Austin FC

[Somnio 751]

I look forward to seeing the 1,500 seat expansion in the north end as well.

[skittlebrau 474]

On 4/6/2021 at 7:16 PM, Somnio said:

The corner this shot is from is also a super interesting part of the building. I’ve heard that it’s going to be a place to hang and drink a beer from the bar behind it, an area where they are selling standing room tickets, a spot that can be reserved for a group or some combination of the three.

[HornOnTheBayou 8881]

One more week.

[Somnio 751]

 

Edited April 14, 2021 by Somnio

[Napoleon 8607]

3 hours ago, Somnio said:

 

Alguien con el mate (con yerba y bombilla) y un termo... Fagúndez puede ser .

There are 4 mate drinkers on the team, 2 from Paraguay, 1 from Uruguay*, y 1 from Argentina. That bodes well for this season.

*Really kind of American, since he's had his green card since 2013 and may have citizenship, but has lived in the USA since he was 5. (He's 26.)

Edited April 14, 2021 by Napoleon

[LonghornSean 3942]

MOC on Austin FC, with some Sark and Beard mixed in

 

Edited April 15, 2021 by LonghornSean

[SimonBolivar 10932]

It's been a long wait for tomorrow to get here. Fuck Carlos Vela.

[gsoda3 3236]

I'm out of town for the weekend, how do I watch this game?

[pied 252]

3 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

I'm out of town for the weekend, how do I watch this game?

It’s on regular Fox at 5PM central. Probably on the Fox Sports Go app as welll. 

[SimonBolivar 10932]

[MidTexHorn 822]

Pretty tough test for the opening match. Environment won’t be as rowdy as normal. Think they’re only allowing 4,000 fans in the stadium in LA which is too bad but probably good for us. 

[kingkoopa6 8318]

Let’s gooo!!! Fuck LA

[MissingInAction 24824]

 

[MissingInAction 24824]

We need an Austin FC emoji.

[Machinator 32097]

[Gourmand 7774]

Whatchall think??

https://www.bovada.lv/sports/soccer/major-league-soccer/mls/los-angeles-fc-austin-fc-202104171800

[Somnio 751]

Let's Go Verdes!!!

[Gourmand 7774]

[shadow_operative 15932]

great ball back into the box. decent chance there. 

[ztejas 43266]

We haven't scored yet? This is bullshit.

[shadow_operative 15932]

uh oh, Vela limping. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

lol wow. they sub Vela off and he is not happy.  lmao wow. 

[Gourmand 7774]

what dumbasses 

pussy defeated.

[ztejas 43266]

Seeing "Austin" up there is very cool. I know this is not a big 4 league in this country but it's still a little surreal. A lot of kids that grew up here including myself dreamed that we'd have SOMETHING like this someday. 

[Machinator 32097]

 

[ztejas 43266]

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

 

This is down the street from me and I drove by - it was cool to see. Was around 1 but there were already folks congregating.

[thepop 4409]

I thought there would be more interest and a game thread.

[Jive Turkey 12568]

Austin is banging on the door. Creating a lot of good chances. Very cool watching this on big Fox. 

[kingkoopa6 8318]

We look competitive

[A-Tex Devil 2445]

Serious (read: stupid) questions.  When LAFC began 3 years ago, where did fans come from?  Did a bunch of Galaxy and Chivas fans just switch allegiances?  Was there some huge throng of LA soccer fans that couldn’t accept a team called “The Galaxy”?  

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

 

[Biff Tannen 45499]

6 minutes ago, thepop said:

I thought there would be more interest and a game thread.

I’m watching and the only time I ever watch soccer is World Cup. 

[NAVY 6739]

Aaaaaaalllllllriiiiiggghhhtttt

all right 

all right 

all right! 

[shadow_operative 15932]

man our passing is pretty kickass. we've had two long passing moves went the length of the field while switching sidelines at least once. this is really encouraging to see. 

[ztejas 43266]

4 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

 

 

Trying to decide which outfit is worse.

[NAVY 6739]

We need Ted Lasso up in this bitch 

[kingkoopa6 8318]

Believe 

[gmr548 16517]

I don’t know much about soccer tactically, but knowing LAFC is one of the better MLS clubs, Austin seems at least competent. And it’s just cool to see in general.

[ztejas 43266]

Just now, gmr548 said:

I don’t know much about soccer tactically, but knowing LAFC is one of the better MLS clubs, Austin seems at least competent. And it’s just cool to see in general.

Some poor decisions in the final third but I'm not sure if that's just MLS level play or what. Some of it definitely is. They've overall been the better side through a half. 

[Tex48 840]

Honestly, think we played very well for our first 45 as an mls club.  Just extremely wasteful in the final 3rd.  that can be fixed though.  

[bolverk 29402]

I'm having fun watching this. It's great to see the team out there looking competitive in their first match.

Dale Austin!

[SimonBolivar 10932]

This team doesn't suck. Looks like it'll be a fun year and a shot at the playoffs would be cool.

[Somnio 751]

39 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Seeing "Austin" up there is very cool. I know this is not a big 4 league in this country but it's still a little surreal. A lot of kids that grew up here including myself dreamed that we'd have SOMETHING like this someday. 

Just an interesting fact I recently learned, before the pandemic MLS was drawing more fans to it's games than both NBA and NHL.

I'm not saying that's the only metric to judge a league upon, but MLS is a pretty big deal these days.  It's come a long ways since it was founded in 1996.

Edited April 17, 2021 by Somnio

[MillerEP 30339]

Pretty much came to echo the rest. Great start for our first game. Some cleanup needs to be done, especially with the front line, but all in all, I think we're going to have a fun year.

[kingkoopa6 8318]

We under siege early 2nd half.

[kingkoopa6 8318]

35 minutes ago, A-Tex Devil said:

Serious (read: stupid) questions.  When LAFC began 3 years ago, where did fans come from?  Did a bunch of Galaxy and Chivas fans just switch allegiances?  Was there some huge throng of LA soccer fans that couldn’t accept a team called “The Galaxy”?  

I’m thinkin more of the fact Lafc is la. 

galaxy in Carson. 40 mins with traffic southwest of la

also  cool colors new stadium  fresh start to join something new  

 

 

 

[ztejas 43266]

10 minutes ago, Somnio said:

Just an interesting fact I recently learned, before the pandemic MLS was drawing more fans to it's games than both NBA and NHL.

I'm not saying that's the only metric to judge a league upon, but MLS is a pretty big deal these days.  It's come a long ways since it was founded in 1996.

Hmm. There's what, 3 times as many games in NHL and NBA? And there are a few football stadiums inflating that for MLS.

Not insinuating that it isn't popular - but I wouldn't say it's a "pretty big deal". Most people don't care. Which regionally can be true about hockey, too, I guess.

I mean - for example - I'm a big soccer fan and I don't give a shit about the MLS. I might now now that my city has a team, but overall it doesn't really interest me. 

It's getting better, but it's still kind of a meh product and nowhere close to the big 3 especially. 

[kingkoopa6 8318]

Fuck 

[Brisketexan 104628]

Fuck 

Played with fire for too long.

[ztejas 43266]

Looked like a clear foul there.