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Recently Rebranded Record Receivers 4 16.67%
2010 Eastern Conference Champions 0 0%
These loving Guys Again? 7 29.17%
Football Unsporting Kansas City 2 8.33%
An Eyesore for the Multnomah Athletic Club 3 12.50%
A Team That Exists 2 8.33%
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 2 8.33%
Still Playing in a Baseball Stadium 2 8.33%
Josef Martinez's Stupid PK Run-Up 0 0%
A Competent Team Out of...Florida? 0 0%
Wonderwall Sucks, Don't @ Me 1 4.17%
Rio Tinto Stadium's Best Tenant in 2021 1 4.17%
Rio Tinto Stadium's Second Best Tenant in 2021 0 0%
Still Playing in New Jersey 0 0%
Total: 24 votes
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whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet

DR AIDS posted:

The NYCFC-Portland final that absolutely everyone predicted

Go meteor

Seriously debating not watching at all

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Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
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lol, and in related news, lmao

BelovedWebPatron
Nov 30, 2015

This might be the ideal outcome for the league from that cynical/marketing/narrative point of view. They get the chance to give a New York team a trophy and they get to have the cup final hosted in a good atmosphere and not a baseball/NFL stadium

Moktaro
Aug 3, 2007
I value call my nuts.

Yeah, about the only silver lining I can take is NYC winning would really put the dagger in the Red Bulls.

Cold comfort for sure.

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet

BelovedWebPatron posted:

They get the chance to give a New York team a trophy and they get to have the cup final hosted in a good atmosphere and not a baseball/NFL stadium

Providence Park is a converted baseball stadium.

Moktaro
Aug 3, 2007
I value call my nuts.

whypick1 posted:

Providence Park is a converted baseball stadium.

Converted being the key word, no baseball team plays there now and it's been properly reconfigured.

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

quote:

Union manager Jim Curtin’s press conference was being slightly interrupted by NYCFC’s celebrations going on in the locker room.

His reaction to hearing it: “We're next to the New York City oil money locker room."

lol

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


whypick1 posted:

Providence Park is a converted baseball stadium.

The stadium was built in 1926 and didn’t host baseball game for 30 years, while plenty of soccer was being played there.

https://www.timbers.com/news/full-90-providence-parks-early-era-1926-world-war-ii-included-international posted:

Like most hallowed grounds, soccer at the stadium now known as Providence Park had humble beginnings. A world away from the professional soccer leagues that play there today, in the first few years of the field, the Portland Soccer League played games once a week during the fall and winter of 1928-1929. The local league rotated its games through five locations—Multnomah Stadium, Wall Street Park (this St. John’s neighborhood field was a hotbed of soccer in the late 20’s and early 30’s and hosted numerous city and state championships), Grant Park, Columbia Park, and Sellwood Park.

kami
Feb 10, 2004

GATTACA!!
GATTACA!!
Couldn't watch any of the match today because work, but surprised to see the final score...

Is there a decent rundown of what got half the Union's loving roster on the COVID list? Or is that secret illuminati poo poo? A full strength Union squad would've taken NYCFC to the woodshed today, and it would be horribly disappointing if they shot themselves in the foot by dropping their guards in the runup to one of the biggest games in their history.

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


kami posted:

Couldn't watch any of the match today because work, but surprised to see the final score...

Is there a decent rundown of what got half the Union's loving roster on the COVID list? Or is that secret illuminati poo poo? A full strength Union squad would've taken NYCFC to the woodshed today, and it would be horribly disappointing if they shot themselves in the foot by dropping their guards in the runup to one of the biggest games in their history.

All I know overhearing a random yesterday say "It's all Andre Blake's fault, he had a birthday party."

BelovedWebPatron
Nov 30, 2015

kami posted:

Couldn't watch any of the match today because work, but surprised to see the final score...

Is there a decent rundown of what got half the Union's loving roster on the COVID list? Or is that secret illuminati poo poo? A full strength Union squad would've taken NYCFC to the woodshed today, and it would be horribly disappointing if they shot themselves in the foot by dropping their guards in the runup to one of the biggest games in their history.

Curtin seemed to indicate in his press conference that the players weren't sick and that it was the league's protocols (probably like close-contact tracing stuff) that knocked them out. But that's the most specific information we've got, take it with a grain of salt coming from an irate coach after a loss
https://twitter.com/Meg_Swanick/status/1467628281948254212
https://twitter.com/Meg_Swanick/status/1467630353741406209
For what it is worth, the league's current Health/Safety protocols state that a vaccinated player (and Curtin stated earlier in the year that 100% of the players on the Union were vaccinated) does not have to undergo quarantines for a close-contact exposure. There's another more general rule about "High-Risk Behavior" in there as well, which seems less specific. So if I'm reading that right, either all eleven players got positive tests with symptomatic COVID, or there was a high-risk event where players ended up, or some mix of both.

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


https://twitter.com/TheNutmegNews/status/1467931477904138247

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
I'll be disappointed in you all if the tifo isn't one giant Iron Front banner. Bonus points if that gives Paulson a coronary.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

This tweet is pretty good but could’ve been great with the addition of ’s

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


whypick1 posted:

I'll be disappointed in you all if the tifo isn't one giant Iron Front banner. Bonus points if that gives Paulson a coronary.

It's been a bit more subtle than that but the main concourse pulls have had imagery referencing the Thompson Elk statue that was a central point of the BLM protests here.

https://twitter.com/StumptownFooty/status/1462551170006896647

It's in the middle of the center concourse pull here
https://twitter.com/trausneck/status/1467281731153809414?s=20

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highme fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Dec 7, 2021

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


The feeling of having tickets to a MLS Cup final in your stadium, it's a good one.

Moktaro
Aug 3, 2007
I value call my nuts.

highme posted:

The feeling of having tickets to a MLS Cup final in your stadium, it's a good one.

Enjoy it you bastard. :smith:

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


It's looking great so far. I cannot emphasize how much I appreciate not having to sleep on a sidewalk this week.

https://twitter.com/KGWNews/status/1468409605881483266

Tiger Crazy
Sep 25, 2006

If you couldn't find any weirdness, maybe we'll just have to make some!
I paid 25 bucks for a raffle by the 107st for tickets. If I win I go to the game if I don't I donated money to the army.

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


Good luck! Are you going to the party tonight?

https://twitter.com/timbersarmy/status/1468463113838096386?s=21


We’re going in the stadium at 8:30am for flag/tifo setup so I’m not planning on staying too late.


Edit: just found out off of 8 donated tickets the 107ist has raised $11,000.

highme fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Dec 11, 2021

whypick1
Dec 18, 2009

Just another jackass on the Internet
As if this MLS Cup couldn't get any worse

Tiger Crazy
Sep 25, 2006

If you couldn't find any weirdness, maybe we'll just have to make some!

Lol

Also conditions today are crazy. Huge windstorm last night. I couldn't sleep. I feel like a kid on Christmas and I am not going to the game.

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

lol this weather rules

TwoStepBoog
Apr 12, 2008

no kiddin

https://twitter.com/cboehm/status/1469728185499602945

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003


the pregame had ale moreno talking about how portland was the perfect place for this game with rain pouring down on the screen

also portland manager saying its perfect and on brand for portland basically

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

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The last minute of college basketball games take ~20 real time minutes.

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

Edward Mass posted:

The last minute of college basketball games take ~20 real time minutes.

when the american habit of kickoff times being like 20min later than listed is actually good

edit: new mls logo dropped

https://twitter.com/SoccerByIves/status/1469761666594185220

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
the gently caress is goin on, we playin this or what

Teddybear
May 16, 2009

Look! A teddybear doll!
It's soooo cute!


Good thing they stuck around for that coach interview, very important to get his input.

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

paddyboat posted:

the gently caress is goin on, we playin this or what

https://twitter.com/TaylorTwellman/status/1469762189892276226

they delayed it for the basketball game to finish, determined to get portugal the man on abc

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me

G-Hawk posted:

https://twitter.com/TaylorTwellman/status/1469762189892276226

they delayed it for the basketball game to finish, determined to get portugal the man on abc

Ronaldo is in Norwich rn if they’re still looking

Teddybear
May 16, 2009

Look! A teddybear doll!
It's soooo cute!


ESPN has yet to start streaming online.

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
*sad trombone*

https://twitter.com/grantwahl/status/1469763685975347200?s=21

Parity warning
Nov 1, 2009



3rd Place, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

watched this during that anthem and have to say: lmao

Teddybear
May 16, 2009

Look! A teddybear doll!
It's soooo cute!


Teddybear posted:

ESPN has yet to start streaming online.

LOL game's started and they still haven't got this working. The Guardian's liveblogger for it is like "well, uh... how's the game going, I don't know."

Parity warning
Nov 1, 2009



3rd Place, TRP Sack Race 2021/22
wind how does it work

Literally Lewis Hamilton
Feb 22, 2005



lol, lmao. MLS goals.avi

G-Hawk
Dec 15, 2003

Game needed that

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
oh poo poo it’s all kicking off

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paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me
#antifa

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