland and Kansas City, we have seen stadiums sold out consistently year-on-year as their MLS teams go from strength-to-strength. Take a look at the average attendances from around the league this weekend, as an average of 25,838 turned up across the U.S. and Canada. •LA Galaxy v Chicago Fire – 27,000 •DC United v Montreal Impact – 11,549 •Philadelphia Union v Colorado Rapids – 18,022 •Vancouver Whitecaps v Toronto FC – 21,000 •FC Dallas v San Jose Earthquakes – 15,236 •Houston Dynamo v Columbus Crew SC – 22,351 •Portland Timbers v Real Salt Lake – 21,144 •Orlando City SC v New York City FC – 62,510 •Sporting Kansas City v New York Red Bulls – 19,784 •Seattle Sounders v New England Revolution – 39,782 Orlando will play at the Citrus Bowl for the entirety of the 2015 MLS season and it is not unreasonable to believe they could attract an average crowd of over 30,000. If they do that, then demand for tickets in their brand new 19,500 capacity downtown stadium will go through the roof for 2016 and beyond. With only the NBA’s Orlando Magic as the other major league sports franchise in town, similarities can be drawn to Kansas City, Seattle and Portland who are each missing either one or multiple major league sports franchises. A gap in the market in each city has seen sports fans jump on the MLS bandwagon and it could happen once again in Orlando. Yet in the background in Florida, caution lurks as the memory of the defunct franchises of Tampa Bay Mutiny and the Miami Fusion serve as a warning. But times have changed and the professional soccer landscape in 2015 is a lot different than it was at the turn of the millennium when MLS when in its infancy. Sunday was an incredible start to Orlando’s MLS adventure, but can their fans keep up their tremendous support and turn Florida into a true soccer hotbed? With Miami’s potential arrival in MLS, and Atlanta definitely turning up in 2017, not only Florida but the southeast promises to be at the forefront of soccer’s growth in the United States of America over the next decade.
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Post by foster on Mar 10, 2015 14:13:00 GMT
prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/09/after-orlando-citys-incredible-62000-plus-crowd-can-mls-thrive-in-florida/After Orlando City’s incredible 62,000-plus crowd, can MLS thrive in Florida? Joe Prince-Wright Mar 9, 2015, 12:55 PM EDT 18 Comments Source: AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel On Sunday, Major League Soccer arrived back in Florida after a 14-year absence. Boy, did it come back with a bang. 62,510 fans crammed into the Citrus Bowl, as Orlando City SC drew 1-1 with fellow expansion side New York City FC to kick off their first-ever season in MLS. [ RELATED: Three things from KC, RBNY ] A sea of purple greeted Orlando’s captain Kaka and NYCFC’s skipper David Villa, as two of the league’s high-profile stars were welcomed to central Florida in stunning fashion after the #FillTheBowl campaign proved incredibly successful for Orlando’s first-ever home game. The success OCSC President Phil Rawlins and his front office staff has had developing and turning Orlando into a soccer city following their domination of the third-tier should not be understated, but the big question is now: can Orlando sustain this level of support? We have seen in many parts of the U.S. that fans will flock to soccer matches for preseason games involving European teams, U.S. national team friendlies and one-off MLS games at NFL stadiums. But in cities like Seattle, Portland and Kansas City, we have seen stadiums sold out consistently year-on-year as their MLS teams go from strength-to-strength. Take a look at the average attendances from around the league this weekend, as an average of 25,838 turned up across the U.S. and Canada. •LA Galaxy v Chicago Fire – 27,000 •DC United v Montreal Impact – 11,549 •Philadelphia Union v Colorado Rapids – 18,022 •Vancouver Whitecaps v Toronto FC – 21,000 •FC Dallas v San Jose Earthquakes – 15,236 •Houston Dynamo v Columbus Crew SC – 22,351 •Portland Timbers v Real Salt Lake – 21,144 •Orlando City SC v New York City FC – 62,510 •Sporting Kansas City v New York Red Bulls – 19,784 •Seattle Sounders v New England Revolution – 39,782 Orlando will play at the Citrus Bowl for the entirety of the 2015 MLS season and it is not unreasonable to believe they could attract an average crowd of over 30,000. If they do that, then demand for tickets in their brand new 19,500 capacity downtown stadium will go through the roof for 2016 and beyond. With only the NBA’s Orlando Magic as the other major league sports franchise in town, similarities can be drawn to Kansas City, Seattle and Portland who are each missing either one or multiple major league sports franchises. A gap in the market in each city has seen sports fans jump on the MLS bandwagon and it could happen once again in Orlando. Yet in the background in Florida, caution lurks as the memory of the defunct franchises of Tampa Bay Mutiny and the Miami Fusion serve as a warning. But times have changed and the professional soccer landscape in 2015 is a lot different than it was at the turn of the millennium when MLS when in its infancy. Sunday was an incredible start to Orlando’s MLS adventure, but can their fans keep up their tremendous support and turn Florida into a true soccer hotbed? With Miami’s potential arrival in MLS, and Atlanta definitely turning up in 2017, not only Florida but the southeast promises to be at the forefront of soccer’s growth in the United States of America over the next decade.
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Mar 10, 2015 14:57:10 GMT
Post by mailman44 on Mar 10, 2015 14:57:10 GMT
Bianchi: Orlando City has made soccer believers of us all
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Amid the chants of "Olé, Olé, Oh-lando!" and surrounded by a standing-room-only crowd of 62,510 fans waving their flags and banging their drums after Kaká scored the game-tying goal Sunday, Pat Clarke was no doubt recalling a conversation he had five years ago with Orlando City Soccer Club founder Phil Rawlins and coach Adrian Heath. At the time, Rawlins and Heath were trying to sell politicians, fans and the media on professional soccer in Orlando when Clarke, the longtime WESH-Channel 2 sports anchor, interviewed them back in 2010. After the interview, Clarke wished them good luck but pretty much told the two Brits that their American dream was more of a pipe dream. "Pat told us soccer would never work here," Heath says now with a smile splashed across his face. "They told me they knew soccer could make it in Orlando!" Clarke recalls now with a long laugh. "I was thinking to myself, 'Nothing makes it in Orlando. These guys must be crazy!'" Five years later, the entire city is crazy. Soccer crazy. Orlando City Soccer Club 1, New York City Football Club 1. This was the most exciting tie since the Choke at Doak. Paul Bear Bryant once said a tie is like kissing your sister. Sorry, Bear, but on this surreal Sunday a tie was like kissing Kate Upton. Vamos Orlando! Translation: You gotta be kidding!!! Seriously, who — even in their most unbelievable, inconceivable dreams — would ever imagine that his historic, euphoric Sunday could ever happen in Orlando? Who would have ever thunk that Orlando would support a minor league soccer team to a point where we would be packing a football stadium to watch our Major League Soccer franchise's inaugural game? What happened here Sunday was earth-shaking and groundbreaking: Central Florida transformed into International Soccer Central with Sunday's inaugural match televised live in America, Brazil, the United Kingdom and in more than 100 countries and 30 languages. Orlando — a city Shaq once called a "dried-up little pond" — morphed into a huge sea of purple pride and passion. Purple, purple everywhere — as far as the eye could see. They wore purple shirts and purple pants, purple scarves and purple wigs. One fan even had on purple boxer shorts. And Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer was there decked out in purple all the way down to his shoes — purple saddle oxfords. "How cool is this?" Dyer exclaimed. Way cool. So cool, in fact, that that retired baseball superstar Ken Griffey Jr. made the drive over from his home in Windermere and was on the field taking pictures. Everybody, it seemed, wanted to be a part of this amazing soccer celebration on a dazzling sun-dappled day when a team and a town came together to bring our civic nickname to life. Orlando City … Beautiful!! "When I was growing up, soccer was an afterthought in Orlando," said 18-year-old Orlando City defender Tommy Redding, an Oviedo High School product. "Everybody was a Magic fan. I remember my [youth league] team got to go on the court [at a Magic game] and I met Dwight Howard." Dwight who? Who needs Dwight Howard when we have Kaká — one of the most revered athletes on the planet? Orlando City SC's attacking midfielder has won World Cups and played in the top leagues in the most fútbol-fanatical countries on earth, and even he was impressed and emotional after his free kick in the 91st minute deflected off New York's wall and into the net. "This goal was very special for me and my career," Kaká said. "I want to thank everybody who participated in this very special day." Kaká was paying homage to you, Orlando, for bringing soccer to life in a city where so many other sports have come to die. Remember the last team to call the Citrus Bowl home — the Orlando Huskers or Tuskers or whatever their name was? They turned into just another defunct minor-league team in an anonymous alphabet league. The Tuskers went the way of the Orlando Panthers, Renegades, Rage, Thunder and Blazers in football … The Orlando Seals in hockey … The Orlando Miracle and Aces (basketball) … The Orlando Sundogs, Sharks, Kraze and Lions (soccer) … The Orlando Titans (indoor lacrosse) … The Orlando Juice (senior baseball) … The Orlando Wahoos and Rebels (women's fastpitch softball) … and the Orlando Roller Gators and Jackals (roller hockey). The times and the town are changing. Orlando City drew more fans to its city record-breaking downtown pub crawl Saturday night than most of those other extinct teams drew to their games. Even the post-game news conference Sunday drew a standing-room-only crowd of reporters asking questions in three different languages. And in the middle of it all was Channel 2's Pat Clarke, who was covering and chronicling something he never thought possible. "I've never been so happy to be so wrong," Clarke said. Olé, Olé, Oh-lando!
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Mar 10, 2015 15:07:42 GMT
Post by stokefaninde on Mar 10, 2015 15:07:42 GMT
A friend of mine is a Portland fan and I went with him to watch them in Philadelphia before I started watching MLS. I've got to say, watching as an away group may have been the most fun I've ever had at a game! I don't know how many songs were taken from Europe but they were ace, I still have a few of em stuck in my head.. I loved supporting Portland that day but I'm going to need a closer team this time around, so it has to be Philadelphia or DC for me, with a heavy lean towards Philly.
As for tailgating, best thing ever. Some people show up for the tailgate and not the games. Why can't you do it outside the Brit?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 15:15:14 GMT
A friend of mine is a Portland fan and I went with him to watch them in Philadelphia before I started watching MLS. I've got to say, watching as an away group may have been the most fun I've ever had at a game! I don't know how many songs were taken from Europe but they were ace, I still have a few of em stuck in my head.. I loved supporting Portland that day but I'm going to need a closer team this time around, so it has to be Philadelphia or DC for me, with a heavy lean towards Philly. As for tailgating, best thing ever. Some people show up for the tailgate and not the games. Why can't you do it outside the Brit? 1. Its windy. We'll never get a fire going. 2. Its about 600 miles away from the nearest shop to buy goodies. 3. We are a bunch of fat, lazy whoppers.
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Mar 10, 2015 15:25:20 GMT
Post by stokefaninde on Mar 10, 2015 15:25:20 GMT
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Mar 10, 2015 15:29:01 GMT
Post by Moosehead on Mar 10, 2015 15:29:01 GMT
Don't like Sunday games...come support Real Salt Lake! No games on Sunday as everyone is at church...
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Mar 10, 2015 15:43:07 GMT
Post by hartzchoco on Mar 10, 2015 15:43:07 GMT
Chicago Fire have no rivalries? Tell that to those fuckstains in Columbus.
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Mar 10, 2015 15:52:26 GMT
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Post by Kjones9 on Mar 10, 2015 15:52:26 GMT
As for tailgating, best thing ever. Some people show up for the tailgate and not the games. Why can't you do it outside the Brit? People do, but usually it's after the game and mainly involves moaning and beeping thier horns at the nearest car park attendant. They go on for hours.
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Post by canadianmoose on Mar 10, 2015 20:41:13 GMT
Toronto FC man myself (for obvious reasons) but I will be following Orlando as well and hoping they do well.
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Mar 15, 2015 21:02:22 GMT
Post by FullerMagic on Mar 15, 2015 21:02:22 GMT
Agudelo's playing for New England on Sky Sports 1
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Mar 15, 2015 21:07:50 GMT
Post by taytotheimpailer on Mar 15, 2015 21:07:50 GMT
Soft goal for Orlando's winner tonight but first 3 points on the board. Well done to them
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Mar 15, 2015 21:12:17 GMT
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Post by unknown182 on Mar 15, 2015 21:12:17 GMT
"Former stoke city man Juan Agudelo" according to the commentator. Watch him tear the league up now the MLS has sky coverage.
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Mar 15, 2015 21:17:39 GMT
Post by Sergeant Muttley on Mar 15, 2015 21:17:39 GMT
The camera position is dreadful
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Post by FullerMagic on Mar 15, 2015 21:21:38 GMT
The whole thing just looks weird. Pitch looks odd, lack of fans on camera looks odd, having so much grass on one sideline and none on the other looks odd.
In short, odd.
The message is don't play football in baseball stadiums.
Are they looking for a proper stadium long-term?
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Mar 15, 2015 21:23:02 GMT
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Post by h5nty on Mar 15, 2015 21:23:02 GMT
Is it grass tonight? Sure it was Astro last week
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Mar 15, 2015 21:33:20 GMT
Post by Sergeant Muttley on Mar 15, 2015 21:33:20 GMT
Agudelo's 1st touch has been woeful so far and he lost the ball in the lead up to the goal.
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