Austin FC

[Napoleon 8607]

The Cockroach Cup

Brought to you by RAID

 

DONE!

[Somnio 751]

The Boot Scootin' Boogie Cup brought to you by Brooks and Dunn!!!

 

[Somnio 751]

 

[SimonBolivar 10932]

Will the friendlies again OKC and Louisville be streamed?

[Napoleon 8607]

6 hours ago, Somnio said:

 

They must have forgotten to think about that. 
 

🤔

[Guest Lobo]

Maybe the noise is a feature, not a bug.  I think the orientation of the stadium roof and air flow in June-September is gonna be the bigger issue.  

[Somnio 751]

Yes, a loud stadium is a positive thing.  I'm not sure if I'm missing the sarcasm.

[skittlebrau 474]

And the roof over the supporters section is at its lowest point. That particular element is because that’s where the rigging will go for concerts. Overall it’s definitely a feature and something the stadium team has talked about on a certain podcast.

[MidTexHorn 822]

Yup. I believe I listened to that podcast. The desire for the roof to add to the noise level is definitely a feature not a bug. 

[skittlebrau 474]

For those of you wondering about in person experience, this is good news.

 

https://www.austinfc.com/post/2021/03/15/note-president-andy-loughnane-progress-and-next-steps?utm_source=social_share&utm_medium=share_button&utm_campaign=social_share_button

[Somnio 751]

 

[Guest Lobo]

what is the full size of the entire pitch?  The standard is 110-115 yards by 70-75 yards, right?  But what is the full extent of the entire grass up to the seating?  

[skittlebrau 474]

5-1 over OKC Energy in today’s scrimmage.

 

Copita Tejas preseason tournament announced. The FC Dallas and Dynamo games will be streamed.

[skittlebrau 474]

Oh yeah, also the Bold were excluded from this tournament and they seem pretty salty about it.

[skittlebrau 474]

Supporters Cup happening. No corporate sponsors.

https://twitter.com/copatejas/status/1374050940030976005?s=20

Edited March 22, 2021 by skittlebrau

[sidis 9754]

On 3/19/2021 at 2:59 PM, skittlebrau said:

5-1 over OKC Energy in today’s scrimmage.

 

Copita Tejas preseason tournament announced. The FC Dallas and Dynamo games will be streamed.

was anyone able to watch this?  do we have any feedback from how they played?

[SimonBolivar 10932]

3 minutes ago, sidis said:

was anyone able to watch this?  do we have any feedback from how they played?

It was closed to the public and the media as far as I know.

[ztejas 43266]

On 3/13/2021 at 8:46 AM, Somnio said:

 

Jason Jarrett seems like a pussy.

[skittlebrau 474]

3 hours ago, sidis said:

was anyone able to watch this?  do we have any feedback from how they played?

There were a half dozen random fans who watched from a fence on the far side. This is basically all we got.

 

[sidis 9754]

5 minutes ago, skittlebrau said:

There were a half dozen random fans who watched from a fence on the far side. This is basically all we got.

 

hmm, we should go sign mbappe and haaland.

[Machinator 32097]

 

[Machinator 32097]

[wood 11164]

A month of road games before the 1st home game in mid-June. Still tying up all the loose ends on the stadium? It was looking pretty badass the last time I was over there, a couple weeks ago. Gonna be a hot one for the home opener, but I'm sure it will be packed to SRO. 

And I count 16 home & 18 away. Is that normal?

Edited March 24, 2021 by wood

[Guest Lobo]

I count 17 and 17.  As for television, I see the all the familiar logos but half the matches have "Regional Broadcast" on them.  Who is that?  Is that like CW or something in Austin or some FSN+ pay-per-match deal or?  I know somebody theorized about local market TV awhile back but I can't find it on this thread.  

[Machinator 32097]

KNVA, KXAN, and/or KBVO.

[Jerry Callo 8665]

Just finished putting all of the matches on my calendar.  Listo!

[skittlebrau 474]

5 hours ago, wood said:

A month of road games before the 1st home game in mid-June. Still tying up all the loose ends on the stadium? It was looking pretty badass the last time I was over there, a couple weeks ago. Gonna be a hot one for the home opener, but I'm sure it will be packed to SRO. 

And I count 16 home & 18 away. Is that normal?

Stadium is supposed to be finished mid-April but they need time to hire and train 1000+ game day staff. Which they have to do in small groups because of COVID.

[wood 11164]

4 hours ago, Lobo said:

I count 17 and 17.  As for television, I see the all the familiar logos but half the matches have "Regional Broadcast" on them.  Who is that?  Is that like CW or something in Austin or some FSN+ pay-per-match deal or?  I know somebody theorized about local market TV awhile back but I can't find it on this thread.  

My bad. 17-17.

[Jerry Callo 8665]

Just got a picture taken from our seats.

[MidTexHorn 822]

22 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

Just got a picture taken from our seats.

How’d you get in? I’ll be directly across from you. 

[Napoleon 8607]

On 3/25/2021 at 9:41 AM, Jerry Callo said:

Just got a picture taken from our seats.

 

This stadium would be the envy of a third to half of the teams in Serie A.

The capacity is bigger than 4 clubs' stadiums and then there are another 5 clubs have capacity in the 20,000s. But as I looked through this link of the clubs and their stadiums (stadii?), that country has tons of eyesores when it comes to calcio cathedrals.

Look through the "Clubs" stadiums.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A#2020–21_season

[pied 252]

La Liga currently has two clubs with capacities at ~7,000. 
 

https://www.stadiumguide.com/la-liga-stadiums/

[Jerry Callo 8665]

How’d you get in? I’ll be directly across from you. 

The guy I split tickets with owns an engineering company working on the stadium and was there for final punch list.

[HornOnTheBayou 8881]

Alright the season is getting close and I need to start paying more attention. Who should I be following on Twitter for Austin FC news or for general MLS news?

[Captain Ron 12805]

Hell, you could have watched the USMNT today, they were basically hyping up Austin FC the whole time if felt like.

[gsoda3 3236]

Hell, you could have watched the USMNT today, they were basically hyping up Austin FC the whole time if felt like.

Really what were they saying? I watched it on mute.

[skittlebrau 474]

22 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Alright the season is getting close and I need to start paying more attention. Who should I be following on Twitter for Austin FC news or for general MLS news?

This Twitter has most of the local media types, Austin FC staff, players and fans who are active. I'm on it, which is the most important thing.

https://twitter.com/i/lists/1297900873448861703?s=20

MLS-wise check out @PaulTenorio, @SamStejskal, @andrew_wiebe, @MattDoyle76, @TomBogert

 

[skittlebrau 474]

Add to that list @joeclowery, who did a 45 minute tactical breakdown of Austin’s Best XI with us on this week’s Moontower Soccer.

[HenryJames 65890]

 

[Somnio 751]

 

[Somnio 751]

 

[MidTexHorn 822]

2 hours ago, Somnio said:

 

That was pretty cool. Really cool actually. Feels weird to have a legit pro team for Austin finally. 

[MidTexHorn 822]

Watching the stream of the Houston match. Good first half, up 1-0 on a nice free kick out of Pochettino. Some defensive miscues that need to get cleaned up. 

[HornOnTheBayou 8881]

 

[Brisketexan 104628]

Watching the stream of the Houston match. Good first half, up 1-0 on a nice free kick out of Pochettino. Some defensive miscues that need to get cleaned up. 

How are you watching? I have the app....but it says I can’t.

[MidTexHorn 822]

24 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

How are you watching? I have the app....but it says I can’t.

Are you in Austin area? Think you have to be. 

[Somnio 751]

The app must have permission to access your device's location. 

[Brisketexan 104628]

The app must have permission to access your device's location. 

Ahh....yep. That fixed it. Thanks.

[Somnio 751]

[Bottlecap 1522]

cool. the north end is rarely photographed. nice to see the domain rising in the background and the future beer hall.