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Austin update: still without anything 
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Is this also the thread for lower division US soccer? Tonight is the national semifinals for the NPSL. The matchups are: (1) Elm City Express (New Haven, CT) vs. (4) CD Aguilochos USA (Oakland, CA) -- Kickoff is 7PM in New Haven. Elm City is the #1 remaining seed, going 9-1-2 in the Northeast Conference Atlantic Blue Division in their first season. I dot know poo poo about this team except that they play on Yale's pitch. CD Aguilochos USA went 8-3-1 in the West Conference Golden Gate Division. That earned them a first round bye and an easy road to the semifinals. They last made the semifinals in 2015, losing to the NY Cosmos B team. They benefited from an early upset of undefeated FC Arizona. A lovely stream for the game is here. (2) Detroit City FC (Hamtramck, MI) vs. (3) Midland-Odessa FC (Midland, TX) -- Kickoff is 7:30PM in Hamtramck. Midland-Odessa formerly played in the PDL as the West Texas Sockers (  ) before making a lateral move to the NPSL. Last year, they lost in the PDL semifinals 3-0 to the Michigan Bucks, so it would be a fine coincidence if DCFC knocks them out this year. Midland-Odessa went 7-3-0 South Conference Lone Star Division. They've made a remarkable playoff run with 4 straight wins, including the #1 seed in their conference, FC Wichita. DCFC went 9-2-3 in the Midwest Conference Great Lakes Division after starting the season 0-1-2 then rattling off 9 straight wins. Both losses came to the #1 team in the league (based on points per game), Ann Arbor AFC. In the playoffs, they put up 10 goals in 2 games against Dakota Fusion and Duluth FC before facing Ann Arbor AFC for the conference finals. DCFC took a 2 goal lead into half time, squandered it to 10-man AAAFC, and the scored a dramatic 94th minute goal for the first regional championship in team history. DCFC plays in a stadium renovated with $740,000 of donations. They routinely fill the stadium with over 5000 fans and have a pretty killer supporters' section. The only NPSL team that compares in Chattanooga FC. Tonight's game is sold out, so somewhere around 7200 people will be there. To note, the average attendance for the USL is only 4400. A great stream for the game is here.
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Aug 5, 2017 21:58
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Elm City won. Winner of the other game is going to New Haven. 0-0 in extra time.
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Aug 6, 2017 02:30
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DCFC loses. gently caress this gay earth.
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Aug 6, 2017 03:19
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Aggro posted:DCFC loses. gently caress this gay earth. Was there, 7500 in attendance. Midland simply outplayed DCFC and it's a god send they went to kicks. Great run for le rouge though. E: oh, the officiating was really really bad. Ref didn't understand offside rule at all and called the end of the second half at a clear corner kick to DCFC. Either way though, Midland deserved the win unfortunately. TraderStav fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Aug 6, 2017 |
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Aug 6, 2017 04:49
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Was at the game as well; the 7,500 reported seemed at least crazier (and significantly larger) than the previous 7,400 record at Keyworth. Can also confirm the officiating seemed especially poor, even for the NPSL. DCFC was exceptionally lucky the game went into extra time, though once it did it seemed like DCFC came on and controlled the entire 30 minutes despite not being able to finish. Midland's keeper played out of his mind in PKs, props to him.
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Aug 6, 2017 05:20
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all-Rush mixtape posted:Austin update: still without anything Next year in Aggro posted:Is this also the thread for lower division US soccer? Yes! The D2 drama over the winter caused the thread title to be a little too specific. Rowdies beat Harrisburg Coat Outlet 3-0, move into tie for 2nd place (actually third, 1 goal difference). Pickens plays 100th match for the Rowdies, gets his own "fear the beard" Tifo: https://streamable.com/jnxba https://twitter.com/ralphsmob/status/893990185175830528 https://imgur.com/gallery/Q41aY
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Aug 6, 2017 10:06
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The current NPSL scuttlebutt is that Midland-Odessa FC don't have enough remaining players to field a team for the championship, opening the real (inevitable?) possibility that the match will be forfeit and Elm City will be crowned champs. The only other possible option is the league sabotaging itself and offering DCFC the spot, which would be insane. It also doesn't seem like the DCFC FO has any interest in entertaining that possibility.
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Aug 7, 2017 17:35
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Cool video on DCFC. Take the supporters with a grain of salt, they're a bit overdramatic https://youtu.be/JYGQjJFg76U
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Aug 8, 2017 02:52
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TraderStav posted:Cool video on DCFC. Take the supporters with a grain of salt, they're a bit overdramatic As one of them, there's definitely people who have their... let's call them strong opinions. Personally, I'm more keen on the grassroots efforts of the SG and club and very much not a fan of the idea of Detroit funding yet another stadium. Gilbert seems like a crap owner (judging by his inability to do anything other than luck into LeBron twice) and I'm already wary of the amount of power he wields in the city as it is, too. Though I will say, at least from the informal polls run by NGS themselves, the overall base is split roughly down the middle on supporting a potential MLS team. It's mostly the founders who've helped build the SG and the club who are vehemently opposed to MLS, which is understandable. Not everyone's thrilled when WalMart rolls into town. But a good little doc! Apparently they recorded way, way more footage than they ended up using, I'm hoping they do something with it instead of letting it fall by the wayside. e: Don't mean to be confrontational or start up any debate about MLS or whatever, just giving my two cents. sleepwalkers fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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Aug 8, 2017 18:39
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Austin update: 2019!
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Aug 9, 2017 15:56
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Sooooo after season ticket holders got to purchase their tickets up to 10 additional FC Cincinnati released them to the public.... After that it broke glitner's ticketing servers and they had to take them down for a while... After they brought them back up the public purchased 16,000+ tickets in less than 7 hours for the FC Cincinnati NYRB MLS Open Cup Match to completely sellout Nippert... Ridiculous Cincy, I am so proud.. https://twitter.com/fccincinnati/status/895274609012068354
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Aug 9, 2017 16:08
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fyallm posted:Sooooo after season ticket holders got to purchase their tickets up to 10 additional FC Cincinnati released them to the public.... After that it broke glitner's ticketing servers and they had to take them down for a while... After they brought them back up the public purchased 16,000+ tickets in less than 7 hours for the FC Cincinnati NYRB MLS Open Cup Match to completely sellout Nippert... Ridiculous Cincy, I am so proud.. Yeah, that's not going to be a productive day at work for me
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Aug 9, 2017 22:12
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if there is any justice in this sin cursed world fc cincinnati will win and host the san jose earthquakes in the 2017 lamar hunt us open cup final render of the USL AzTex stadium at the F1 circuit. they never render corner flags, line judges, or the correct number of players in these things 
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Aug 9, 2017 22:36
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Strenots posted:Yeah, that's not going to be a productive day at work for me The day of the game or the following?? Or both 
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Aug 9, 2017 23:26
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awyeahz posted:if there is any justice in this sin cursed world fc cincinnati will win and host the san jose earthquakes in the 2017 lamar hunt us open cup final Why would you build a minor league soccer stadium in the same bad location as a race track known for being in a bad location?
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Aug 10, 2017 00:27
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wicka posted:Why would you build a minor league soccer stadium in the same bad location as a race track known for being in a bad location? Because you own the land, and it's your fallback option.
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Aug 10, 2017 00:49
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all-Rush mixtape posted:Because you own the land, and it's your fallback option.
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Aug 10, 2017 00:56
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DCFC may go pro this fall. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/articl...m_medium=social
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Aug 12, 2017 16:10
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TraderStav posted:DCFC may go pro this fall. It'd be great for the overall product on the field, but part of the charm of the NPSL is that most of the teams in our division play within a couple of hours of one another. It would be nice to have a team that isn't stocked with college players who are recalled at the end of the season.
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Aug 12, 2017 16:39
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Aggro posted:It'd be great for the overall product on the field, but part of the charm of the NPSL is that most of the teams in our division play within a couple of hours of one another. I like the point in the article that it'll breed more of a rivalry between the inevitable MLS team. Can totally see that
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Aug 12, 2017 16:42
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Man.. if FC Cincy doesn't win the open cup or make it to the playoffs our attendance is going to tank... Our on field performance is laughable... Koch is terrrrible
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Aug 13, 2017 04:01
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fyallm posted:Man.. if FC Cincy doesn't win the open cup or make it to the playoffs our attendance is going to tank... Our on field performance is laughable... Koch is terrrrible Considering you only have three home games left, I wouldn't worry too much about not getting the highest attendance medal. I WOULD worry about losing 5-0.
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Aug 13, 2017 04:29
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all-Rush mixtape posted:Considering you only have three home games left, I wouldn't worry too much about not getting the highest attendance medal. I WOULD worry about losing 5-0. Me stating our performance is laughable is worrying.. we are downright terrible right now
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Aug 13, 2017 15:35
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Don Garber and Sunil Gulati in the house at Cincy!!! For another 30K+ crowd!! Let's do this poo poo!!
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Aug 16, 2017 01:39
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Do over Ham posted:Next year in all-Rush mixtape posted:Austin update: 2019! Well, I was just being ironic, but close enough.  Paul Dalglish out as GM and head coach of Ottawa Fury.
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Aug 17, 2017 11:06
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I'd say Austin should hire Dalglish for bookend purposes, but it's just as well we wait for Adrian Heath to fall into out laps for a bigger bookend.
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Aug 17, 2017 20:57
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I know he did alright in previous spells coaching Austin, but Dalglish seemed completely clueless during his time at Ottawa.
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Aug 18, 2017 18:02
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Do over Ham posted:Just across the street from Mojo Rising. Pro of this location: very close to NuLu one of the city's two big nightlife districts. Con of this location: is located in a neighborhood whose central feature is a working pork processing plant that's locally infamous for its smell.
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Aug 28, 2017 22:44
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Pro of this location: very close to NuLu one of the city's two big nightlife districts. 
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Aug 29, 2017 01:02
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https://twitter.com/SBISoccer/status/902578409360039936 dumbbbbbbbbbb
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Aug 30, 2017 03:52
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Booooooooooooo
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Aug 30, 2017 04:18
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It's better than Golden Knights at least.
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Aug 30, 2017 17:03
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It's better than one of the other options, Viva Vegas FC. If they'd drop the FC thing the winning name wouldn't be too bad.
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Aug 31, 2017 02:46
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Yea the FC really ruins it. Las Vegas Lights is a fine American sports team name, but adding FC makes it incredibly stupid. I voted for Club Vegas though, so what do I know?
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Aug 31, 2017 04:32
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camoseven posted:Yea the FC really ruins it. Las Vegas Lights is a fine American sports team name, but adding FC makes it incredibly stupid. I voted for Club Vegas though, so what do I know? Las Vegas Lights sounds like the name of a lite beer, or a Vegas show, though. I'd have gone with reviving one of the old club names like Las Vegas Quicksilvers. But I agree FC is overused, as is SC, which is even worse since "soccer" is just a nickname for association football; if we are going to use initials, then AFC and SFC and AC aren't being used yet in MLS; I think there's only one AFC currently in USL(?). But then I am weird and perverse; I like names like Austin Aztex. San Antonio FC should have been San Antonio Hotspur (they are owned by the San Antonio Spurs; so much better name than just another FC). Phoenix Rising should have been Phoenix XI (XI = 11, or the last two letters of Phoenix, reversed). Orlando City should have been Orlando Furioso (all the literary nerds would have loved it). Yes I'm weird and too clever by half; but the MLS/USL soccer marketing drones are unimaginative and clueless about soccer history and tradition and simply don't get clever references; they just mindlessly copy whatever is the current fad or trend.
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Sep 4, 2017 09:43
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Those are some of the worst name ideas I’ve ever heard. E: I was super hungover when I read that post originally and I'd like to go on record as saying Las Vegas Quicksilver(s) is a good name and Phoenix XI is pretty clever. wicka fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Sep 4, 2017 |
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Sep 4, 2017 12:14
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Las Vegas Silver finished third in voting. From the way the fan vote was structured they would have added an SC/FC to whatever name won. I'm sure some people, like me, submitted Quicksilver but it never even made the top six. I also suggested something like Vegas 1906, a nod to the year the town was founded. So this is the best we've got, at least until the planets align years in the future and they get renamed.
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Sep 4, 2017 13:31
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Yeah I'd like a bottle of whisky, a porno mag, and a pack of Las Vegas Lights...
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Sep 4, 2017 18:37
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I'm going on record as saying I want Austin's team to be known as Austin A.F.C., mainly because the only non-American team I root for uses that identifier. I'm a Sunderland A.F.C. Fan
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Sep 4, 2017 18:51
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