Austin FC

[RamjetFDO 10656]

Verde!!

Nice team goal capped off with a tap-in by Maxi. 2-nil in the 36th.

[J-Mart 60]

Any TV for this?

[RamjetFDO 10656]

Any TV for this?

I'm watching on YouTube. (Free)

[BurdineBandit 849]

Good half at the attacking end. Lunkfist (sp, obvs) is looking dangerous out there. 

OH, and Rodney did something! I saw it! With my own eyes!

Edited May 11, 2023 by BurdineBandit

[CooterBrown 18295]

We’re lucky we didn’t go down 0-2 in the first 8 minutes but that’s how it rolls sometimes.

[RamjetFDO 10656]

Definitely took the foot off the gas in the 2nd half... except for maybe the last couple of minutes.

2-nil final. On to the US Open Cup Round of 16.

[YGIFS 19461]

When/where is the next match for US CUp? 

[YGIFS 19461]

nvm, see that the draw is later today.  and will be a home match.  cool cool 

[ztejas 44328]

We look better against USFL teams. 

[Jerry Callo 9017]

nvm, see that the draw is later today.  and will be a home match.  cool cool 

Location will be determined by the draw.

[YGIFS 19461]

6 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

1 hour ago, YGIFS said:

nvm, see that the draw is later today.  and will be a home match.  cool cool 

Location will be determined by the draw.

Or so the Germans would have us believe...

[Mittens 8829]

 

[The Maestro 786]

That’s almost what I sounded like last night when he scored

[SimonBolivar 11080]

Tickets acquired for June 10 in KC. I figure it might be my only chance to see a road W this year. Anyone seen a game up there and know some good pregame eats/drinks? It doesn't look like the stadium has a lot of options around it.

Edited May 12, 2023 by SimonBolivar

[Brisketexan 107127]

We have two available for tomorrow night's match -- looks like the rain should give us a break (and our seats are under cover -- sec 118 row 9).  Message/reply if interested.

[kingkoopa6 8769]

LFG

[SimonBolivar 11080]

 

Oh good, Zardes.

[RamjetFDO 10656]

Great. Cascante ded.

[RamjetFDO 10656]

If Redes had just held back or went slightly out to the right, instead of being in Zardes's hip pocket, that might have been an interesting cross.

[RamjetFDO 10656]

Oh good, Zardes.

A sitter from less than 10 yards, and he shanks it.

[SimonBolivar 11080]

7 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

 

 

A sitter from less than 10 yards, and he shanks it.

 

Somehow barely even tipped it

[RamjetFDO 10656]

Somehow barely even tipped it

And both Lutefisk and Ring hit solid volleys without effort.

[A-Tex Devil 2500]

Gyasi Zardes is the Javale McGee of soccer if Javale McGee missed 75% of his dunks. 

[RamjetFDO 10656]

Natives are getting restless. Clearly heard someone yell out, "Get your head out of your ass!"

[Brisketexan 107127]

Was that a legit second yellow on Rodney? Didn’t look like it from our seat.

[A-Tex Devil 2500]

Both of Redes cards seemed wrong from the stands. 

[RamjetFDO 10656]

... and Redes be gone on the 54th. 10 men for the duration.

[RamjetFDO 10656]

Was that a legit second yellow on Rodney? Didn’t look like it from our seat.

Both of Redes cards seemed wrong from the stands. 

First was soft, but no real argument on the second.

[SimonBolivar 11080]

2nd was real, just dumb. Also seemingly no coherent plan for playing with 10 

[A-Tex Devil 2500]

I have liked 5 tonight.  

[SimonBolivar 11080]

The way its gone since the red card, I'd rather have seen Lima or the Serb for Zardes. Urruti is relatively pointless.

[SimonBolivar 11080]

A foul is a foul

[SimonBolivar 11080]

Fuckers

[RamjetFDO 10656]

Fuuuuuuuuck.

Shitty goal kick turns into a breakaway for Jesus.

1-nil FCD.

[A-Tex Devil 2500]

Zardes can’t play for us anymore.  It’s fucking coaching malpractice. We are so much more dangerous without him. 

Edited May 14, 2023 by A-Tex Devil

[SimonBolivar 11080]

Deserve the L tactically anyway

[Zepol87 9370]

Lol

[SimonBolivar 11080]

5 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

Lol

Oh you just wait until Driussi and Fagundez are healthy and out there....

 

 

...I mean we'd still lose but you just wait.

Edited May 14, 2023 by SimonBolivar

[Zepol87 9370]

https://fb.watch/kw2om3aGHp/?mibextid=l2pjGR
 

[Bottlecap 1523]

ferrera is such a fucking spare. kicked a gorgeous through ball RIGHT at stuver and lucked into a meg goal. then does the messi/memphis celebration against a 10 man club. ferrera needs to be buried at FC frisco for his lifetime.

[Chips O'Toole 1452]

2 hours ago, Bottlecap said:

ferrera is such a fucking spare. kicked a gorgeous through ball RIGHT at stuver and lucked into a meg goal. then does the messi/memphis celebration against a 10 man club. ferrera needs to be buried at FC frisco for his lifetime.

Yeah that celebration was fucking bullshit. I laughed out loud when I realized he, as the 9, was taking corners because he poses no threat in the air. He shanked another sitter too, I think, but I was trying to erase the memory of this game as it was happening.  What a miserable performance at every level. 

 

We've regressed to where we were 2 years ago, just struggling to get the ball out of our third and into the midfield. The strategy of building from the back is a disaster if we can't find an open pass into the middle third after stretching the other team out.  We kept working it further back and then trying to go over their midfield and giving it away nearly every time. I guess Wolff is a pretty important player for us, or Dallas had a great strategy to force us into bad passes. 

I know this season isn't completely lost yet, but yeah it is. Maybe a guy or two from FC II will be ready next year. Urruti, Zardes, and Bruin are all wasted spots with no future upside if we want to be better next year.  I didn't realize Rigoni is fucking 30 and Finlay is 32.  This roster is maddening.  0-4 against Dallas and Houston looks likely at this point. 

 

[Horny Bull 2766]

9 minutes ago, Chips O'Toole said:

0-4 against Dallas and Houston looks likely at this point. 

We play them each 3 times this season.

[A-Tex Devil 2500]

Yeah.  Ferreira is lame.  He’s peaked as a nice MLS false 9 but should never sniff national team again.   I wish MLS fans came up with opponent specific player cheers like the UK does (The one about the Sunderland pedo to Yankee Doodle was the best).  Would have been perfect time for it.  

Come up with something that is more family friendly that would also get under opposing players’ skin. Just a little tired of same ole same ole from South end, but we aren’t any different than other MLS teams in that regard, I imagine. 
 

Back to the team, Claudio’s, and I guess, Wolff’s roster building has been really bad.   It doesn’t help that our two most prolific players from last year are hurt and one of our two most talented players is playing with the under-20s.   But it also doesn’t help that of the DPs that are not hurt, one would be on the bench but for injuries, and the other is replacement level MLS.   Just a disaster. The city is starting to get distracted, and folks aren’t going to come out to 100 games this summer if it isn’t fun. 

 

[SimonBolivar 11080]

9:30 tonight? Gross

[Brisketexan 107127]

9:30 tonight? Gross

Yeah…I’m gonna stay up till 11:30 to watch us pass in the back third for 95% of our possession, then lose 2-0. Yay.

[Horny Bull 2766]

 

[Jerry Callo 9017]

 

At least our bench and beyond are getting some experience.

 

[Fuga 182]

8 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

 

At least our bench and beyond are getting some experience.

 

Looked at this way, that's the best thing I've heard in quite a long while. 🤪

[YGIFS 19461]

8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah…I’m gonna stay up till 11:30 to watch us pass in the back third for 95% of our possession, then lose 2-0. Yay.

We're still talking about soccer, not marriage, right?  

[SimonBolivar 11080]

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